Judge Mills
New member
Hello, all.. I'm out on several forums, but this one has a great, supportive group and features the best, most functional projects I've ever seen. So, I'm here to lower your level to mediocrity.
I bought my 2005 Ford Expedition 3 years ago to haul around this family of 4 to the ocean beaches, the icy roads, and to the forest gravel roads. I'm obviously limited to where I can go, due to shear size, independent rear suspension, and novice wheeling skills. But, we had a great time a couple years ago in the Wenatchee National Forest, and as long as I can get around places like that, I'm happy.
Two weeks ago I got an 87' Jayco tent trailer. Obviously not a Jeep trailer, but it'll get us out of the house. This week I built a 4" lift, and installed taller tires, for a total of 7" lift. This brought on the name for my tandem, Project Wannabe Overlanding. We are planning a tiny trip next week, just to a camp ground.
I found out this year the previous owner installed a "leveling" kit on the front of the Expedition. This makes the truck look like it's sagging in the rear. I have a 2.5" rear lift waiting to go in, I just need to set aside some time to finish it.
As far as mods to the truck, nothing much! I installed some LED fog lights in the rear "bumper" (just a plastic cap, really) so we could see down our sloped, curvy driveway. I also installed a cheap LED bar behind the front grille. Good enough for now. I also scored free Yakima bars from my brother, but haven't attached anything to them yet. We might borrow a kayak for our trip next week. This truck has been extremely reliable. Almost 150k miles, and just changed the spark plugs last week. If you know anything about the 5.4 Triton, you know that's the worst part of the engine. I changed one plug, and after that 6 hour fiasco, I paid a local shop to change the rest. Worth it!
Future plans: 1: fab up a bike rack for the trailer, 2: better tires for the Expedition, just a smidgen taller & wider, thinking BFG AT's, but you can sway me a different direction. 3: ??? I'm open to suggestions. We aren't a hardcore off the grid family, but want to enjoy some time off the pavement.
Without further ado, here's my Wannabe Overlanding setup.
(You know when people only list lights as mods that they don't know what they're doing
)
EDIT: I can't post imgur links? Maybe I have to have a certain amount of posts before I can do that. Here you can see the trailer attached to the Expediton before the lift, the lights on the truck, and the lift on the trailer.
I bought my 2005 Ford Expedition 3 years ago to haul around this family of 4 to the ocean beaches, the icy roads, and to the forest gravel roads. I'm obviously limited to where I can go, due to shear size, independent rear suspension, and novice wheeling skills. But, we had a great time a couple years ago in the Wenatchee National Forest, and as long as I can get around places like that, I'm happy.
Two weeks ago I got an 87' Jayco tent trailer. Obviously not a Jeep trailer, but it'll get us out of the house. This week I built a 4" lift, and installed taller tires, for a total of 7" lift. This brought on the name for my tandem, Project Wannabe Overlanding. We are planning a tiny trip next week, just to a camp ground.
I found out this year the previous owner installed a "leveling" kit on the front of the Expedition. This makes the truck look like it's sagging in the rear. I have a 2.5" rear lift waiting to go in, I just need to set aside some time to finish it.
As far as mods to the truck, nothing much! I installed some LED fog lights in the rear "bumper" (just a plastic cap, really) so we could see down our sloped, curvy driveway. I also installed a cheap LED bar behind the front grille. Good enough for now. I also scored free Yakima bars from my brother, but haven't attached anything to them yet. We might borrow a kayak for our trip next week. This truck has been extremely reliable. Almost 150k miles, and just changed the spark plugs last week. If you know anything about the 5.4 Triton, you know that's the worst part of the engine. I changed one plug, and after that 6 hour fiasco, I paid a local shop to change the rest. Worth it!
Future plans: 1: fab up a bike rack for the trailer, 2: better tires for the Expedition, just a smidgen taller & wider, thinking BFG AT's, but you can sway me a different direction. 3: ??? I'm open to suggestions. We aren't a hardcore off the grid family, but want to enjoy some time off the pavement.
Without further ado, here's my Wannabe Overlanding setup.
(You know when people only list lights as mods that they don't know what they're doing
)EDIT: I can't post imgur links? Maybe I have to have a certain amount of posts before I can do that. Here you can see the trailer attached to the Expediton before the lift, the lights on the truck, and the lift on the trailer.
