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Ok, My explorer's body is totaled, are theere and body/frame kits?

QuikSilver

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Montara, CA
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95 Explorer
I flipped it, don't ask how... it was a freak accident. Nothing was hurt except my ego and my poor explorer.

It's a 4 door.

Thanks if you can help.
 



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And here's a pic, boy is it sad....

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It looks like a pretty mild rollover. Was there any frame damage at all?

You could do the fiber glass route from Perry's Fab
 






The front door frames are messed up right? You could go convertable like Jimabena, and go to tube doors.
 






Find a explorer with a blown engine and buy it ... swap it over then part out your truck on ebay :)
 






Have you checked local salvage yards? Sometimes they have clean bodied explorers, and sometimes you can collect parts off several trucks to get all the parts you need...
 






Section, it's pretty bad :(. You can't really see the damage when it's on its roof. I'll try to get some more pics of it on its wheels. There was frame damage, the 2 front doors are really tweaked, and the 2 back doors shut but aren't flush with the body. How much can perry's do?

Crankase, does jimabena have any pics on the net? Tube doors sound sick. Is there any way I can make the whole body tubed? Or am I delusional? :p

Lemondrop and VairKing, thanks for the advise, but I would be incredibly lucky to find such a deal, which I doubt I will... especially with my luck (which you can see isn't very good at the moment).

Thanks for the help.
 






http://www.perrysfabnfiber.com/

They have front fenders, hoods, rear doors and rear fenders. Check out their site and theres a few threads going around about his fiberglass on 95+ Xs.

Okay, now you gotta tell us what happened. How else are we supposed to learn from other's mistakes?? Thats what this board is all about!
 






Ok, I'll tell you, but the way it happened was complete bs, heh.

I was leaving a paintball course that we’d just bull dozed flat. Everyone else left, and I had just put my tools and crap in the back. I kicked it into drive, but for some reason it would not move. The gear display showed that it was in drive, but it was actually in neutral/border-line drive. I did not know this. So I revved the engine, thinking I was stuck in a hole or something. I then put on the 4WD and revved it some more. At the point when I was putting in a lot of gas, I heard a click, you all know it, the sound the automatic shifter makes when you change gears. I then peeled out uncontrollably and hit a pile of dumped cement (some A hole that thought private property was the ideal place to dump). The lump launched my front left wheel in the air for a short time, and when it “landed” it been turned upon collision with the cement. The end result was the explorer over turning, and me sitting there wondering what the hell just happened, in my flipped X.
 












Man... I think all the cards were against you today (or whenever this happened. Go buy a lotto ticket... it can't get any worse!
 






Yea, I'm still having a hard time believing it happened.

So, does anyone know of a place that sells Tube doors, and what would I do after I "cut" the top off?

Thx
 






cut the roof off and put in a cage..... CoryL on this board sells cages and tube doors.... but i dont think he has any yet for the door model and he wont sell a cage without him building it on your truck....
 






:eek:

Oh my!
So is that your dad walking around the ex while you kinda skulk off to the side? or vice versa?

Man I feel sorry for ya :(

I tried to fix it for ya though! Does this do anything for ya??

FIXED!

Now you just have to get rid of that rather large planet stuck to your windshield, and your all set!

Then again a planet would be a cool hood ornament!

Comedy sometimes help ease the pain my friend...
 






Thanks! Is he local to the bay area... or at least a reasonable distance? And about how much does it cost for everything, including whatever he charges for labor?

I'll PM him.
 






he isnt local at all..... that is why i cant my cage done by him :( but he sells tube doors for explorers and will send them by mail.... he is in kentucky...... where is montara?
 






Originally posted by ld50
:eek:

Oh my!
So is that your dad walking around the ex while you kinda skulk off to the side? or vice versa?

Man I feel sorry for ya :(

I tried to fix it for ya though! Does this do anything for ya??

FIXED!

Now you just have to get rid of that rather large planet stuck to your windshield, and your all set!

Then again a planet would be a cool hood ornament!

Comedy sometimes help ease the pain my friend...

Yea that is me sulking, pissed off, walking with my arms crossed, and my dad walking up to assessing the damage. Thanks for the comedica relief ;)
 






Originally posted by jimabena74
he isnt local at all..... that is why i cant my cage done by him :( but he sells tube doors for explorers and will send them by mail.... he is in kentucky...... where is montara?

Damn, that sucks. Is there anyone else that can put in a cage? And are there any pics with a finised product around?

And Montara is about 30 miles south of San Francisco.

Thx
 






really? i am about 50 miles south from SF and have lived in the bay area all my life and have never heard of montara.... what are its neighboring cities? i dont know of where to get a cage, but you can get a whole body for an explorer for $2k including windows from Santa Clara Truck Wreckers.....
 



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was yoru dad pissed?
 






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