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Yeah, the Explorer really started going downhill when they switched to IFS in '91...
Ummmmm isnt 91 the first year for sploders....?????......

I know that 94 was the last year of the 2nd gen.
 


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I have a 96 exploder.....it doesnt have locking on un locking hubs.... my dad has 98 jeep and i drive both alot and I really dont know which one I like better.. my explorer is a 5 speed 4x4 and has supprised me on where I have been able to go offroad. the jeep well its done just as good.. I think I would go for the power of the 4.0 in the jeep with the body of the explorer... I just like a ford.... but the interior is soo much better in the jeep. but either way it goes both are very goo vehicles in stock form....and you can make both of them very capible rigs with time and money...
 

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Ummmmm isnt 91 the first year for sploders....?????......

I know that 94 was the last year of the 2nd gen.
Yes. Some places you look at say 1990 because several were actually sold in 1990 - but they are 91's. My uncle ordered one and it took a couple months to get it.
 

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i took the solid remark in reference to the rear axle only. because they were always ifs....


the irs explorers stock get stuck in wet grass. but are superior to any other explorer on the pavement. but eat at your wallet with wheel bearing replacements.
 

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what??? all explorers are IFS; 91-94 is TTB and after that is true IFS.
Agreed but TTB is IFS. There is nothing to tie one wheel to the other wheel, they move completely independantly to each other. I found his comment rather humerous and made an attempt at sarcasm (which I know is dangerous on the internet)

i took the solid remark in reference to the rear axle only. because they were always ifs....
I thought that too, but then he started comparing his Explorer to his independant Toyota pickup for durability (which AFAIK always had a solid rear) it kind of threw a wrench into it.

the irs explorers stock get stuck in wet grass. but are superior to any other explorer on the pavement. but eat at your wallet with wheel bearing replacements.
Stock a TTB Explorer is nothing to brag about offroad either... similar sized street tread tires with next to no suspension flex and negligable ground clearance.

Wheel bearings are a major PITA to install (the engineer had to either have been on something really good or should have been on something really good) and rather pricy, but for a family vehicle (the only reason I would buy an Explorer with the intention of keeping it as a vehicle) there is no way I would go to a TTB Ex after being around the independant one, but then they have had a lot of problems with the '02 so I can't say I am going to stand in a line all that long for one of them either...
 
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I have a 96 exploder and I havent been stuck yet... it has supprised me. I am running 31 10.50s alterriens and I have been very lucky at where I have been... the only thing that I dont like about it, everything is electronic. along with there isnt really hubs on it to where you can make it either auto or manual locking hubs... just has a cv axle poking thru...
 

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I have a 96 exploder and I havent been stuck yet... it has supprised me. I am running 31 10.50s alterriens and I have been very lucky at where I have been... the only thing that I dont like about it, everything is electronic. along with there isnt really hubs on it to where you can make it either auto or manual locking hubs... just has a cv axle poking thru...
1 reason you should have bought a first gen :D
 

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