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  1. dgray69

    selling the EXPY

    sadly, I have decided against doing the repairs, so I put her out to the road with a for sale sign on her, heads are shot, found a few motors for around 300-500. but no time to do this and my shop is filled with toys. so no way its going in there, some one should buy her, posted for $3000...
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    front end rebuild

    This was not a fun project, needed another set of ams but managed to get it done
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    guess its time

    been here a while came over from the start, but dont get much time with truck and this forum, easy tied up with in the jeep things and my own forum sorry guys My Ride 2001 expy xlt 4.6 all wheel, 6 inch lift with 35 inch Mickey thompson baja claws on custom 8 hole alloys, and tons of other...
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    My Expy

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    body shop said it couldnt be done f150 roll pan on expedition

    it took some work but this is what we came up with, body shop told him it absolutley would not go on, yup typical, when all else fails bring it to a freind. a little cutting, and grinding and it went right on , so when all else fails find a freind who has a point to prove, hehe, next...
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    radiator support swap

    not really a how to, but pics of the front end rebuild, and ill forever have nightmares from this
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    rear control arms

    looking for inexpensive rear adjustable control arms for my 01 any one seen ajustable kits for the expies, i cant seem to find them, the pass side rear upper arm is bent and the channel style that is used stock prob is not a good idea to bend back with out weakening it
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    planning my build

    well ive decided truck needs alot of help, im getting discuraged do to lack of time, but im going to try to push forword, this week i will be doing air intake mod, I also will be getting new 33s on new rims and installed, and as soon as i figure out what color i want the truck i will be ordering...
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    mall crawling 101

    instructor (walnuts) truck and mine, lmao, he felt right at home, well i was looking all over for at least a mud puddle to roll through, and yup i know, i need bigger tires,
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    if theres a reason to not build up truck guess this is it

    wife and i found this house a few months ago, we really wanted to get it but things just didnt time out, owner called us today with an offer we really cant refuse, so ill be backing out of much more progress on my truck for a bit till we get into this and get the garage up, we are approved for...
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    transporting tires

    looking for ride, I bought 4 off road tires, they are in south east pa just off 81, near the pa pike, I am trying to get these tires up to ny, straight shot up 81, any one planning a trip that may have room to transport 4 36 inch tires, these tires will take up some room they are large, but...
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    k here we go if i can get it in order

    when i bought it first 32 supers to get around on added 2/3 level kit and removed running boards, 3 inch body lift new rancho shocks my pre runner i made my skid plate
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    wheeling my 01

    just blew that 5 minutes in every one left and i was on my own, so i jumped out a ton of times to get pics, never got stuck, but did have one big hill i could not get up, so i found another hill, than came down the one i couldnt get up, all in all. It was a fun day...
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    pourus rims

    has any one every heard of alloy rims becomeing pourus, and loosing air due to chemical break down between road salt, and alloy, hmmmmm i work with alloy every day and never heard of such a thing, but this is the problem, i have been loosing about 5 lbs of air a week out of one tire, i have...
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    photos

    all my photos will be deleted, as i am haveing problems with my photobucket, so i am cleaning it out and re doing it,i will then edit my lift kit threads, Dave
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    My builds

    new pre runner im building, tube bumpers is scraped work in progress, needs to be cleaned up, and painted, and a few more bars added, and I know the welds are ugly, thats what grinders are for
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    16.5

    does any one know if there are 16.5 rims made for the expedition with the 130/5 lugs
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    chrome rust remover

    what works best to remove all the little rust spots all over the chrome bumper, i wand to clean these up a little, for now till new bumpers are ready, i may even end up painting the crome to match the body paint, but need to do something about the rust
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    level lift and body lift

    most of yas know i did a complete lift on my 01 expy,, before considering this check your expy completely,frame rails, cross members, torsion bars and adjusters if you have them, if its front springs, check both platforms upper and lower, lifts can easily add up to more work, my 2/3 day star...
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    front recovery hooks

    I need a set of recovery rings, same as the ones mounted on the front of the 4x4 models, has any one found a place online that carries them? im getting no where with the salvage yards here in ny, and im looking for function not looks, any that i have seen online are chrome and not for recovery use,
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    tail lights out (HELP)

    got home from working out of town to find that my tail lights are not working, checked all the fuzes under the dash, and the hood, so now where to start, ive checked the grounds, they appear to be fine, tomarrow i will pull them appart hit the frame with the grinder and remount them, does any...
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    off roading bandwagon

    do you live in the north east and are looking for freindly trails to run your expy, both these parks offer camping, and a ton of trails, i have wheel at both these parks with my expy stock, a great weekend get away, also while your at it there are alot af off road clubs guys and girls, they are...
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    01 xlt start to almost finished

    i will try to keep this in order,its not pretty, i will get better finished pics tomarrow, and the tube bumper has not made it on yet, ran out of time /dgray69/bodyliftproject004.jpg[/IMG] <a...
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    who runs lockers

    what are people running for lockers in there expys?, and how they holding up?
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    Off Road light placement

    trying to figure out where to mount my off road light, kinda up in the air so ill make a poll out of it, 1) on the front bumper 2) on the windsheild visor 3) on the roof rack cross member 4) in the grill, not sure how it will look but its an option :confused:
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