“Thunder” 1998 Expedition Build Thread

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So, next step was some of the easy cosmetic tweaks. The door strips and Eddie Bauer trim on the doors are simply held on with double-sided tape and removing those greatly cleans up the sides so off they come! An eraser wheel made quick work of the cleanup.

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Looking much sleeker with the clean flanks now :)

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I think I may be doing this soon. I like how it came out and both strips on my driver's door are starting to come loose...
 

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looking good. What are you plans for side skirts? because of the low overhang of the front bumper, its begging for matching skirts
 
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Agreed, I'm brainstorming on a couple different options, most likely I'll get Harley bars and have them painted to match, the closest I could get with ground effects is a replica kit for a supercrew and it would have to be modified and interfere with the fender flares, so seems like the best bet will be a simpler path rather than hacking everything up
 

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I agree. Man cant wait to see you finish this
 
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One small in-between update before I get to more juicy stuff in the coming weeks. I will be picking up the motor this weekend!

The exhaust system had a some drone around 1700-1800 rpm that really wasn't bad from the driver's seat, barely noticeable. Unbeknownst to me - in the 2nd and 3rd rows, especially on the passenger side - oh wow, was the drone bad, it seemed to bounce off the glass and just kinda zonked your skull. I had never actually ridden in the backseat of the truck until the other day when my sister joined my wife and I in the truck and mentioned it, and yep it was bad. Off to Danny at SFMC to the rescue, of course I didn't want to mess up the gorgeous exhaust he built for the truck in the process of zappping the drone. I had him stainless TIG weld in two Vibrant 3" Ultra Quiet Resonators, the drone is gone and the tone smoothed out without making it too quiet, and as usual they are beautifully tucked in and integrated to the rest of the exhaust.

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Beautiful - you gotta post a sound clip! Any future plans for electric cut outs?:angels25:
 
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No plans for cutouts, I'm a little weird in that I like cars to sound good but not be too loud, it kind of kills it as a sleeper if I were driving around with cutouts open :angels25:

I've got a soundclip before the resonators went on, let me see if I can find it!
 
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Here's a clip from when the exhaust was first completed on the truck. The tone is a little smoother now, it's quiet at idle and cruise.

 
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Big updates!

Picked up the motor from the builder, got it back home and tucked in the garage for some paint and detailing to come before it goes in.

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