Lane24's Ex on 35's!!!!!

[Lane24]

Here she is on some Hankook Dynapro AT/m 315/75/16's. It just looks right with the 5 inch lift!!!!!

 

[walnuts4x4]

I like it a lot.... almost caught up to me. Do they rub at all? my 37s rub at full turn so I am just curious.... was thinking about getting a set of 35x14.5 Boggers and put them on new rims for the summer shows

 

[Lane24]

No Rub. Not a bit.

 

[walnuts4x4]

wow thats cool... mine do at full turn but might be because 10" wide rims.... but then again my 97 f150 did the same thing but that had 38x15.5s on 9.75" wide rims... so whats next? I have a few things ordered but wont put them on till after the snow melts

 

[dgray69]

looks nice on the 35s with the lift, cant wait to get mine done, dispite the 1000 dollor snow blower i decided to order the kit anyway got 15% off the price, so couldnt pass it up, showed wife yours, and then went to build her a set of steps to get in, she just dont get the big truck thing, and why we feel its so important to have big trucks that are already rough on the wallet to start, hehe

 

[Lane24]

This is pretty much my wife's truck!! She drives it more than I do. I'm usually ******* around in my Intrepid. Whenever we or she goes anywhere with the kids, it's in our Expy. She's the one that pushed for the 35's. I was going to go with 33's, but she was right when she said go big as you can or you'll be pissed off after. She was right. I went with 31's when I lifted our Explorer instead of 33's and regretted it ever after. She's cool like that.

My buddies always laugh about her wondering how i got so lucky. Same with TV's . I was shopping for 42 inch, and she taked me into a 51 inch. I hope she's not compensating for anything lol

She's always been into trucks and cars. When we met she had a beautiful black 88 Eddie Bauer Bronco and a 90 Mustang, then we moved onto our Explorer ( which got the 5 inch lift) and then we got our Expedition.

 

[dgray69]

dam, do you mind if i send my wife to take lessons from yours, hehe, actually shes not to bad, its just always later or having to justifie, but eventually she gives in, thats why i am going to run these 32s as long as possible, just have to give her puppy eyes, then we compromise. summers not bad, i do construction on the side and thats my money to play with, its just rough in the winter, and i run out of toy funds fast

 

[Lane24]

Wahsed her up for the first time today since the lift. Still dirty but looks a lot better than it did...

 

[Blackwater]

Lane24, It might be a lot to ask but can you take a photo of your truck where the camera would be level with the side step. Im debating doing a body lift because I dont like the profile view of the frame hanging low so to speak. Plus not gaining much clearance opposed to a suspension lift. I have noticed that on the expedition the side steps mask the frame.
I have never done a body lift. How hard was it? And does everything come with the kit to reposition everything and raise the bumpers?


Your rig looks great!

 

[Lane24]

Here ya go!!! I never shy away from posting new pics.

Keep in mind I haven't installed the gap guards yet, so you can see a lot of air in the back wheel well. I also will probably crank the torsion bars a bit in the next few days. I used to have them cranked to about 1.5 inches, but backed them off before the BL. Still lots of clearance.

The kit comes with Everything. As for how hard it was, I pussed out and had the local auto installer shop guys do it. I'm not an old man (38 years old), but I've got pretty bad spinal arthritis that really acts up at the worst times, so I decided it would be best to pay out the $$ and have someone else do it. Lots of others can chime in on how hard it was. It took the place about 10 hours to do it in there shop.

 

[Blackwater]

Body lift here I come! The steps hide that really well. Thank you Sir!

How did they or you get around the front tow hooks? Did you have to do some triming around them?

 

[Blackwater]

Here ya go!!! I never shy away from posting new pics.

What about the wife..................

 

[dgray69]

my kit came today after they delivered it to the wrong house, woo hoo, cant wait to get it in to the shop, bad thing is its not happening this weekend, i got called in to work out of town, the front plastic needs to be cut or removed to install 3 inch, only if you have the hooks and intend to keep them, cant wait to see mine gone, infact cant wait to cut up that front bumper all together, and get the tubes on there,

and blackwater,,, the answer to what about the wife?????? dont worry she will get tired of climbing into it and you can take your girl freinds around then, especially if you remove the steps like i have, lmao

 

[walnuts4x4]

i cant say much of body lift on expys.... I CHEATED I BOUGHT IT LIFTED.... lol but with 72,000 miles and brand new 37s lifted and from texas so no rust for 6,700 bucks why not.... but I've helped install BL on more trucks than I care to remember and they arn't too bad just follow steps and hope bolts arent rusted but then again cutting bolts doesn't matter because all new 3" longer bolts...

also if i read correctly about hooks I'm assuming tow hooks my truck nothings cut and they are still their and if you want steps go with tube steps they look better and are a lot easier for shorter people to use...lol

 

[walnuts4x4]

Blackwater- as for body lifts as long as you get a real kit not a home made body lift they come with everything.... the best one I've used as well as friends is Street Performance they are great.... everything is adjusted for the 3" lift bumpers get brackets but you cant tow with bumper anymore.... and for hiding the frame best best is side steps I went with tube steps bought them off ebay for dirty cheap and they hide everything considering I have 11" of lift so frame is a lot higher....

 

[dgray69]

walnuts that mean i can count on you to help me lift mine, lol. im still out of town, cant wait to get home and tackle the body lift, also i seen that rancho is concidering building a 6 inch lift for the expys now, waiting on that if they do i may get one

 

[97ExpGuy]

Lane,

I'm curious on the body lift: did you have to extend the steering linkage or anything like that? I thought with body lifts there's more work to be done than just adding the spacers between the body and frame.

 

[Lane24]

Lane,

I'm curious on the body lift: did you have to extend the steering linkage or anything like that? I thought with body lifts there's more work to be done than just adding the spacers between the body and frame.

Dgray69 from the post above yours is doing his body lift right now, and posting pics and stuff while he's doing it. Check here http://expeditionforum.com/showthread.php?t=4985

Sounds like a lot of work. I wussed out and I decided to have a shop do mine. I work too much, have zero patience, and a bad back so I didn't want to tackle the body lift!!! Glad I didn't from the sounds of things. But everything should be in your kit. Bumper brackets, steering extension, spacers etc.

 

[walnuts4x4]

with the body lift a spacer comes that you simply disconnect steering shaft while someone holds steering wheel so it doesnt turn and simply bolt in the spacer... In my opinion Performance Accessories Body lift is very simple and it comes with all required spacer, brackets and good directions.... only problem with body lifts are removing old bolts especially if they are RUSTED.... sorry Dgray69 I had too.... lol

 

[dgray69]

there is a 2 inch funnel style adapter that goes in on the columb, under the dash, before disconecting this you must pull your air bag fuze or wammy your air bags go off, before concidering the body lift crawl under truck and check each of the 10 mounting locations, lift should take about 6 hrs, one problem could set you back days, and do read my thread, i tried to keep with the details no prob nuts, we couldnt all buy monster expys already lifted