Recent content by troysladeck

Thats interesting, my expo doesn’t sit too high either, just about 3” higher than stock. Just deavers and ebay 6.5” shackles

Stereo complete! For now New alpine amp, Jl 10W3 sub, and JL 6x9 front speakers. Gutted everything stereo related including the head unit, stock amps and sub. Ran new speaker wire to each door. Decided to mount the new amp where the old subwoofer was behind the plastic panel since there is so...

This is with g50e’s and a 6.5” shackle

Sheep's bridge is awesome. Did a 3 day camping trip out there last month and was a blast. Did you do the water crossing? Lmk if you want to come down to Tucson this summer and do some 4lo activites!

Been putting in some work on the expo so its ready to go for Tucson’s monsoon season Rebuilt the lsd with carbon clutches and threw on a ruff stuff diff cover 💅🏽 Cleaned up my wheels. Had 30 years of brake dust and grime baked onto them. Took multiple coats of Magbrite and scotchbrite but...

The only thing the shackle length changes is the lift height. I run a 6" shackle with the g50e's and have about a 3" lift over stock

Took the expo back home to Havasu this past weekend and got some pics on some fun little rollers

Koh repairs were made a couple weeks ago. The frame where the right rear bump stop mounts to was bending inwards. Had to make my own tool to bend it back. Big PIA but got it done and then welded in some tubing on both sides to prevent it from happening again Also redid the front spring...

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?