Fist time posting, but long time reader

[JBREDENSTEINER]

Good evening,
.....I've been reading posts from this website for years now, so I thought I would go ahead an post my bio, and get rid of the annoying link telling me to post something Anyways, I have a 1993 Explorer, and I have owned it for about six years now. I bought it with a Rancho 2.5" suspension life. I first added 3" spacers to the front coil spring, and added the 4" leafs to the rear, and a 3" body lift. That worked for a couple of years, and allowed me to fit a set of Goodyear Wrangler MT/R 33". At that point I had put a set of 4:10's in the axles.
.....Now, I dropped most of the Rancho lift and added the 6" Superlift, but I kept the Rancho radius arms, which required modify them; that will be my next thread I also have my 3" coil spacers on top of the new 6" springs, and I installed the leaf spring flip kit to the back, and kept my 4" leaf spring, and the 3" body lift. So, now I have about 9" of suspension, and 3" of body, which puts me about 12" higher than a stock Explore, except that doesn't account for the 37" x 13.5" Mickey Thompson Baja Claws I now have, which probably puts me at about 16" - 17" taller than my stock counterparts
.....I got my fiberglass at FiberwerX in San Diego, which is where I used to live before moving to the greater North West; I live in Mill Creek Washington. I was in the Navy for 8 years, and that is why I lived in San Diego, and Hawaii before that. I would love to find a couple of other Explorers to go 4x4 at Gold Bar or wherever. I look forward to talking with you guys.
.....P.S. I know there are a lot of Boeing people up here, so if you work there too you can look me up: Jon Bredensteiner

 

[Burns]

Thats a nice looking explorer.

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Did you recently repaint it?

 

[Rick]

Glad you posted up

That's a great looking Explorer. We have a few other modifed Ex, and Ranger owners up your way. Diffwhackdaddy, 90ranjo, and Arsoul are a few that come to mind.

 

[cgriffin_5139]

Thats a sweet explorer Jon

 

[Turdle]

Wow, that is real nice!

Your name is kinda cool also--

 

[JBREDENSTEINER]

Thank guys, I didn't expect so many people to reply. It is nice to hear someone appreciates my work My wife always talks smack

It's funny, I did repaint it right before I moved up to Washington, and as soon as I moved up here I realized that the trails are really tight here especially compared to Southern California. So now I have huge scratches down the sides, and I even ripped the back fiberglass up against a tree the last time I took it out; the paint doesn't look that new anymore But what the heck, I didn't lift it for looks.

How does one go about getting their rig posted on the main site at http://www.explorer4x4.com/index.html

 

[JBREDENSTEINER]

I forgot to mention that she now has 4:88s front and rear now, an Auburn ECTED Posi Locker in the rear, and a really nice Trac-Loc limited slip in the front. Do you guys think I am going to break my axles with this gearing and the 37" claws? Thanks,

 

[JBREDENSTEINER]

Here is a link to a video of me doing the above damage plus some to my rig: http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=gNAFDzcSHd8

 

[aeaglenfitch]

wooh, yea the trails up here in WA are very narrow and full of bushes and trees, it's hard not to get all scratched up. that's a really nice rig you got there though.