2" lift for the Ford Explorer - Please Help

I've got an '02 XLT and am no longer surprised to see that almost all aftermarket performance products are for model years up to 2001. It must have been the design change in that year, I suppose, but it's only been in the past couple of months, i.e., that I've seen a superchip for the '02. Check out

Good luck.

Rick Bryan New York, NY

So with whatever design changes they've made, seemingly no one has followed with aftermarket stuff ... that sucks!

Thanks for your post Rick,

Donald

Putting larger diameter wheels will have the opposite effect to what you intend in snow. The wider the tires the worse your snow traction will be. Instead of going through all the antics of lifting your rig and putting bigger tires on, just get a good set of *real snow tires* in the stock size. You will be amazed at how that thing will go through the white stuff, even in 2 wheel drive.

-Fred W

Exactly. If the going is so tough that "normal" tires don't make it, you need chains, not different tires. If that doesn't get you through, then consider it a hint that you should stay off the road, get a plow, or switch to a snowmobile.

It depends on what you mean by "normal" tires. If you are talking about the standard all season crap that is fitted to most Explorers at the factory then, no you are dead wrong. Real snow tires will outperform the all season variety by a wide margin as the rubber compound is softer and the siping allows much better grip.

If you are saying "normal" as in the size, then I agree, and in fact the hot set-up in snow would be to get some really skinny tires that can get down through the snow to achieve maximum tracxtion.

But hey, skinny tires don't look cool so who would pay good money for them? ;-)

-Fred W

What about a set of spinning hubcaps to plow the snow away from the wheels? ;-)