Kwoodbury488
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The good ole 2wd 98 ford explorer budget build. Got it completely stock from my brother with 103,000 miles on it a couple years back. When I first got it I just tightened the torsion keys all the way and put some wheel and tires on it. Then as time passed by I wanted more so I came across some used BTF upper control arms 4 inch spindles and some rancho shocks for the front and for the rear I was able to get some shackles shock pin eliminate mounts and some FOA 2.0x10 remote resi shocks for it. That’s how she sits currently. For what it is it’s done rally good for me but of course we always want more. In November I hit up a buddy of mine to get some shocks through him to do a coilover conversion on it to get rid of the torsion bars to my surprise he had an old Dixon bros 4.5 wider LT kit and some fox 2.5x8 coilovers sitting in some crates in the back of his shop and I was able to acquire that with some fox 2.5x12 fox gen 1 raptor shocks. The Dixon bro kit needed new ball joints so I just changed those out ordered a clevis from blitzkreig for the heim steering some shock towers from slag factory and just need some extend brake lines and will be able to start installing the front kit. Then the plan is to get some deavers and the cook craft rear under bed shock mount kit to run the first gen raptor shocks. I’ll be posting as I start the build can’t wait this will be my first long travel build so will be probably asking questions as the build goes. I’m pretty pumped.
