Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and I'm in the market for a used expedition. I've been searching around the forum trying to learn as much as possible about the Expy, and was hoping I could get your guys opinion.
I had an '02 Ranger for a while and loved it. Had about 13" of lift with IFS and sat on 35's (big for a ranger lol). It was a daily driver and also used it a lot for camping and wheelin. It unfortunately didn't work out well for the family though, we'd end up having to take 2 cars, one for the family and one for gear and fun. So you can see where I'm going with this, I'm looking for something that can take the Rangers place and carry the whole family plus gear. It wouldn't be a daily driver though and I'd like to do an average size lift (6" max) and some mud tires (37" max). I'm definitely looking to keep the purchase price way down, I'm a pretty good weekend wrench so I don't mind doing a few minor repairs. So basically, which gen Expy can handle the mods I want, and handle some lite to medium wheelin and is pretty cheap to buy? I'm not worried about high mileage unless you guys say I should be. Was also considering an excursion but I don't really tow anything heavy so figured the Expy was the way to go. Sorry for the long post and thanks for any info you can offer!
I had an '02 Ranger for a while and loved it. Had about 13" of lift with IFS and sat on 35's (big for a ranger lol). It was a daily driver and also used it a lot for camping and wheelin. It unfortunately didn't work out well for the family though, we'd end up having to take 2 cars, one for the family and one for gear and fun. So you can see where I'm going with this, I'm looking for something that can take the Rangers place and carry the whole family plus gear. It wouldn't be a daily driver though and I'd like to do an average size lift (6" max) and some mud tires (37" max). I'm definitely looking to keep the purchase price way down, I'm a pretty good weekend wrench so I don't mind doing a few minor repairs. So basically, which gen Expy can handle the mods I want, and handle some lite to medium wheelin and is pretty cheap to buy? I'm not worried about high mileage unless you guys say I should be. Was also considering an excursion but I don't really tow anything heavy so figured the Expy was the way to go. Sorry for the long post and thanks for any info you can offer!