Thread: Harolds Friend.(Expo #2)

Just picked this beauty up from the classifieds on sunday night.
This is how it started.
1993 Explorer.
Mcneil Beams 4.5 over with adjustable coilbuckets, fox 2.0 resis.
Mcneil Conversion front glass, mcniel rear glass.
Winters Shift kit.
Eagle Alloys with bald mud terrains and all terains.
Ford 9inch with disc brakes(STOKED)
gutted interior.


Heres the plans.
Sand and paint the clip, then the whole car.
already got the interior put in thanks to JBWELD for hooking it all up on a decent price.
gonna tub the rear, put my new goodyear mtrs on, as well as the new FOA coilovers.
The front sags so thats all gonna be fixed hopefully soon. painting the front bumper aswell
Tossing around the idea of caging it, but i dono yet. will look completley different in the end.
More pics this week as it gets more work. Hope you enjoy it

and it was one of the mcneils old cars, it has those a pillar bars on the window. anyone know what they are for? heres a pic of it before i got it how it is, if anyone has any info on it that would be rad.
http://i37.tinypic.com/282n67s.jpg
and also i was talking to brian at cvp and he was saying you can convert wheels to beadlock? where would i go to do that? and if the rims are the same size, could i technically run ones off the mt classic locks?

how many projects do you av now?

those bars out side of the A pillars are to protect the windshield from branches and shit the branch will hit the bar and break/bend. rather it hit those bars then your window or a pillar.

-=Jason=-

yes you can convert your wheels to beadlock look into omf they have everything you need

Just an fyi.. but champion wheel, in lake elsinore does the bead lock for way less then OMF..

got a website for them

Originally Posted by Mustard23

how many projects do you av now?

Well my white 4x4 one is finished. Picked this up for a grand so i couldnt pass it up. This one will be strictly play but still highway licensed.

I remember seeing this truck on here. Some chick owned it and her BF was starting to do the work on it and lost interest, on both accounts. Sounded like quite the domestic scrap.

Good to see someone picked it up and is finishing it.

Here it is.

1994 explorer build

Bitchin finally someone who will actually put the time in effort into it. Id put some different front glass on it if i were u though. I think it looks ugly imo. But for a grand thats a steal.

i know a grand is a steal for sure. that rear end and shift kit is worth it imo. i wanna ditch the front glass and run original style glass, or round 96 glass but money is tight right now on it. So for now, im gonna paint it, and run it

Cool,now bring it up so I can put bumpers front and rear,a motorcage,bedcage,light rack.... Etc etc

i have no problem bringing it up and hangin out. as long as its free ahah

pulling the clip off tomorrow and gonna start pulling useless wires,and clean everything up. how hard is it to replace a valve gasket?? its leaking oil down the side of the motor also gonna convert the american racings to beadlock. hoping to take it out by the end of the year. if i already have a cut cargo space, trussed 9 inch and what not, how hard would it be to link it?

Originally Posted by jeepspeed

pulling the clip off tomorrow and gonna start pulling useless wires,and clean everything up. how hard is it to replace a valve gasket?? its leaking oil down the side of the motor also gonna convert the american racings to beadlock. hoping to take it out by the end of the year. if i already have a cut cargo space, trussed 9 inch and what not, how hard would it be to link it?

the valve cover gasket is only a pain because the is a bunch of stuff in the way . to link it you need a fuel cell, links and mounts all the harware and stuff , coil overs, and a cage. Just alot of money haha .

i know about the cage ha, i got that part covered hopefully. i forgot about the cell, i can get coilovers and stuff. kinda spaced. brandon you sure thats the leak? and why does it idle so rough? is there an engine issue? not trying to call you out, kinda sounds like i am, just wanna know what you know

i dont know whats wrong with the motor. but pull the plugs and check them?? if a valve cover leaks it could leak into the spark plug coil area and cause it to foul out. happens alot.

Originally Posted by jeepspeed

i know about the cage ha, i got that part covered hopefully. i forgot about the cell, i can get coilovers and stuff. kinda spaced. brandon you sure thats the leak? and why does it idle so rough? is there an engine issue? not trying to call you out, kinda sounds like i am, just wanna know what you know

well from what i saw its the valve cover gasket i had the same problem with my old ranger. And its always idled ruff since we got it and it sat forever so it problly jus needs a tune up like fuel filter plugs and stuff.

oh yea i forgot about that, which reminds me, there was supposed to be all new plugs and wires and tabs for the glass, which i never got? whatever, i mean its a project right?? its not fun if it goes together easily

i thought those bars were to weld light bar tabs on lol

Originally Posted by hondarider23

i thought those bars were to weld light bar tabs on lol

haha thats what im gonna use them for

Originally Posted by LVbLaCkRaNgEr

yes you can convert your wheels to beadlock look into omf they have everything you need

believe its like 200ish a wheel to convert to beadlock. I have been looking into it as well.

yeah i knew it was kinda expensive, but apparently champion does it cheaper? i dont know if you checked them out too. gonna convert the wheels i got from you into beadlocks

Originally Posted by jeepspeed

yeah i knew it was kinda expensive, but apparently champion does it cheaper? i dont know if you checked them out too. gonna convert the wheels i got from you into beadlocks

that is champions price. well 188.95, but add tax and all and its not really that cheap.
http://www.cwibeadlock.com/conversionmain.htm

I am considering either doing this, or buying some used... Almost comes out to the same price except i could sell my wheels to make some $. but to get 6 wheels done your looking at $1200. FOOK>

yeah god damn, you could find walker evans or kmc at that price. damn

couple questions hopefully you guys will know a solution. when i close the driver door the door locks, and i cant open it with the key. do i need to get all new door locks? and only the driver side windows roll down, do i need new motors for the other ones? or just need a new window controller?

Originally Posted by jeepspeed

couple questions hopefully you guys will know a solution. when i close the driver door the door locks, and i cant open it with the key. do i need to get all new door locks? and only the driver side windows roll down, do i need new motors for the other ones? or just need a new window controller?

all of those are hard to answer without looking at it.
as far as windows go, id guess i wiring issue. dont think they would all fail except the one used most.

youre supposed to say oh no its an easy fix.

looking for a real cheap engine cage, or someone who can make one on the cheap near oc. got coilovers to throw on the front, then throw the fox resis in the rear. pulled the front clip off and it actually is not as tweaked as i once thought, just not bolted up right . look for updates by the end of the weekend.

how simple? i might be able to do somethin for you

im thinking just a hoop on each side. just so i can get the coilovers on, then eventually make a removable crossbar and all that. how much you thinking? and weld on or bolt on?

When I linked mine I used a Bronco II fuel tank mounted it behind the axle under the body, until I get a fuel cell. Worked out pretty good and it only cost $25 from a junk yard.

what would be the easiest way to sand the clip? fine grit sandpaper on a sander? or wetsand? just to rough it up enough for spraypaint

Originally Posted by jeepspeed

what would be the easiest way to sand the clip? fine grit sandpaper on a sander? or wetsand? just to rough it up enough for spraypaint

id wet sand it if u want it to turnout good. i wet sanded the hole thing it took forever tho haha

Id get some really fine sand paper and just sand it down then wash the whole truck then go to town on the spray paint.

the clip is really messed up and is chipped in places so wet sanding start with the thicker paper then go over it with the lighter stuff

damn,if you were closer and you still wanted to do it i would swap glass and give you the old engine cage off the expy.

swap it for the og glass you have? plus an engine cage?

Originally Posted by Brandon5620220

id wet sand it if u want it to turnout good. i wet sanded the hole thing it took forever tho haha

yeah, it turned out pretty good, the car is not too bad. its being painted in my garage right now ahah