I know this thread is a few months old, but any issues so far. I am getting prepared to do the same swap. Did you use the spring/shock mounts from the explorer? or did you oval the holes on the originals? Did you figure out the E-Brake?
I used the explorer shock mounts. The lower shock mount isn't ideal but it works. Im using the ebrake cable from the explorer connected to the rearend spliced to the original cables.