Hi forum members,
Just joined this site as I have recently bought an Expedition and have been seeking some info about it, as it's a project car - hopefully I can find answers here!
The car I bought at auction (govdeals) is a 2003 Expedition XLT Popular, 5.4L 4WD w/tow, 77,000 miles. I paid $3,900 for it.
As you can see it had some rusted rockers which I have since replaced, I paid 300 for new patch panels and myself and a friend cut out the old ones, welded them in, patched and painted. Cost me a total of about 600 (gave the friend 300 for the help) and took a weekend. The outside of the truck looks like new, not a scratch on it, and nary a rust bubble (now).
However, the body molding panels look faded. Has anyone ever painted these? If so, with what? Would SEM or Duplicolor vinyl paint work?
Another project the truck needs is interior work - it has the rubber floor and no center console. I can live with the lack of carpet (I actually prefer it) but the lack of console is killing me. I bought one from a scrap yard for 60 bucks (from a 2003 expy) - but it was tan, not grey like my vehicles interior. (my code says "FG", flint grey). I bought Duplicolor "charcoal gray", which is almost a perfect match color-wise. I tested it on the underside of the seat for a color match. I took apart the console since it was filthy, scrubbed it clean, used a good degreaser, and painted it with the vinyl paint, and it looks as good as new and matches the color perfectly.
But that was the easy part, now I have to get it wired it, and here I'm out of my league - the truck never had a center console, and I assume I have to get the missing wiring harness - only the scrap yard, when they pulled the part, hacked the wiring harness off, and my vehicle doesn't have that harness. Has anyone tried installing a console where none was present before? I looked up wiring diagrams on Autozone's web helper (| Repair Guides | AutoZone.com). Is it a matter of simply plugging in the missing harness into my consoles connector?
Another electrical problem is the passenger vent fan only runs on high, nothing on the lower settings (doesn't matter if it's set to heat/AC/or vent). It doesn't appear to be a fuse problem. Any ideas?
And about the rubber flooring, was this an option or carpet delete? Does anyone know what the cost difference would have been?
Thanks for reading my long introductory post.
Just joined this site as I have recently bought an Expedition and have been seeking some info about it, as it's a project car - hopefully I can find answers here!
The car I bought at auction (govdeals) is a 2003 Expedition XLT Popular, 5.4L 4WD w/tow, 77,000 miles. I paid $3,900 for it.
As you can see it had some rusted rockers which I have since replaced, I paid 300 for new patch panels and myself and a friend cut out the old ones, welded them in, patched and painted. Cost me a total of about 600 (gave the friend 300 for the help) and took a weekend. The outside of the truck looks like new, not a scratch on it, and nary a rust bubble (now).
However, the body molding panels look faded. Has anyone ever painted these? If so, with what? Would SEM or Duplicolor vinyl paint work?
Another project the truck needs is interior work - it has the rubber floor and no center console. I can live with the lack of carpet (I actually prefer it) but the lack of console is killing me. I bought one from a scrap yard for 60 bucks (from a 2003 expy) - but it was tan, not grey like my vehicles interior. (my code says "FG", flint grey). I bought Duplicolor "charcoal gray", which is almost a perfect match color-wise. I tested it on the underside of the seat for a color match. I took apart the console since it was filthy, scrubbed it clean, used a good degreaser, and painted it with the vinyl paint, and it looks as good as new and matches the color perfectly.
But that was the easy part, now I have to get it wired it, and here I'm out of my league - the truck never had a center console, and I assume I have to get the missing wiring harness - only the scrap yard, when they pulled the part, hacked the wiring harness off, and my vehicle doesn't have that harness. Has anyone tried installing a console where none was present before? I looked up wiring diagrams on Autozone's web helper (| Repair Guides | AutoZone.com). Is it a matter of simply plugging in the missing harness into my consoles connector?
Another electrical problem is the passenger vent fan only runs on high, nothing on the lower settings (doesn't matter if it's set to heat/AC/or vent). It doesn't appear to be a fuse problem. Any ideas?
And about the rubber flooring, was this an option or carpet delete? Does anyone know what the cost difference would have been?
Thanks for reading my long introductory post.
