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noob from Houston

beezwax

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Year, Model & Trim Level
1991 XLT 4WD Explorer
Hey guys and gals...

new to this vehicle line but not to the in3rw3bs and lifted things...

had an 06 Tundra with 6in on 35's back a while ago and some toys along the way there.

I'm a car salesman in Houston and took this in on trade... details

91 xlt 4wd
116k on clock
engine rebuild about 60k ago
pretty clean considering the age.

picked her up for about $650 cash and ready to do a mild build... no off roading but maybe some sandy beaches.

I'm looking at the Tuff Country 4" suspension system that has front coils, radius arm drop brackets, i-bean drop brackets, sway bar drop brackets, power steering pitman, rear leaf springs and 4 shocks... (yes, copied from the website)

I'll go with 32x10.5x15 so I'll keep the stock rims since they already have the manual hub lockers, unless however I find a good deal on a set with 17's.

I also plan on a 40in LED offroad light bar and stereo stuff. gotta have the tunes!

The paint was that metallic light blue but the P.O. painted in dark blue and it's pealing so for paint, I'm just gonna roll on bed liner and be done with it. I'also gonna get rid of that ugly ass fender flairs and step, do something like nfab or tubular step of somesort.

Here are a few cell phone pics

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i've also considered a v8 swap from a 90's model 302/5.0 to get some power and of course a nice v8 rumble would be nice... got a couple locally with transmission for less than 700 from a running car.
 






Welcome to the forum! You can find writeups on all the topics you mentioned, on this forum.
 






Hell of a deal for a nice rig :thumbsup:
 






ya man, i'm excited... cold AC too... smells funny, but what 20 year old car doesn't... lol
 






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