Recent content by troysladeck

KOH Trip Report! Been searching for a limited grill for a while without any luck… was driving through Landers and spotted a beat up limited 1st gen sitting in some guys yard. The stars aligned and he sold it to me for $40! Got to camp and put it on before unloading a single thing lol. so stoked...

KOH bound! This is the first time I’ve taken the expo to JV and am excited to see how it does in more traditional desert terrain Last year I brought my XJ and it did better than expected but the rear end couldn’t keep up through most of the whoops. The expo should do a lot better

Doesn’t the axle shaft have to come out first? Then you can put a socket on it

Beatrice is coming out of retirement! I’ll put what I do for my D35 TTB alignment, but am also curious if there is a better way to do it by someone more experienced on here? For a driveway alignment, I drive forward with the steering wheel dead level for about ten feet. Turn off car and lock...

Thats exactly what has me tripped up! Looks like a shackle, but its hard mounted to the body

I was looking through my photos from KOH last year and I found this photo that I had forgotten about… I forget what truck this what under but it has me completely baffled. The is the front suspension and has so many moving parts. Can anybody here make sense of this witchcraft??

This thing is insanely well done! Also I’ve never seen this paint job on an explorer before and it looks so sick. Any plans for the interior?

My explorer is a Limited trim but came with an XLT bumper and grill because it was in a front end collision at one point. But I’ve always thought it’d be cool to get it back to Limited spec. Haven’t had much luck finding a bumper, but @gascapkevin had a great idea of just powder coating my XLT...

New Years trip to Gordons Well The new Deavers were definitely noticeable and the rear end felt great. The trunk mount worked as expected and kept everything secured A little brick and a big brick @BATTEN Went a little heavy on the throttle on the fire jump

Fitment was just about perfect. I had so much dead space behind the cooler and sub so I’m glad this worked out. It should be completely quiet while offroading too

4” lift skyjacker springs cut one coil off gave about 3” of lift and matches the rear perfectly (g50e’s and 6.5” shackle). Being on stock beams, 3” lift is the max that is possible without a cut n turn Sprayed the rack with some clear coat, bolted it down, and strapped everything in. Perfect...

Also figured out a layout for the trunk rack that I really like that doesn’t waste too much space. Ended up getting a 36” rifle case and turning it into rattle-free tool storage

long overdue deaver upgrade 💅🏽 Replaced the frame side shackle bushing while I had everything taken apart; was a PITA. Also tossed the old u-bolt plates and threw on some ruffstuff high clearance plates. Muuuch cleaner and over 2” more ground clearance Throwing on some longer springs in the...

I have my ipad mini running OnX mounted on a mob arbor tablet mount with the magnetic base and its badass! It has never once fallen off on me. On my jeep I stuck the metal puck to the windshield and in my Explorer I have the magnet attatched to the factory sheetmetal underneath the head liner

Hand notching tubes with a flap disk is a blast Heres everything mocked up on the ground. Battery will go where the apache case is, then plan is to build a mount above the battery to securely hold the apache case full of tools. Room underneath the tire for random shit. Jack mount on the side...