is it possible to take the whole front clip off a explorer and put it on a ranger, cause i got a friend with a 02 that he wants to do that to

 

has anyone here done this kind of swap? if its even possible

 

What year explorer and just remember anything can be done with enough time and money.

 

One of the biggest problems is the body lines are different on the sides. I have seen rangers with explorer grills grafted on though

 

I've seen very very few pics of this swap. I want to do one.....called Exploranger. expo drivetrain, expo interior, expo front sheet metal, ranger body/frame, shaved upper bodymolding. it'd be sick!

 

I have seen this front end swap before, but they always shave the body line cuz it looks terrible otherwise.

It does look pretty cool though....just a lot of time and money.

 

There is a guy on RPS...i cant remember his name haha...but hes done this on an older early-mid 90's ranger. Looks ok in my opinion

 

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...fications.html

In the nineties, Ford SVT built this prototype 5.0L Ranger with a Gen2 Explorer front clip. As mentioned above, the body profile is different at the fender/door junction and that would need to be addressed on any Ex/Ranger sheet metal swap.

This truck went through through a few variations in its life but obviously never made it to production. The last time I saw it running around Dearborn, it had a very healthy exhaust note AND a boost gauge on the A-pillar...

 

holy hell thats sexy

 

i like how that looks but it would take a lot of work it looks like

 

Looks like the future of my truck. I found a mountaineer limited with the 5.0 AWD and air suspensions that will be grafted to my truck along with the front clip.

 

mcneil racing inc. offers a fiberglass conversion, but it has flared fenders for desert style trucks

 

Agreed, that's dead Sexah!

 

here's the front end swap with the bodylines still on the fender
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Bump...

Anyone done a later model Explorer front end? I was looking at an 04 the other day, thinking it might look good on a Ranger.