First upgrades to my 95 Explorer

[Justin7*]

I posted this on the new members page by accident.

Just picked up a 95 2 door explorer 4x4 xlt this past weekend. It is in surprisingly good shape and was a 1 owner. It is currently sitting on 31's. The guy says he has done the tt already but does not know how far he raised it. Is there a sure fire way to guesstimate that? I want to see if I can go up any more without putting the cv's in a bind.

It also had longer shackles on it as well but I have measured them vs some of the ones on this forum and I know I can go longer there. I will fabricate those myself and I also have an add a leaf laying around.

The next question is body lift, I will be fabricating this myself as well. I know I need to build the steering extension but what about the shifter does it need an extension as well? If so what are you guys using?

I want it sitting comfortably on 33's. I don't have hardly anything tied up in this right now and plan on trying to keep it that way. I have pretty much all the machinery and tools at my disposal. After I get the suspension and tires worked out I'm going to try my hand on building bumpers.

 

[96ex5.0]

1.5 is all you can get on tt, add a 3 inch body and do finder trimming to clear 33's or run 285/75/16's and just need 2" body.

 

[2TimingTom]

I had a 2" body lift (no steering extension needed) with TT, shackles and add-a-leaf with minor fender trimming and 33s.

I didn't do anything about relocating my bumpers because I had custom bumpers made.

 

[WormsExplorer]

I had a 2" body lift (no steering extension needed) with TT, shackles and add-a-leaf with minor fender trimming and 33s.

I didn't do anything about relocating my bumpers because I had custom bumpers made.

Where did you get your Body lift from? I have searched and have only found 3". I do not want to go that High with a Body lift.

 

[2TimingTom]

I got the body spacers from Zone Offroad and the needed bolts from Fastenal. Somewhere on this forum is a list of the bolt lengths. They are all the same diameter and you can reuse a few.

I didn't do anything about the steering extension.

 

[WormsExplorer]

I got the body spacers from Zone Offroad and the needed bolts from Fastenal. Somewhere on this forum is a list of the bolt lengths. They are all the same diameter and you can reuse a few.

I didn't do anything about the steering extension.

Thank you sir. I think I saw that some where here in the forum also. Just can not remember LOL