BTF 98 Explorer

[Matt67ss]

New steering wheel, old man spec as @NODNARB would say lol
Cool custom front hub covers look badass!

Things are coming together!

 

[Matt67ss]

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.

 

[Matt67ss]

Front bumper taking shape and found a good spot for the 24” RV jack. Stolen idea from Danny Giannini. @NODNARB has been chipping away making good progress

 

[Matt67ss]

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]

 

[NODNARB]

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!

 

[Matt67ss]

Hell yeah @NODNARB it’s going to be worth the wait!!!

 

[Tree trunk]

Looks mean AF! Congrats on getting it out of the shop

 

[DP_Tundra]

Looks great. Any plans to try and close off/protect the rear bumper/shock mount action going on or just going to leave it as is?

 

[Matt67ss]

Looks great. Any plans to try and close off/protect the rear bumper/shock mount action going on or just going to leave it as is?

Thanks, no plans to add anything going to leave it as is

 

[NODNARB]

Looks great. Any plans to try and close off/protect the rear bumper/shock mount action going on or just going to leave it as is?

The rear bumper sticks out far enough as it is. Hopefully he doesn’t get rear ended!

 

[NODNARB]

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.

 

[LoganB]

Heck Yeah Brandon! Came out crazy cool!! Looking forward to seeing it rip. Whatever became of that shortened wheel base ranger you built?

 

[UR_Mawm69]

edit.

i;m a dumbass. thats what the first like 3 or 4 pages are filled with. hah

EDITTTTTTTTTTT

 

[UR_Mawm69]

The photos make it look worse than it is. With the hatch installed it doesn’t stick out anymore than a stock bumper

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.....................? 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!