lowered gen 2's

[murda98]

hey lets see all those (i mean not many) lowered gen 2 explorers v8 or v6 who cares!!

 

[Turdle]

Mine used to be-
excuse the fact it's a MOUNTAINEER

 

[techieman33]

Here's another mountaineer for you to look at

 

[NYMount21]

I know this may not look like it too much, but just the front was dropped about 1 3/4 inches using the torsion bar. The rear leaf springs are shot so the rear sits a bit lower too haha (poor mans lowering technique)

 

[murda98]

nice, we plan to do this sometime soon with our 98.

it just seems like everyone raises them here, and i never thought the explorer was anything impressive from an offroading stand point, so thats why we are lowering ours.

 

[99SportX]

I need to make my grille like that again.

Techie, your truck looks great! I didn't know it was deep wedgewood blue. I always thought it was black! lol I will be in the market for a second mounty or explorer by next winter and I think I am going to go 4 door because then I can get one without flares. They look best lowered without the flares, and I won't be shaving mine anytime soon. I will be doing a lot of body work to it at one time so I can paint it once and be done.

 

[Murder98JC]

assuming you guys did the ttwist and blocks, hows your ride quality? thats what we plan on doing but dont want to drive a boat down the highway.

 

[2000XPLORERSPORT]

assuming you guys did the ttwist and blocks, hows your ride quality? thats what we plan on doing but dont want to drive a boat down the highway.

thats what i done.i removed the torsion bolts all the way,and put 3" blocks in the rear.i cut the bump stops some to so i wouldn't be riding on them.the ride isn't to bad,depends on the roads.i got bad ball joints on the front driver side to though.so that don't help.

 

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiTT]

I need to make my grille like that again.

Techie, your truck looks great! I didn't know it was deep wedgewood blue. I always thought it was black! lol I will be in the market for a second mounty or explorer by next winter and I think I am going to go 4 door because then I can get one without flares. They look best lowered without the flares, and I won't be shaving mine anytime soon. I will be doing a lot of body work to it at one time so I can paint it once and be done.

what wheels are on that x on the far left? I think they're the ones I want for my truck.

 

[l8psiExplorer]

here is my lowered 98 turbo Explorer Sport

 

[XploderPhil]

here is my lowered 98 turbo Explorer Sport

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I really like your ride, the stance is perfect. It's clean and simple, not over done.
I really like the wheels, it's getting hard to find to a nice set of wheels, I find something I like and it's no longer available. So tell me about your wheels, do you know if they still make them?

 

[mostar7815]

here is my lowered 98 turbo Explorer Sport

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What size are the rims and tires and what’s the offset please

 

[Blown]

Thread started Jan 13th, 2009? I'd send the guy a PM as well to try for a response, likely long gone....................

 

[Mesozoic]

Love the lowered Ex and Mounty's!

Someone mentioned that these trucks weren't anything special offroad in an earlier message. I beg to differ. For context, I have been wheeling since I was very young with my Dad, who was a mining engineer and geologist by trade. Together we wheeled more Toyota 4x4s and Fords than I can count. We eventually broke all of them in one way or another, but the fact that he owned the mining company we worked for meant we always had a new replacement within weeks. The one truck he kept throughout his life was his old '79 Bronco that was heavily modified for rock crawling - I still have this vehicle, although I don't wheel it much these days for lack of time (and gas money).

In any case, I digress. When I moved back to Arizona I joined the Tucson Roughriders fourwheeler's association. The group was/is comprised of mainly older folks with Jeeps. They're a good bunch, though and despite being very Jeep-centric, accomodated my Fords into their club where I attended many enjoyable backcountry adventures with them. One of these trips involved a relatively gnarly backcountry climb through some rugged terrain and I took my mainly stock '00 Mountaineer on this trip. There were many a Jeep failure, involving lengthy delays on steep climbs where someone's engine cut out, was overheating, etc. The Mountaineer had zero issues and was very capable climbing - to the point where a couple of the club leaders came over and inquired about it. They were literally shocked that it was a Mercury Mountaineer.