new member in FL

[henry98]

i registerd many moons ago and im just slacking but im stepping back in to say hello and meet other expedition owners and check out their rides. mines a 98 xlt leather/loaded 4x4 getting ready to hit 200k mi and still ticking away on the oe 5.4L. this truck will eventualy get a new motor and whatever else blows up or wears out in time. ive loaned it out to a few friends w/chevy tahoes and they said it drives way nicer and runs better than their w/ a lil over 100k on the speedo..all i can say is proper maintenance will go a long ways ..... i recently took mine from the wife and got her a new car so this summer im planning a sas/regear w/true tracs front and rear along w/4.56 gears and custom arb style front bumper and a custom rear bumper . im a fabricator and an ase technician. i use to work at predator4wd in colorado building some sick jeeps but have since moved back down to FL and work for coca cola as a service tech. hope to hear from yall soon! i just recently replaced all the headlamps /markers w/new ones and put in a new optima red top along w/ 2/alpine 10's and a jvc dvd head unit and monitors in the seats for my kids



my little buddy helping me out

 

[walnuts4x4]

welcome... yeah been dreaming for a SAS but doubt it at least for a while... mines a daily driver... but another jeep guy with a expy... seems like there is another one on here....dgray

 

[dgray69]

nice ride, and welcome to the family, theres nothing wrong with playing with toys, i love building up jeeps, trail, crawlers truggies, buggys, as long as its on the trail on the rocks and draws attention i like it, just like my rusty expedition, there walnuts, I SAID IT, lol god the last pic looks all to familiar

 

[henry98]

ive owned several jeeps and dont really care for them much anymore...this is my first expedition ive had broncos and what not but w/kids this thing is awesome..and it rides great when were out wheeling. except for this screech from the backseat when it gets a lil off camber from my daughter

 

[walnuts4x4]

hell my ride is so stiff my daughter already knows how to say bumpy... and weee and she is only 2....

 

[dgray69]

lmao, my step son loves it, wife and step doughter ***** before we even get rolling, in fact step doughter gracefully fell out of it in front of all her freinds at school, that was funny as hell, shes in middle school, they all gave here hell for it

 

[walnuts4x4]

another reason to get 6" lift imagine falling out of it then

 

[dgray69]

im working on that, but chaseing down other stuff first, hehe, i will add to it eventually, might even have dad build me the kit for 9 inches, and fulton spring has the rear springs i will need, they build them there,

 

[henry98]

this was before the lift and tires when i got it stuck out on power line by myself its not stuck that bad but it would only move an inch both ways so i waited instead of burying it even deeper ...I waited 45 min for a friend to show but my son liked it




thers alot of old military vehicles out on reservation.. we came across 2 of these stripped of its electronics and power train. my son loved this also..

 

[00XLT]

Welcome aboard. Great pics and good looking rig you got.

 

[mmrseed]

yeah, welcome aboard and very cool looking truck. FYI, it is not good maintainance that makes the expy drive better than the chevys with less miles, it is because they are chevys. And that is not obnoxious ford v chevy talk. I've driven friends tahoes and suburbans and they felt like junk. They seemed plasticky and flimsy and handled like they were 20 years older than they really were....imo

 

[henry98]

i just got another request from our friend the tahoe owner to borrow my expedition to take her kid to a dr. appt at sacred heart...i said sure no problem...just bring it back w/same amount of gas