Recent content by TheOkieEngineer

Are those front fenders fiberglass? Can you give more details on how you build the rear fenders? They look rad! Nice build 🤙

I’m late to the forum… but you did a nice job on everything! Lol

Holy shit 🫣 holy shit on those bumps lol

Jawbone weekend was an epic adventure. Explorer did freaking awesome I high centered the rear end on a rock After getting unstuck, I proceeded to give it a beat down in the whoops Going around 45-50 on a trail, I hit a 2-3ft URO (unidentified rock object) and chunked the driver front and...

Fender trimming: not much to say bout this deal. I didn’t have fiberglass and wasn’t too sure how it was all gonna go together and wanted to take this thing for a rip, so I only trimmed as much as I needed to to clear the 35’s at bump. For the rear, I just took apart the factory fender liner to...

Actually @Turboyota project mobza was a source of inspiration for me lol hence using the ruff stuff towers and other ideas from that build. I had originally planned to do all this stuff to a ranger 3.0 I had, then I blew the motor up… stock. I was over the 3.0 and went 5.0

In today‘s episode, coil over tower, bump stops and engine cage gets welded in. The engine cage was a MF Biaaaatch to fab and clear the factory stuff under the hood as there is aboslutely no freaking room under the hood lol. But as Larry the cable guy says, Git’R’Done. Cycles 16” travel...

Part 5: I wanted to start modeling the a-arms and get them on the explorer ASAP cuz it looked stupid sitting ass high lol built a prototype to see how it would work before I built the real deal. I mounted the prototype and cycled it with 02 F150 4WD knuckles and was very happy with how the...

Part 4: Tacked the King 2.0 x 2” stroke bumps in. (PSA: I know I fucked up the bump mounting, suppose to take the urethane pad off and tack it all in ~ 1/4” before metal on metal contact. Will show fix and updated mount/landing pad in later post.) Also u-bolt eliminators are a gimmick and a...

Part 3: cantilever install Now to start cutting and snorting metal dust. CHOP CHOP My technical supervisor lol At this time, the frame was cleaned up and ready for the cantilever subframe. All the factory junk removed Cantilever subframe tacked in Front leaf hanger tacked in Axle in place...

Part 2: Cantilever Fab. It was time to fab the leaf spring mounts, shackle, and cantilever. (Leaf spring mount, hangers and shackle courtesy $$ of DIY off-road for plans) Around this time, I got the Kings that I had ordered. I got everything fabricated and all the pieces and components...

After posting this on DR someone kindly told me that DR was dead as a doorknob lol ancient website for ancient kid at heart. This site is where all the Kool Kats come Sooo, thought I would share my ‘98 5.0 2wd explorer “budget” build. It’s been about 3 years imagineering 2 years of collecting...