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Old Jan 5, 2012
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Look what I goooooot!

Expo 8.8, 4.10s, LSD!!! Yeeesss!
 
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Old Jan 5, 2012
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Nice!
 
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Looks good! Now you and I are in a race to see who can get theirs in the truck first haha.
 
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Looks good! Now you and I are in a race to see who can get theirs in the truck first haha.
I'm painting mine so ur gonna win!
 
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Nice find!
 
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im jealous man, nice find.
 
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Nice! I got a Expo 8.8 on Monday... it's an open diff though. Not for the truck... for a project later down the road!
 
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Originally Posted by Mcleary316
I'm painting mine so ur gonna win!
So am I. I also have to do the lim. slip rebuild. :(
 
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nice! and mthomp just drop a lunchbox locker in rather than rebuild the l/s
 
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Old Jan 5, 2012
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Lucky!! How much it run you for?
 
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Nice! Good find.

Do you mind telling us where you got it from, and for what price?
 
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Got it from a guy that flips and parts out explorers. He knows his ****. Sold it to me for $160!

For those of you who have done an expo swap.. do you wanna snap a pic of what you did with the leaf perches? I wanna cut mine off but I'm afraid ill screw up the perch/axle...
 
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Originally Posted by Mcleary316
Got it from a guy that flips and parts out explorers. He knows his ****. Sold it to me for $160!

For those of you who have done an expo swap.. do you wanna snap a pic of what you did with the leaf perches? I wanna cut mine off but I'm afraid ill screw up the perch/axle...
I'm going to leave my old perches on and weld the new ones on top. I don't know how I'm going to do the shock mounts. I'm amazed at how cheap they are. I got mine yesterday for $88. I had to pull it out myself, though.
 
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you should of got some jackstands too lol. next truck i get I might just grab an explorer axle rather than swapping my drums over to mustang rear brakes
 
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Mine was free... lol. Hopefully I find a use for it sooner or later!
 
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Do they sell the perches at a dealership?
 
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Old Jan 10, 2012
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Well I got it all installed and It works great! Thanks to everyone who helped me along the way. Couldn't do it without you guys!!
 
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