Prerunner / Chase Expedition in the making

[rewarder]

I had no trouble finding rubber for 16's. Plus like you said.... way more sidewall. Nice to see the ***** troll never came back.

Hahaaaaahaaaaaa, I know, really!! Let's just build a truck & have some fun.

if you want a lot cheaper tires and you dont mind some slightly used race tires you can get them for like $100 a tire off racedezert.com or even pirate4x4. but i do like 16s. they look better and have more rubber. but still you can find rubber for it, just not as easily as with 17s. and if you do upgrade and decide on bead locks or some other aftermarket wheel i would say get 17s. most bead locks dont even come in 16s. 15,17,20,22. but the 20 and 22 are for 40s+. haha

Yeah, race dezert is a good place, never been to pirate before. 17's would be a good choice for larger disc brake calipers as well.

BTW, what does Ford call my 4-Link look-a-Like suspension in the rear? It really looks like Giants "Daily driver link" only shorter. Go to their website and check it out. I think that's what I'm going to do in the rear. H&M in Front or Dixon Bros.

Give me your opinions on spare tire mount! Swing away or something tied into a custom roof rack. I'm getting some free KC's from my buddy so we might do a light bar/roof rack then tie a spare tire carrier and floor jack on it. I don't want to lose my third row seat for a tire & Jack. Decisions decisions.....

Thanks guys for the support. I love my truck!

 

[Soldier777]

looking awesome nice build!

 

[panda24619]

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as for the front end. if you want it now i would go H&m. dixon bros is hard to reach right now. they are backed up for months on projects. they cant make their products fast enough. as for the rear. if you want it done right you need to put coil over threw the floor and tub them. you will lose the 3rd row, but it will also allow the dust to not come in and you can still have plenty of room for spares or tools or jacks and what not. and if you dont want a light bar right now just put the lights on the roof. a few guys, including my self, have it. i like the look.

 

[jstrut]

Looks great. Too bad that raptor front wouldn't fit.

 

[rewarder]

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Wow! 500 bananas!! Plus the bumper is already built. We were thinking of incorporating a light bar/roof rack then tie in some tubing down to the rear bumper. Or a swing away but those are spendy as well.

as for the front end. if you want it now i would go H&m. dixon bros is hard to reach right now. they are backed up for months on projects. they cant make their products fast enough. as for the rear. if you want it done right you need to put coil over threw the floor and tub them. you will lose the 3rd row, but it will also allow the dust to not come in and you can still have plenty of room for spares or tools or jacks and what not. and if you dont want a light bar right now just put the lights on the roof. a few guys, including my self, have it. i like the look.

Yeah the H&M kit is clean & killer. I like the billet uppers. For the Rear, the tubs would have to be cut out, shock hoops made then enclosed (lose the the third seat) then have the Giant kit installed. I swear it's the same as my set-up only longer. Giant Motorsports - Offroad Race Truck Suspension Specialists | Daily Driver Link Kit | giantmotorsports.com | Link, Bed, Cage, Daily mine is the same only shorter

Looks great. Too bad that raptor front wouldn't fit.

Did you see the pic with the raptor front end on it? Superwide!

 

[panda24619]

i love the kit. my buddy has the 2wd kit on his truck. and the uppers will never break because they are billet. and our rear ends are parallel 4 link with pan hard bar. 5 link rear end. works great and super flexy. and yeah the raptor front is wide, but i like it.
(same friend with the h&m kit)

 

[stangant]

I like the 04 f150 front end on the expy, but what is the grill insert?

 

[rewarder]

When I had McNeil Racing install the front clip they were also in the process of designing the raptor front end. I was all about that, but it was enormous! I'll try to track down a picture. So we went with the F-150 clip but they had several types of inserts or grills (I believe that's what your referring to) initially, Since the Raptor front end did not fit they were going to use a grill that had the ford oval located front & center. Wow, I'm dragging this on! Anyway, I believe it's a hybrid grill they designed to fit the smaller front clip. I did tell them that I liked FORD spelled out instead do the oval. It might have been one of their first ones designed because they asked me to send them some pictures of the Expy so they could show some potential customers. Sorry for being long winded.

 

[panda24619]

when my buddy went down there he saw your truck. texted me back saying he saw a lifted expedition with his raptor clip on it then a few days later he went back down and the new f150 clip was put on. he said it looked a lot better than the raptor clip just because of the size of the clip wasnt flowing very well with the size of the expy.

 

[rewarder]

Just bought a Jet Throttle Body Spacer from Jet. I'll be picking it up tomorrow. We'll see how it woks. I'll update pics of the truck. I installed a bumper a few months back. Next is a H&M long travel kit up front


Just installed the throttle body spacer. Took about 45 minutes. Pretty straight forward install. We'll see if there are any improvements. Maybe a Mass Air Sensor next?

 

[rewarder]

Finally, I'm getting my spare tire and floor jack mounted next Thursday. It's been like a year to get this project properly finished. Nobody seemed to be able to figure it out correctly. After that I'm installing Headers! Any suggestions on header brands? I realize I'm limited to shorty headers. Summit has headers and PaceSetter has headers as well. PaceSetter is here in Phoenix, I don't know if that will help me at all. Should I go for dual exhaust?

 

[Blanco]

So its basically a 90% stock Expy at this point still right?
No real suspension work or power upgrades?

How many miles on it?
has the engine or trans ever been rebuilt or maybe the front or rear axles?

 

[rewarder]

Pretty much. I bought it from a lady who got it in a divorce settlement. She wanted a car because it was too big for her. When I got it, it had the Rancho 4" lift installed with the Bilstein shocks, AirRaid cold air intake, amazingly the guy had 16.5" wheels on it!! But I did not catch that until I got home so the first thing I did was purchase 5 Mickey Thompson wheels & 5 Yokohama 315r16 tires. Then it went to California to Perry McNeils to have the front clip and the rear glass installed. I flew out there and picked it up then it went to get the front bumper built. Then about 7 months later I had the rear bumper buil, but it was supposed to have the carrier built with it but the shop didn't have time or something. So now it's going in on Thursday (I hope) to get the tire carrier/floor jack swing arm built. I did install the Jet Performance Throttle Body Spacer but that's about it. This truck has lived the life of a Princess. All leather, ICE COLD Air Conditioner, never had any major issues. I had the coil on the passenger side fire wall location replaced because Ford had the great idea of putting the radiator heater hose directly over that cylinder. So some fluid made the coil misfire but I got that squared away. Any expedition owner would tell you the same story.

 

[splintrcel]

That front end looks sick. Love the look. That is one hell of an expedition.

 

[panda24619]

soon it will have a nice front kit on it. go h&m. they are building my buddys spindles right now. i would say DBR but you cant get a hold of them. but in the future i might have a friend who is going to sell their DBR kit. when it comes time i will let you know.

 

[rewarder]

Why is he getting rid of the DBR kit? Going back to stock or looking for something else? Tomorrow morning the rear tire goes on! About time huh? I'm thinking of painting the lower valence black. That one piece under the grill. Not sure tho.

Anyone going to Baja in November? I have a couple of friends racing. One is Trophy his brother is Class 1 amongst some 8 guys etc. I do a lot of decals for the racers. I'll post a pic of my design for the trophy truck buddy when it's done. Maybe you guys can throw some constructive criticism my way.

Hay Panda, what do you think about the rear end? A problem to be solved for sure

 

[RollinKaos]

I know this is old but do you have pics of the rear bumper with the carrier installed? Realy would like t see them.

 

[xtinc7ion]

I know this is again, very old, lol but I would love to see it too.

 

[xtinc7ion]

Been talking/texting with Rewarder all day, I gotta say, his rig looks AWESOME. He and I have been going over ideas for my truck since he and I have the same basic vision for our expys. Give me a sec and ask him if he minds if I post the pics he sent me of his carrier and rear bumper.

 

[xtinc7ion]

For those wondering and following Rewarder's progress, he's been rockin it. His expy turned out phenomenal. Here are a couple of pics he and I have been going over today. Cheers!


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