Cheap Lift for my Sport, and 4x4 conversion?

[mr. everyman]

How do I do it?



It's a 2003 Explorer Sport, manual trasnmission.

[KF5ZXT]

2003, right?

[KF5ZXT]

[mr. everyman]

Thanks man! that's awesome. Yeah the front is easy, it's mostly the rear I'm lookin at. Need to buy new tires anyway, and thought I'd lift it a bit first.

[KF5ZXT]

Makes sense to me.

What size tire do you plan to run?

[mr. everyman]

[mr. everyman]

but I also kinda want to get something that will have a bit longer highway life, and i've read the Baja Radials are a little soft...

[KF5ZXT]

I'm not sure if you can go with a smaller diameter rim, due to the size of the brakes. I'll have to double check that with some of the guys that are more familiar with second gens. For a radial all terrain, you can't go wrong with a BFG All Terrain. For straight highway, I like Michelen LTX-S. I'm sure others will have other recommendations. Who's Baja Radial are you looking at?

[mr. everyman]

[mr. everyman]

well hey I gotta meet somebody for diner, I'll check back later if you have any additional thoughts

[KF5ZXT]

Okay, not sure what size your current wheels are, but I've been told that 15" wheels will fit yours just fine.

[mr. everyman]

[mr. everyman]

so what are some good manufacturers of some 15" beadlocks? I like the style that is black with a silver lip, and has the round billet holes

[KF5ZXT]

You looking for real beadlocks? Or a more street friendly look-alike?

Real beadlocks require regular supervision, and while some will say they are not street legal, I think that they shouldn't be recommended for a daily driver. When I had beadlocks on my daily driver, I maintained a second set of 'street' tires on separate wheels.

[mr. everyman]

Okay I didn't know that thanks for the heads up. Yeah I def don't want to have to constantly monitor them, but I probably wouldn't go for fakes either lol. That makes my rim options even cheaper haha

[KF5ZXT]

If you are running a the 31x10.50x15 tires, I'd probably go with a 15x8 wheel. Steel will be cheaper, but Aluminum will have less rotational mass, and thus better MPG's.

[TxPlates]

You could do the 3" body lift that I have on the sport trac, not to bad to do and it was around $250 if I remember, and I might be interested in selling you my 15X10 rock crawler rims that have 35" Goodyear MTR's on them with a little more than 1/2 tread left along with a spare that's never been used.

[mr. everyman]

[KF5ZXT]

Probably not much of a noticeable difference. You'll likely lose more from the tire size difference, until you regear the axle to compensate.

[TxPlates]

I guess you are not interested. That's cool.

[mr. everyman]

[BigTim55]

Parker I'll give you $20 for your 35s

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[TxPlates]

Sure Timmy, add 00.00 after your offer and they're yours


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[BigTim55]

$200.00? We can call it an early Christmas gift

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[mr. everyman]

So triple E, any reason you recommended 15x8 over 15x10?