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I did a small burn out on accident....
What did you do to the expy today
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I'm new to the forum so I though this thread was a good place to start. I've had my Expi since '06. She has 195K on the odometer. Replaced the engine at 105K and the tranny at 175K. I was hit by an uninsured, drunk chick in July. I took that as a sign to start putting the old girl back together.
Fixed all the front end damage using pre-painted body parts from ebay. Had some fitment issues with most of the trim pieces, but solved all of them. I replaced the front grill, bumper, pad, valence, lighting, passenger fender, and rear bumper. All parts were pre-painted and shipped to me ready to install- Kinda cool!!
The suspension work is about to begin. I bought a Supreme suspension 3.00/2.50" lift kit. Rancho RS9000 lift shocks. Replaced the rear trailing arms with a PMT kit. I'm still looking for a correct set of rear, variable rate, coil springs. I was going to buy the Moog CC80841 set, but read reviews that say they may be shorter than the originals. She got a set of T/A KO2's in the 285/70r17 flavor this summer. I also installed a set of Westin nerf bars......they're not bad, but not as good as the original equipment.
Fixed all the front end damage using pre-painted body parts from ebay. Had some fitment issues with most of the trim pieces, but solved all of them. I replaced the front grill, bumper, pad, valence, lighting, passenger fender, and rear bumper. All parts were pre-painted and shipped to me ready to install- Kinda cool!!
The suspension work is about to begin. I bought a Supreme suspension 3.00/2.50" lift kit. Rancho RS9000 lift shocks. Replaced the rear trailing arms with a PMT kit. I'm still looking for a correct set of rear, variable rate, coil springs. I was going to buy the Moog CC80841 set, but read reviews that say they may be shorter than the originals. She got a set of T/A KO2's in the 285/70r17 flavor this summer. I also installed a set of Westin nerf bars......they're not bad, but not as good as the original equipment.
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Welcome, nice rig. Idk about you but in my neck of the woods the younger women drive very aggressively lol.
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I'm outside Chicago, they ALL drive aggressively here....LOL
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Everyone that's comes into Rhode Island from Mass all drive like maniacs over here lol
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East coasters in Canada (Toronto) are the same way, rush rush rush get outta my wayyy!!!
I FINALLY got a push bar for the expedition, it took this long because I already have one car I spend too much on so the expedition just gets maintained, and goodies are kept to a minimum.
I found the bar on the local classifieds and I ended up plast dipping it black, it's aluminum and very light which surprised me quite a bit. It has the headlight surrounds which I took off, I feel it's a bit "much" with the light surrounds. Maybe if I was lifted with tires and bushwhacker flares it would probably look alright, but with the stock look of my truck this way is much better.
I paid 80$ for it, I've owned the exact same push bar on an explorer and a Chevrolet Tracker, both were steel and were much heavier but were built the exact same way, Allen key bolts and design etc.
Can anyone point out the name brand of my push bar?
I know it's one of the first style of push bars when they first started getting really popular, but the name is escaping me.
It wasn't fully dry when I started cutting it to fit my truck, so there's hand marks and chips etc. That I need to touch up tonight. I painted it and let it sit for 9 hours but unfortunately it was pretty cold in the garage so it never fully dried.
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I FINALLY got a push bar for the expedition, it took this long because I already have one car I spend too much on so the expedition just gets maintained, and goodies are kept to a minimum.
I found the bar on the local classifieds and I ended up plast dipping it black, it's aluminum and very light which surprised me quite a bit. It has the headlight surrounds which I took off, I feel it's a bit "much" with the light surrounds. Maybe if I was lifted with tires and bushwhacker flares it would probably look alright, but with the stock look of my truck this way is much better.
I paid 80$ for it, I've owned the exact same push bar on an explorer and a Chevrolet Tracker, both were steel and were much heavier but were built the exact same way, Allen key bolts and design etc.
Can anyone point out the name brand of my push bar?
I know it's one of the first style of push bars when they first started getting really popular, but the name is escaping me.
It wasn't fully dry when I started cutting it to fit my truck, so there's hand marks and chips etc. That I need to touch up tonight. I painted it and let it sit for 9 hours but unfortunately it was pretty cold in the garage so it never fully dried.
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I bought a cheap anti fatigue mat and cut it to fit the rear, I pulled the trim and side panels to get it behind everything for a nice fit.
It turned out great and now my dogs can have some extra cushion. I also bought some el cheapo front seat covers, we are going for a long drive really soon and I don't want to mess up the seats by spilling drinks etc, the seats had seat covers since the day or left the dealership, they were removed before I bought the expedition, the seats look so nice I want to keep them that way if at all possible.
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It turned out great and now my dogs can have some extra cushion. I also bought some el cheapo front seat covers, we are going for a long drive really soon and I don't want to mess up the seats by spilling drinks etc, the seats had seat covers since the day or left the dealership, they were removed before I bought the expedition, the seats look so nice I want to keep them that way if at all possible.
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Entire interior detailed professionally yesterday
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They did a decent job I'm happy there are longer any stains or discoloration or crumbs or dust anywhere or dog hair especially that... If I had the time I would have probably done it myself and could (with lots of time) have done a better job but it's still clean and that's all i wanted. **Don't mind my universal floor mats either they will be soon replaced with weather techs again lol
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Looks great. Our expedition is not our money pit so I'm rocking the universal mats too!
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Ha mine is my only truck so it's definitely the money pit especially after a $50 fill-up 10 minutes ago [emoji58]
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Uggh I know what u mean. Gas prices are bad here too, especially with the cdn peso I mean dollar being what it is.
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