Nobody Will Lift My 96 Explorer

[Dennis96]

I have posted an earlier thread regarding a lift for my 1996 Explorer. I thought I would pass on my experience to others in trying to get this done. According to many reputable buisness's here on the West Coast that do lifts, it seems just 3 weeks ago I could have gone to a number of places and got a 3" lift for my Explorer. But, since the recent developments revovling around the Explorer the buisness's are staying away. According to a well known lift shop the manager quoted, " Noone will touch a Explorer right now with a 10' pole". Seems many are worried about liabilities. Once again this manager told me that there is a letter(internal at Ford) dated 1990 that states that the Explorer has a higher roll over rate than any vehicle Ford has ever made. Firestones had nothing to do with it(the letter). The recomendation from Ford to run the tires at a very low PSI to compensate for the high CG of the vehicle has in turn made the tires wear very quickly. Regardless, I love my Explorer and will look into the torsion/add a leaf option. And I really enjoy this site.

Dennis Mulloy
Oxnard California
1996 Explorer XLT
4DR. Accu Trak 4WD
Cooper Discovery AT's 30x9.5x15

[Edited by Dennis96 on 09-01-2000 at 05:19 PM]

 

[Ray Lobato]

Hey Dennis,
Read this, I think it might help you. Your not too awfully far from Riverside. This is from a post by Juan Felsmann, he's from South Cal.

It was the place I have mentioned in the threads in the past. Custom Motorsports in Riverside, CA.(909) 549-1740 Ben Childers is the contact. They kept it for almost 2 weeks. A lot of custom work had to be done since it was a '97 not a '98+ I was asked not to disclose how much I paid since they are going to have to charge more in the future for trucks like mine. So, be looking at about almost $3,000. However, 98+ are probably around $2,100.

If you want to come up to Salinas CA, Trains 4X4 & Off Road will do it for you. They are doing mine.
Trains 4X4 & Off Road
(831)449-8435
597 El Camino Real North #3
Salinas, CA 93907
Talk to Mark train (The owner)