Andres629's still at it! '87 BII this time!

[Andres629]

Update: Jan. 2, 2011
Decided that I would update the first post in my thread for any new people to see right off the bat. I will update this post as well as make a new post when more things have been done!

Didn't actually get any pictures of the VERY start of it, but close enough. '87 BII that I picked up for $375 CDN, with 265,xxx km on it, all it needed was a driveshaft. Original CV driveshaft crapped out. Imagine this with 205/75R15 winter tires, and a chrome grille and that's what I started with. On with the pictures!

After a little lovin'...

Plans for the very near future:
2" body lift
2" coil spacers, Expo springs/Belltech 6400's
Major fender trim
33x12.5 TSL's

Jan. 2, 2011:
Wow, looking back on what I had planned at the beginning and what I have now is crazy! Here is my list of mods, and a picture in it's current state.

Mods:
-93 Explorer Dana 35's with 4.56's
-91 Explorer 8.8 l/s with 4.56's
-96 Explorer M5OD with early top plate and 92 Explorer clutch master and slave
-4.0 clutch
-93 Ranger BW 1354
-MSD 6A box, Crane P90 coil, MSD Super Conductor 8.5 mm wires, Accel cap and rotor
-1st gen Explorer front driveshaft on rear. If you have any questions on what you need to make this work, PM me.
-Explorer rear leaves with Belltech 6400 shackles, BDS shocks
-Superlift long arms, Tuff Country 1.5-2.5" beam brackets, 2WD Duff coils, modified factory coil buckets with F-250 shock towers, Bilstein 7100's
-Rock sliders and custom rear bumper
-2 sets of doors; full and half doors
-Major fender trim and new sheetmetal welded in rear wells
-35x12.5r15 Good Year Wrangler MT/R w/ Kevlar on 15x10 Rock Crawlers with beadlock
-Custom Aerostar grille mod

Before I got the outer bead broken and beadlock ring bolted on.

 

[willievhook]

Nice find!
I'm diggin the paint job

 

[Robert_1967]

Did you make the front grill or was it already like that ??




Robert

 

[86 slo-vo]

you have way too many projects....reminds me of someone i know....oh wait...its me

 

[holyford86]

Did you make the front grill or was it already like that ??




Robert

I've never seen a grille like that either, interesting

 

[railman]

Did you make the front grill or was it already like that ??




Robert

I've never seen a grille like that either, interesting

looks to me that someone took a Ex grill centersection and added it....

l8r, John

 

[jhammel85]

Did you make the front grill or was it already like that ??




Robert

It's an aerostar grill thats been modified right?

 

[Andres629]

Yep, Aerostar grille that I put together. I made it originally for the 88 2WD Ranger that I posted up earlier, then decided it would suit this more. It was really easy to do, and it turned out clean!

 

[Andres629]

AHEM! Major fender massaging and some stock 4WD Ranger blocks under the rear springs to fix the sag... and here she sits as of today!

Whaddya'll think? I dig it. =]

 

[86 slo-vo]

me likey

 

[Andres629]

Thanks slo-vo. Now I just gotta get me a front and rear bumper fabbed up and some sliders!

 

[86 slo-vo]

needs more exo

 

[Andres629]

Needs more regular cab Ranger cab and bobbed, dovetailed Ranger box.

 

[Robert_1967]

I think it needs a set of fender flairs, and then your done, it looks great the way it is.

also I dont know what it is about BroncoII's, but mine 89 felt like I was driving up hill all the time, I stuck a 2 inch block in mine also to make it look level



Robert

 

[Andres629]

It's in the works... I don't want to get an MVI on this one like I did on my Ranger. I'm going to either make some out of some 18ga checkerplate aluminum, or use old conveyor belt. So far I'm leaning towards conveyor so that WHEN I rub it against a tree, it just folds over and goes back in place, rather than bending.