What is the major differances between 95 to 98 explorers

[rock13979]

I know in 97 they introduced the 4.0 SOHC engine but besides that they all look the same to me. Did they make changes during these years?

 

[ok89]

there are no MAJOR changes but there are a few minor ones. For instance the 98 doesn't have an underhood light

 

[yob_yeknom]

The torsion bar mounts are started being bolted on in '98 instead of welded on.

 

[espnfreak]

i think the 98+ have fewer options because they tried to keep the price the same, so they degraded quality. but the sohc engines are better then the 97 model. i would still rather have a 98+ though because i like the back design and the changes they made werent that big, most of them were small cost cutting ones

 

[Stephen S]

They also changed the front and rear bumpers a bit. The rear hatches are different. The black pillars on the hatch door on the 95-96 are painted body color on the 98+. They also changed that stupid flourescent third brake light (that costs a small fortune to fix WHEN it stops working) to LEDs on the 98+. Different rims were offered. That's about all I can think of right now.

 

[Ray Lobato]

The 95, 96 models have 2wd,4Auto, 4Lo.
The 97+ models are 4Auto, 4Hi, 4Lo.
Also on the 95,96 models, they have a vacuum engaged front axle where as the 97+ models the front axles are engaged from the Transferrcase.
The 95-97 models share the same frame, which is different than the 98+ models. This has to do with the rear torsion bar brackets.

 

[sideswipe]

No glove box light or lights on the bottom of the front doors in my 98 as opposed to my 95.