What was wrong with the 31 spline 8.8 that was in the explorer?
Yep, HahnsB2 got it. The 8.8 that went in was already stuffed with 4.56s, a Lock-Right with less than 1000 miles on them.
Alrighty, it's all done and driving... Time for pictures.
We ended up grinding about 1/4" off the back side of this body mount to get the axle placed just a little bit farther forward, after borrowing a friend's 33x12.5 and seeing it was pretty tight in the back part of the wheelwell.
Passenger side all done.
Sitting on all 4, rolled out of the garage.
After messing with the alignment and getting it pretty damn close, I ran up to the store and tried to find a stock Explorer to park next to for comparison... I had almost given up with I spotted this!
One of three other green lifted Explorers in town. One is on 32s and 2 are on 31, one is spring over.
Now I'm even more glad I found a red one.