Not Low Enough

[SlammedExploder]

hey yall cant find a kit to lower my 02 explorer enough the best ive found is 2 in the front and 2.5 rear.. i was hoping for more like 4 and 6...any ideas i really dont want to get down to cutting lowing springs...or worse my factory springs...

 

[Limited02]

Best bet may to fab up a set of airbags. Otherwise, a torch or sawzall will be your friend Pretty low though? Ride would suck A LOT!!!

 

[Brandon@BTF-fab]

find someone to fab up some lowered spindles, and maybe an airbag setup as well.

 

[SlammedExploder]

trying ot keep it under $500 and i know the ride would blow so bad... and i really am not into cutting into the frame and strut purches and such... mabye ill just have to cut my factory springs and pray it dont beat me to death

 

[xplorerguru]

trying ot keep it under $500 and i know the ride would blow so bad...

Then why do it??? LOL.:

 

[jluv]

I went with Belltech springs and they lowered it a lot more than the advertised 2.5". Especially now that they've been on there for a long time, and I have extra weight in back from stereo stuff, I rub as it is when I go over big bumps. I have 22s with 285/35 tires, and I cannot fit two fingers between the top of then tire and the fender.

 

[Rofocowboy84]

I just can't see the appeal of lowered trucks/SUV's. IMHO, either leave them stock, or lift them, but I guess everyone's entitled to their opinions...

 

[1999_sport]

do a body drop on it, that way you keep some sort of ride quailty and if you can do some fabrication might not cost alot just my 2 cents

 

[jluv]

I just can't see the appeal of lowered trucks/SUV's. IMHO, either leave them stock, or lift them, but I guess everyone's entitled to their opinions...

Ya, it's just a matter of individual taste. Personally, I don't see the appeal of lifting a vehicle that isn't a rugged 4x4, but people do it all the time.

I plan on having a lifted vehicle some day, but it probably won't be an Explorer, and it definitely won't be a third gen. Mine is a 2WD V6, and would be silly lifted, but at the same time, what's the fun in leaving it stock? I saw the potential to make it look a lot better by lowering it, which works well with the theme of customized interior and elaborate A/V system. On that note, the fact that it's an SUV works really well for that because of all the room. I wouldn't do the same to a pickup, although I have seen several lowered custom pickups that are really, really bada$$, so I can appreciate them.

 

[SlammedExploder]

yea look my explorer is 2wd so i want ot lower it... my wifes truck is a 2005 chevy suburban 4wd with a 3" lift and 35"s and its fun and great but want a lowered truck and would be dumb to lift a 2wd...atleast in GA it would

 

[Limited02]

Rofo-stock, lowered, my grandma can get in the Ex. Lifted, I have to pick my grandma up by the ass and I don't want to pick my grandma up by the ass!

I have no problem with anyone lifting their Ex's. I have a 10" lifted ranger on 35's with a V8. The Ex is a family hauler and lifting it will make it harder for certain people to get in and out. Plus whenever I have a kid, my girlfriend only being 5'2" will have a tougher time putting a kid into a carseat if I was lifted on 33's or 35's. So to each his own!

 

[thepotroast]

You need to come up with some mote coin if you want to drop it that low and do it the right way, while maintaining some ride comfort. Otherwise, a torch is in it's future, and you could drop it all the way....but the ride will likely suck.

I've done lowered vehicles for a very long time....some cheap, some expensive. Air bags would be the way to go....but of course that would come in much more than $500