Explorer lift review

nice review!

i didnt really like exploders until i owned one, now i have a list of mods a mile long.

just so others know, the superlift and trailmaster 4" lifts arent the only ones available anymore.
there is a kit, from rcd, it's for the same year ranger pickup. rcd doesnt necessarily market it for explorers. liability issues i'd imagine. several people have put it on explorers with good success.

another type of kit is from dixon brothers racing, it is a coilover conversion kit. i think you get 4-5" of lift. the major benefit, other than c/o shocks, is the removal of the torsion bars. sorry i couldnt find the link.
keep in mind, that these c/o kits are gonna cost about twice as much as the drop bracket ones. they will contain new control arms and i think you can buy porsche style cv's with the dixon kit. there is another company who makes a similar kit, but the name has escaped me.

for about the same price, many have done an SAS. i doubt i have to explain the benefits.
some good pics are here in the gallery.

if anyone has more interest, a search on www.explorerforum.com should yield some nice results.

X'ploders are fairly capable if one does somethnig to stop the dreaded frame rail drag out back.

I'm working on doing a custom spring over, and making pockets in the frame rails for the front spring eyes -- both to lessen the amount of total lift and to eliminate the spring hangers and hardware from dragging.

In front, I've modified the TTB to be somewhat flexy (around 18" of travel currently -- with more to come as the mods get done). Alll of the suspension stuff is my own -- and it is a mix and match of various components that I have made work, even though many are not for the Explorer application per se.

The truck works well and has a good wheelbase for climbing.