Over the axle isn't the issue, it's where it comes down on a back end of the drivers side.
There is only a couple brands of
panhard bar.
I think mm and griggs are the only mainstream ones left on the market.
Steeda has their 5 link, but it's $1300+new springs, and you still may need to modify the exhaust.
There is a couple watts links out there, but they are even less user friendly from what i can tell.
The IRS is an option which i also explored, that has it's own issues. First of all, it's much wider and will require new wheels almost for sure (the right size is not easy to come by either), then you have the reliability factor, adding the right bushings and support, coupled with weak axles and a rear prone to axle hop adds up to quite a bit of cost. Then you still need an IRS exhaust.
I run drag radials 100% of the time, so weak axles crossed it off my list, upgraded ones are $1600 a set.
I considered selling my
panhard bar and going another route, but none are easy, no matter what something is going to give, so i decided to just keep it.
With my current 3 chamber kit, only one side has to be modified to work. With that said, i don't really want to keep that exhaust anyway.
Best idea seems to be mount the
panhard bar, remove any exhaust that won't fit, then take the exhaust to a qualified exhaust shop and have it pieced back together to fit. If you are lucky the passenger side won't need any modifying.
I happen to be lucky, i have an extremely qualified chassis shop at my disposal.
Refabbed a stainless 3 in catback on my explorer.
PHB+exhaust modding is realistically the cheapest option, other than removing the tailpipes, which is just plain old stupid.