I decided to start a new thread with a better title for my build up, so it will be easier to find for reference later.

quick refresher

putting this stuff


on that


Ok, so I finally got some time to do some work on the excursion and superduty.

First thing was to get the duty a bit lower and easier to work on so the boggers came off





no more V10 vs Diesel debate....this 5.4 with 5.38 gears and 32" tires will out pull any of you hahah

anyways on to teardown

lots of fender clearance by the way


Lots of water in the flares..maybe need a drainhole


The front end parts are an easy swap so i didnt take too many detailed pics, just mark and cut away the fenders. I went way above the recomended line by bushwacker to try to force the flares up and back a bit for more front tire clearance.




everything was heavily coated with rustcheck before the flares were bolted on

how do you like my rusted away side steps


This bracket that holds the front spoiler under the bumper is actually welded to the front spring hanger..it will need to be torched off at a later date


front end done beside the picked over superduty





started on the back and ran into problems

went to take the rear bumper off and the there are some studs tacked to a piece of sheetmetal to keep them from turning. The sheetmetal had rusted so bad it broke and i had to end up cutting one side of the stock bumper bracket off to get the bumper off. Then I went to remove the trailer hitch and ford somehow screwed a bolt with a perfectly round head into the frame...I guess it is for safety, but i had to drop the gastank and grind the heads off them to get the hitch off.

After that, we were exhausted so tomorrow we'll start working on cutting the rear fenders and seeing if the rear bumper will even fit...the rear section of excursion frame looks different then the f350s

 

looks like fun!!!

 

Oh yeah, I'm anxious to see this.

Mark

 

Your f250 looks very sexy with those wheels on.
Brakes my hart looking at the EX being butchered.
you had side steps?

 

Why are you taking everything from the SD and putting it on the x?

 

I needed a bigger cab and wanted a bigger engine ( ex has a V10, duty has a V8)

 

I think it will look bada$$.

 

I quote from the movie Office Space "that sure is a lot of flare."

Looks good so far, cant wait for the end product.

 

What are you gonna do with the duty?lol

 

Looks great, keep the pics comings, i'll be munching on the popcorn.
Can you put the license plate over the roller fairlead - would look a bit better?

 

Love the front bumper - custom made or did you buy it somewhere?

 

don't worry....the plate isn't staying there.

The bumper is made by Alien Patrol

 

What is different on the rear bumper mount? The bumper itself is the same part number from Ex to Super Duty, is it just the mounts that are different?

 

There is a rear crossmember about 3" away from the rear of the frame that wasnt there on the superduty..thats whats giving me the problem

 

A few more progress pics....I didnt take too many, I guess I was too busy

Laying out where the rear fender needed to be cut out for the flares and my rear bumper


Cut out



Inner steel fender pie cut and bent out of the way....this will be sealed up at a later date to prevent mud/dirt/water from getting up inside


That's all i managed to take for pics of the swap....but look what I found inside the jack compartment of my ex-police excursion



Strobe light power supplies....nice