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Nope. Lowering springs would have zero effect on clearance of any aspect of that setup. The "hotspot" for rub is the rear fender liner of the front wheel wells. (see pic below where my setup just grazes the felt). so wheel offset and overall wheel/tire diameter are going to be the things that...

Agreed to all of the above! I've got over 25k miles on my set now. Been running HAWK 5.0s since day one (it gets driven hard at ALOT of events) and just swapped in my second set of pads in the front. rear wear looks really good. really really happy with them as well. and ditto to everything...

The 2024 front end refresh is hideous.... so there is that to consider.

FCA really makes/designs the coolest hoods in the business. good call on grabbing those. i like em.

just dm @Brucecris . he has the explorer and wheel renders already, and can put any of his wheels you want on an image

As I understand it, when Adam (ZFG) and I discussed my goals when I started, the expense of the Stage 5 kit (or similar) wasn't worth the hp gains if you are limited to 93 octane fuel. Is an upgraded HPFP AND injectors necessary to take full advantage of the stock turbos--maybe not, i think just...

What @UNBROKEN said. Bang for your buck--unless you want to start down a rabbit hole, all you really need in this vehicle is a tune (ZFG) and intercooler (Steeda or Whipple). Everything else beyond those two things are splitting hairs and the $/hp returns are real low. These two things alone...

Looks like we finally got some of the creeping numbers under control and with an even longer oil change interval. For the guys out there doing changes at 3k or even 5k. Looks like as long as you have a good oil, we are pretty good to 7500 miles between changes. I will continue to do 5k just...

yeah... i run 6.5qts with every oil change. when you say "read right smack in the middle", do you mean the middle of the hashed area? if so, then the dipstick is actually showing you as low. you should fill until the oil touches the 2nd hole in the dipstick just above the hashed mark. that would...

..... and that is????

Hey @Mr.Clark ... so this question has been answered a bunch, but here you go. The below are pics of a +30mm offset setup. It DOES rub, just barely with Toyo Proxes ST III tires. After 25k miles on this wheel/tire setup, I am just starting to rub a little hole through the felt fender liner. It...

Thanks for posting! Its good to get some more data in this thread.

Thats my hunch as well. I'm running Amsoil because its supposedly the best performer against oil shear and I was having issues with that in my first few changes. Been using Amsoil Signature Series since the change at 16,000mi. The change at 11,000 was M1. The two previous were dealer performed...

How bad in the snow? Bad enough that I spent another $4000 on a winter wheel/snow tire package to put on in the winter. They will get going just fine thanks to all wheel drive. They just might not stop when you want them to. Or turn. But I live where it feels like it has snowed at least 1x a...

lowering springs don't affect the troublesome rub spot. its the rear fender liner.

Shockingly good for the price. Rain performance is excellent. Snow performance sucks but that could be because mine are 305 wide. I bought them solely to make sure a 305/40r22 would fit and I didn't want to be out a ton of money if they didn't. I'm at 20k-ish miles on them and they are wearing...

Hmmm. Magnesium continues to creep... But everything else looks good.

I MUCH prefer Hawk 5.0s over EBC Greens. In my experience they have longer life and much better initial bite. I'm running the Hawks with drilled/slotted rotors and loving it. That being said, I do no know if Hawk makes a pad for OEM explorer calipers as I have an aftermarket BBK. If Powerstop...

Ah. So the mounting points are identical? Thats cool. Is it just a different rotor offset and rotor diameter then that drives the need for the RacingBrake rotors? Are brake mounting flange positions a standardized item? Thats funny that Jeep and Ford happen to share those specs... Leads me to...

No. The reason the kits are so expensive is because they are a) brand new parts, and b) include everything you need and fit an OEM configuration. You mention just wanting to upgrade the fronts so I would probably go the Jeep SRT route for the least investment cost. If you can source the...