My 98 before and after...

[Remo]

Lane24--
What size wheels/tires?
2" Torsion Twist and 2" spring spacers in the rear?
Where did you get the spacers and what brand?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm thinking about doing the same!

 

[Lane24]

The rims are just 16x8 American Racing Baja's, I should have gone with 16 x 10's and the tires are just 265/75's. ( should have gone with 285's). i think that's why the 2 inch lift looks bigger, cuz with the smaller rims/ tires combo it gives a little more space in the wheel well.

The spacers are just the metal ones you can find on ebay when you search for "Expedition coil spacers" I think they were like $50 or something. They just look like metal hockey pucks from the side.
Hope this helps.

 

[Joe S.]

good lookin Ex!

 

[strutmastr]

Sweet!!!! Nice mods!!

 

[mikegigabyte]

Lane 24 you avatar isnt showing up on the site, it has no pic but looks like a link to a pic. May want to fix it unless it was done on purpose. Like the torsion lift, did it on my old explorer years ago.

 

[Eddiebauerexpy]

How hard is it to install coil spaces?

I want my 97 to sit like yours.

 

[Lane24]

I hate to admit this, but I actually paid a mechanic to do it. I don't have a coil compressor, and the guy that has a muffler and alignment shop down the road from my house loves doing stuff like that, so I paid him to do it for me. It took him like just over half an hour to do it and he just charged me like $70 cdn or something. The spacers were $50 on ebay so pretty cheap lift...

 

[Lane24]

Lane 24 you avatar isnt showing up on the site, it has no pic but looks like a link to a pic. May want to fix it unless it was done on purpose. Like the torsion lift, did it on my old explorer years ago.

Thanks man, haven't been around in a while. Noticed my avatar too. Just deleted it. Some of my other pics were missing too, so I added them back in.

 

[Eddiebauerexpy]

How big of a tire can you clear with a 2 inch?

 

[Lane24]

How big of a tire can you clear with a 2 inch?

Mine are about the equivalent of a 32 inch tire, and there is a hella lot of room there. 33's for sure ( or whatever like a 285/75/16 or something) and to go up to a 305/75 or whatever is close to a 35 inch tire, I'm pretty sur the TT and spacers are going to need a 3 inch body lift to go along with it. But hopefully someone else will chime in.

I just find that sometimes a small lift looks bigger with a slightly shorter tire.. You know, like a little air between the rubber and the fender to give it that more lifted look? The less air there and your truck just looks kinda stock again. My Explorer had a 5 inch lift , but only 31's instead of 33's and it looked way bigger than my buddy's with the same lift and 33 inch tires...

Just my opinion.... But don't think I wouldn't stick 33's on in a heart beat. At the time I bought tires the 32's were just cheaper. And I'm cheap!!!