I am finally Elite!

I figured that of all the knowledge I have gotten from this site, I should give something back. I have a case of OCD when it comes to my Explorer, I work on it in nearly all of my free time, which is never enough. I have recently completed what I am calling Stage 1 of the Mods, here is a breakdown of whats been done...

1. Skyjacker '2' coils up front, Skyjacker Nitro 8000's all around.
2. Warrior shackles.
3. Full master set of Energy suspension bushings.
4. Procomp Rockcrawler black steelies 15x7 (round hole, not wagon wheel).
5. Liberator A/T's, stock size ( till I can afford the new '31's and 15x10's)
6. Flowmaster Catback.
7. Full 3 inch ASMI intake.
8. Full Dynamat-ed interior. (I got tired of the rattles and noises in my '91)
9. Sony Fx7715 HU
10. HiFonics 5 channel amp
11. MTX Thunderform enclosure, with Memphis '10 sub
12. Pioneer Premier 4-ways
13. Avital Phoenix2 Alarm/remote entry
14. Limo tint all the way around back, stacked silver and limo on the wings to match factory rears, and 35% fronts. ( hey its hot as hell here in Texas)
15. Waag brush guard
16. Husky rear Liner.

Thats pretty much it for custom stuff, I have also done a bit of stock type work, brakes are new, trans and clutch is new, etc. The truck has 93K on it, runs great. I plan to start going to Stage 2 around the end of the year. Mostly more power, better clutch, the bigger tires, possibly a regear (got 3.55 opens).
I have pics, as soon as I figure out how to post 'em, I will.

 

[BigDakota]

Congrats on your Eliteness..Good Job


Get some pics on here...We would like to see your Explorer

 

[Darrman]

Anybody know of a good free photo reduction software? My pics are way to big to post here, but I have a couple in my Gallery.

 

[rizzjc]

Picasa, from Google.

 

[MountaineerGreen]

Here ya go: its completely integrated with windows and works great

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/ImageResizerPowertoySetup.exe

EDIT: that link is for XP

here is the main page- Microsoft has some cool and free apps on there

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx

 

[Darrman]

Thanks guys, that did the trick. I also have some before and after picks that I will post later on.

 

[IZwack]

You know part of being Elite is to put a raw egg in your mouth, crack it with your jaw and swallow the content -- we need pictures of the process too

And you're lucky I'm not FROADER, FROADER prefers newcomers to shove something somewhere

 

[FROADER]

Congrats and thanks for becoming Elite.

Your X looks like bmxking's when he started his SAS over a year ago...

 

[bmxking5]

...Except less scratches from branches jumping out in front of me on trails.

Looks good. Time for some bigger tires.

 

[IZwack]

 

[Nasty350LT1]

Just get some "Tail Light Guards" on it and it will be "Perfect"

Man O Man with the price that you paid for that "WAAG Brush Guard"
you should be able to knock a "RHINO" on it's A$$...
or else take it back...LOL

 

[Darrman]

Lol, thanks guys and yes I need some bigger tires desperatly, looks real weenie with these stockers. They are new, only about 2k on em, along with the rims, they came off of my '91, when I sold the new owner wanted stock type rims, so I gave him the '92s originals.
Here is a pic of when I first got it and my old X.
Oh, and I paid $200 for the brush guard, brand new in the box, hell of a deal!