BTF 98 Explorer
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Ride height dialed in and quarter panel trim pieces trimmed up to fit over the tubs with wiring tucked up behind them. Got that OEM plus look.
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Front bumper wrapped up looking good, not pictured is the removable light rack for the three LP9s. Spare tire hold and jack hold downs in there final stages too!
UR_Mawm69
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Rolled out under her own power yesterday, getting washed off and cleaned up after being exposed to dust and grime in the shop for way too long. Need to tighten/double check all the jam nuts and stuff, then take her for a spin around the block to make sure the tone ring works right and it shifts like it’s supposed to.
Looks like this will be the last “project” I personally take on in the shop until I have production flowing better and I can be less involved on that side of things. This took me way too long to get finished, thank you Matt for being so patient with me!
Looks like this will be the last “project” I personally take on in the shop until I have production flowing better and I can be less involved on that side of things. This took me way too long to get finished, thank you Matt for being so patient with me!
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Looks mean AF! Congrats on getting it out of the shop 
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Thanks, no plans to add anything going to leave it as is
The rear bumper sticks out far enough as it is. Hopefully he doesn’t get rear ended!
Drove it around a little bit, was reminded it’s got a spool, thought id totally fubar’d the alignment first turn I hit. 
Stoked the tone ring seems to be working and the speedo works and the trans shifts normally, although speedo seems to read a little high.
Took it across town and got the ac evacuated and charged, couple little things tomorrow, mostly just double checking things for tightness, etc. and it should go home.
Stoked the tone ring seems to be working and the speedo works and the trans shifts normally, although speedo seems to read a little high.
Took it across town and got the ac evacuated and charged, couple little things tomorrow, mostly just double checking things for tightness, etc. and it should go home.
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edit.
i;m a dumbass. thats what the first like 3 or 4 pages are filled with. hah
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i;m a dumbass. thats what the first like 3 or 4 pages are filled with. hah
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UR_Mawm69
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.....................The photos make it look worse than it is. With the hatch installed it doesn’t stick out anymore than a stock bumper
.....................? just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil bit more than a stock bumper. haha. not hating, at all. i fucking love it. just was going through from page one and caught this and went..... ummmmmmm.
haha. keep on keepin on!
It’s actually here again, owner drives it pretty hard and rolled it and bent a beam, along with a Dana 44 snout which was kinda cool to see. We are making some nice 4130 beams with big boy hubs for him now, maybe replace the roof too, not sure.
It’s kind of a lot but I like different and I think (hope) Matt likes it too!
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It’s really not that bad in person with the light bar and jack in place 
I dig it
I dig it
4xFoorOffroad
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Anyone will forget anything about the bumper once they have their friends in a sealed cab and jumping and bombing through the desert in that thing. Looks so rad. Glass kind of reminds me of the brownish one Morgan Clark made a couple videos on but sold off.
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Saw the post on fakebook and had to find this thread. Nice build.
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