Foxracin's 1991 Exploder

[Foxracin]

Well its on its on weight. Still got to put the brakes on shocks on, finish weld everything and driveshafts and I can drive it. Then going to swap in the doubler.

For anybody looking for some decent drill bits the Hitachi black gold bits from Lowes are damn good. I drilled like 25 1/2" holes in the frame this weekend and a bunch of them were drilling through double plated frame and used the same bit on every single one. Bought 2 and thought I might even need more but just used one. Just use lots of cutting oil.

 

[willied]

That is one sick Explorer. Very nice work, man.

 

[Xeek]

what size tires are those? 37s would rub with that lift kit,no body lift and no trimming wouldnt they?

 

[CountryBoy78]

what size tires are those? 37s would rub with that lift kit,no body lift and no trimming wouldnt they?

He is running 35 BFG KM2's.
He just did a solid axle swap and took his lift kit and the 3 inch body lift out.

 

[Xeek]

i know its a solid axle, but its still a lift kit.
if thats 35s, looks like i may need to push the axle forward to do mine then and maybe a body lift


love the progress. it looks great

 

[Foxracin]

what size tires are those? 37s would rub with that lift kit,no body lift and no trimming wouldnt they?

Where I placed the axle they would rub. Wouldnt have to trim a lot though.

You could slide the axles forward some more but then you would get coil bow and the track bar may contact the motor cross member and little stuff like that.

Where I placed the axles all the steering angles clear, track bar tucks up in the channel in the engine crossmember perfect, and coils are nice and straight.

Little trimming aint going to hurt anything anyway. lol

 

[Xeek]

would duff be willing to work with me in modifying it to push it forward? hell maybe make me some longer coils
i just dont like the look of it. theres some ive seen that turned out good, but most just look wrong.
how much did the duff parts come to(if you bought everything new, from them)?

 

[jakebrake]

Spying on this sas!

 

[CrashBandit]

Have you taken your Ex up to Boone before? I swear I have seen a very similar 1st gen like that a couple times..

 

[Foxracin]

Not me. Probably Little X his is flat black also and he stayed in Boone.

 

[Foxracin]

Well its driveable.

Rear brake setup.

Drove it out of the shop and had to flex it out a little.

Drove it back to the house to do a little log crawling. lol

Going to try to get the doubler together this week and try to get it stuck in this week.

 

[willied]

That is nuts! Good job on it.

 

[Foxracin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmb13idZy-0

 

[Slowlyvverot]

haha you better make sure you don't break your steering before you take it out on the trails for the first time. Looks great.

 

[TarHeel085]

where did you get the rear brake line from? i need one like that myself.

 

[gmanpaint]

 

[Foxracin]

where did you get the rear brake line from? i need one like that myself.

The braided piece between the frame and axle? If so I got it from James Duff. Call and ask for Brad and tell him Trevor sent you and he will get you hooked up.

 

[CountryBoy78]

looks good can't wait to see it hit the mud

 

[Cbyersh37]

You are the macgyver of explorers, this thread has made me want to go off roading in mine.

 

[Foxracin]

Did the poor mans high steer aka moved the tie rod otk. Also got some poly bushings that go in place of the dust boots on the tre's to stop the tie rod roll. Fixed the slight dead spot it had in the steering.

Has to put the stock pitman arm back on to keep the drag link and track bar angles the same. Hows this for geometry? Looks pretty close to me. lol

Been driving it daily. Rides like a cadillac now. I am very pleased with it. Nice and firm, no bump steer what so ever, doesnt sway, and tracks straight as an arrow.

Also picked up the Vision X led rock lights brand new still in the box for a killer deal so I said what the hell. Why not.

Made up some little brackets to mount all the lights just a little bit ago and going to try to get them all put on tomorrow.