im gonna be driving my grandmothers 2000 something eddie bouer explorer this winter, i looooove that truck. my sister has a 99 mountaineer with the 5.0 in it, love that truck too. verrrry peppy little truck. and i pull off around 24 mpg highway in that 5.0 lol

 

you sure about the 17's shaun? My F150 and my girlfriends '00 exploder sport both came with 16"s. Actually, come to think about it, every person I know that has a Ex (Eddie Bouer or not) all came with 16's?

 

My truck came with 20's.

 

I just check on tirerack and it says thats the stock size. I'm looking at like 02-06 explorers though, maybe the new body style got new bigger rims. I actually found an 06 when the changed the body style again in my price range. It looks much nicer on the inside, much newer. 80k miles.

 

So guys, found an 8.8 rear end with FRPP gears in it for $300 near my area, think I should jump on it?

 

^ yes!!!!

 

yea you should. im kicking myself for not atleast looking at an 8.8 that the person claimed only had like 6000 miles on it for 200 lol. dont regret it like i am

 

Thats a killer deal. You'd be stupid to pass it up. What gears, 4.10s?

 

Oh yeah, meant to post that they were 4:10s! I know its got 100k miles on the rear end, but I'm not sure about the gears, all he said is that all the bearings and seals were replaced when the gears went in but not sure how many miles ago that was...

 

yeah thats really good deal still though id say. even if something goes, you can still rebuild it anyways, which im sure you would have to do eventually anyways