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new meats for the exploder

slapped a new set of tires on my new explorer! had to get rid of the dinky 235x75r15 stockers.

have a little bit of cali lean going on
ordered shackels for the back and they are in the mail. will throw an aal if i end up wanting a little more lift out of the rear.

decided on a set of 32x1150r15 BFG all terrains

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nice!! looks good!
 
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hell yea. now get some rims to match.
 
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nice tires.. im going to get bfg's next time i put tires on my truck
 
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Not bad. I bet the shackles will get you the height you want.

How does it get along with the tires. Should be running 3.73s on there, right? I felt like our 97 explorer 4.0L with 3.73s and auto was kind of a dog with 31s.
 
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Looks good, once you get the back raised up a bit it will be much better
 
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You know what sucks about that year Explorer, is the reflective brown window tint. Ours had that too so I never tinted the front windows.
 
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Meaty! nice score man
 
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Looks pretty good. Can't wait to see it leveled out.
 
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Tires look good.
 
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balllllin!
 
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Originally Posted by brianjwilson
Not bad. I bet the shackles will get you the height you want.

How does it get along with the tires. Should be running 3.73s on there, right? I felt like our 97 explorer 4.0L with 3.73s and auto was kind of a dog with 31s.
yup 3.73s but i have the 5.0. it still scoots pretty good. much faster than my ranger ever was. much much faster
 
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Originally Posted by brianjwilson
You know what sucks about that year Explorer, is the reflective brown window tint. Ours had that too so I never tinted the front windows.
i havent looked at it yet, but was planning on some tint in the near future. is it a film or is it made into the glass? i was just planning on slapping on some 5% all the way around. exhaust first though
 
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Slam it, SC it, throw on some Saleens or Cobras, and have a badass lowered AWD Explorer.
 
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The tint is part of the glass. Even with dark tint all around the rear is going to be reflective.

One day I want to pick up a regular cab 4x4 ranger and swap in a built 5.0L with the AWD transfer case, lower it a couple inches (2wd height) and put a nice quiet exhaust on it. It would make a fun daily driver.
 
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Originally Posted by brianjwilson
The tint is part of the glass. Even with dark tint all around the rear is going to be reflective.

One day I want to pick up a regular cab 4x4 ranger and swap in a built 5.0L with the AWD transfer case, lower it a couple inches (2wd height) and put a nice quiet exhaust on it. It would make a fun daily driver.
damn that really lame. that just ruined my night. going to have to figure something out
 
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Sorry to rain on your parade dude!
 
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Nice i'm thinking about getting an explorer just like that here soon. goal is to crank the tbars some and throw some shackles on it and 32's and call it a day.
 
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I've never seen an explorer on 32's, looks good man.
 
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Nice i'm thinking about getting an explorer just like that here soon. goal is to crank the tbars some and throw some shackles on it and 32's and call it a day.
do it

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I've never seen an explorer on 32's, looks good man.
thanks. i hadn't either
 
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looks good. wayyyy better than the stock tires haha
 
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