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  1. Thunderbirdsport

    My '11 EL

    I also added LED puddle lamps, brighter LED reverse lamps, am currently installing a Pioneer stereo with backup camera, then it's going back up in the air for the Bilsteins and then bigger rubber. The weathertech mats are also installed now, but I had totrim some on third row floorboard to fit...
  2. Thunderbirdsport

    BFG KO2 Raptor Wheels

    Please give that beautiful Expy the lift it deserves and wants! :)
  3. Thunderbirdsport

    2012 expedition 2wd to 4wd conversion

    When we did that Explorer, we had a complete and running donor vehicle of the same year, and it still sucked. On the donor since it was a rusty hulk, we ended up taking the body off to simplify the driveline removal. (it was afterwards section up and thrown in the scrap pile. I had suggested...
  4. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    I'm gonna run with the Bilsteins, I'll hang onto the Motorcraft shocks for future use, or sell them sans spring seats to someone here that needs them, as long as they have their spring seats..
  5. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    Well, when you hear of folks installing high quality shocks for handling/terrain, you never hear/read of someone swapping in a set of "Motorcrafts" for high performance. I also run Bilsteins in my Mustangs, and will also use them in my upcoming 32v swapped '84 Mustang project as well. They're...
  6. Thunderbirdsport

    Opinion on 2012 w/20k miles

    It's kinda odd that it's that rusty on the chassis. Do vehicles with different DSOs not get underbody treatment according to climate? As in, would a vehicle ordered from the SW not get it, whereas one from say NE might? If so, that would explain it. And maybe the Fed at Los Alamos salt their...
  7. Thunderbirdsport

    Opinion on 2012 w/20k miles

    Lot of rust for 20K in a dry climate. Something doesn't add up. What's the interior like? Condition? Options? I'm thinkin' you should walk away. FWIW, my '11 with 180 has less rust below and mine comes from where they put as much salt on the roads as they do fries from BK...
  8. Thunderbirdsport

    Power window motor replacement

    Yes sir. Part of the "Way Forward". SMFH LOL
  9. Thunderbirdsport

    2007 Expedition Spark Plugs

    Spray and pray.. (PB Blaster, not a gun..) It's been..what..5 years since the last new Expy was made with a 5.4? Stuff like this ought to be common knowledge by now ;) Let us know how it turns out, OP.
  10. Thunderbirdsport

    Third Brake Light 07 Espy

    ground or cut/pinched wire. Check the grommet that the wires pass from the body to the hatch, it may be torn or have wires that have chafed and could be a problem.
  11. Thunderbirdsport

    2007 Ford expedition spark plugs: should I replace some or all of them?

    ^This. And be sure to replace them with the updated design. About a year ago I decided to replace the plugs and coils in my '06 Explorer (4.6 3v, pretty much the little brother of what the Expy's have), and I was rather dreading it because mine is within the years that had the plug issues...
  12. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    In an attempt to get this back on track, and to add an update, the Motorcraft rear shocks I ordered on ebay arrived just a few minutes. To confirm, they DO come with the spring seats, and they ARE removable so for you folks that have ran into this, or will in the future and find this info via...
  13. Thunderbirdsport

    Stupid deer...

    If it kills the animal outright and there's no lacerations, almost always the meat is good, provided the temps stay low. A gunshot damages more meat than blunt force trauma over half the body. Over the years, I've hit several deer, probably 5 or 6, took every one of them home and saved most...
  14. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    You came into my thread, posted jack-shit that has to do with the topic, and in doing so created a shit-fest that's now dragged on to 4 pages. Lengthy automotive resume, eh? What...posting shit on forums and causing discord and strife? Quite knowledgeable in the field? Sitting on the couch at...
  15. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    I like to fix shit once and not have it go bad for many miles/years. Sometimes that doesn't always happen. If you've ever changed the shocks on an Expedition, you'd appreciate that point of view. Cheap shit JUST. DOES. NOT. LAST. Case in point...a previous owner put the cheap-ass quick struts...
  16. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    double post.
  17. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    Ebay. For all four I spent 478 bucks, and no springs.
  18. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    Buy cheap shit, and replace it with cheap shit. Then the time spent (or labor cost if you can't do it yourself) factored in against paying a little more for stuff that DOES last longer.... I notice the difference. If you're not able to contribute to the subject at hand, please don't respond...
  19. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    I have the tops for the rears, at least. I just ordered a set of motorcraft shocks. Guess I will either run them, or else take the spring seats off and run the bilsteins and sell the motorcrafts or keep 'em for spares. Damned expensive set of "spares" though... I watched 3 different vid of a...
  20. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    Unless I can harvest the spring seats from Gen 2 trucks......hmmm. I'll have to check and see if the shock tube diameters are the same, or if they even had the same stuff, for that matter..
  21. Thunderbirdsport

    2012 expedition 2wd to 4wd conversion

    Are Expeditions pretty common over there? I live in a pretty rural area here, the closest town is about 4400, and I typically see one or two expo's every time I go to town... Middle of literal nowhere, farm and cattle, mostly. I guess they made a lot of Expeditions, many as I see around lol
  22. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    I did a check of the pick n pulls nearest me...the closest JY with an '07 up is in st louis, MO, that's a 6 hour trip both ways and that's not counting the time spent pulling the shocks. And then I could run into the same thing as I did with mine...someone replaced the original stuff with a...
  23. Thunderbirdsport

    Bilsteins and spring seats...

    So earlier I started to put the new Bilsteins on my '11. Once I got the old shot to hell stuff out, I went to (try to) knock the spring seat off and realized it was welded, integral to the shock tube. No idea what brand the damned things are, but now I kind of have a dilemma. I did a quick...
  24. Thunderbirdsport

    Lift Terminology for noob

    A lot of people want the cosmetics of a lifted vehicle without the capability. There are several terms for those folks, including, but not limited to; mall crawlers, hippies, noobs, liberals, yuppies...etc LOL. Function over form applies to me. Though I like a nice appearance, it has to work...
  25. Thunderbirdsport

    2012 expedition 2wd to 4wd conversion

    I've done this to both an F150 (1980) and an Explorer (1998 model year) Both times sucked, the F truck, I nickel and dimes all the stuff I needed to get and swore to all the god and angels I'd never convert another 2wd anything.... Then a coupla years ago I came across a minty fresh Exploder...

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