ExpeditionAndy
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I cleaned the snow off my truck, and wind put it right back. This is going to be fun today.
What did you do to the expy today
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No LSD in the front.
You can switch to between 2wd, a4wd & 4x4hi on the fly (under 55mph) in a 2005, 4x4low you have to be stopped and in neutral I've switched from A4WD to 4X4 Hi doing 50 before it switched immediately
J_82
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Tint all around for $120.00
Swapped one (1) sway bar link.... why? Because the damn thing took forever, everything that could go wrong did including the 8mm hex part shearing clean off...and by the time I got one done it got waaay too late to use noisy impact tools to do the rest.
Final victorious ghetto engineering technique: jamming the balljoint by shoving a wrench between balljoint and LCA
Final victorious ghetto engineering technique: jamming the balljoint by shoving a wrench between balljoint and LCA
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papaweely
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Happy New Year everyone! Well it was not today, but, I bought my third Expy on 12/29/17. Got disappointed with the cracked/leaking exhaust manifolds on my 97 and 2008 = sold. Between those I owned a 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 2006 Honda Ridgeline, 2009 Tundra CrewMax, 2002 4Runner SR5, and now, 'back in the saddle' with a 2012 Expy XLT. Traveled for 2 days and 400 miles car shopping; was set on getting a Sequoia. Talked with a repair shop manager, and I agreed with him that the Sequoia is nice, but, more expensive to buy and repair. Got in a little hurry to get this 'best deal' 2012 XLT with 69,000 miles in Sterling Gray Metallic, and disappointed that it does not have the factory tow pack. In reading the original Ford brochure, tow pack includes 7 pin trailer connector, heavy duty radiator and transmission cooler. I guess I will be upgrading those parts in the future. Happy trails.
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ExpeditionAndy
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Happy New Year. Congratulations on your new ride. Good luck with it.
GAINMOB
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I think the 6x12 uhaul trailer was too heavy for the tires... blew 1 out and this is my situation on new years
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papaweely
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You need the engine block heater!
GAINMOB
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I can't tell the front is tinted from the inside... is it 35%?
Guess I can barely tell mine are tinted... and I have 5% on my front doors... complete windshield with 35% and 5% visor strip... rest of windows have 5% and 15% on top of privacy glass
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J_82
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Yep front is 35%. I might go back and tint the windshield to the legal percentage, forgot what it was. The guy who did the tint was saying that tinting the windshield helps a lot.I can't tell the front is tinted from the inside... is it 35%?
Guess I can barely tell mine are tinted... and I have 5% on my front doors... complete windshield with 35% and 5% visor strip... rest of windows have 5% and 15% on top of privacy glass
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GAINMOB
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It does...i don't need shades when I drive...i love it... been like this for 4-5 yrs... and cops don't mess with me at all... ppl don't realize how dark it is in my truck until they ride in it...lol
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gixer2000
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Wasn't today Just figured I'd still post up. Added some profile switchback strips to the blank area of the 07-14 headlights.in the first pic the white looks a little blue but it's 100% pure white
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ExpeditionAndy
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That looks pretty good!
ExpeditionAndy
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I took mine to the carwash yesterday. Got all of the snow and ice off of it. Right after I pulled out it started snowing again. They I had to go to a friends how and now it's all caked with dirty ice again.
Installed NFAB steps ... on one side
Damn things were advertised as fitting expeditions up to '08 so I figured itd take minor modifications
...nope. major cutting and trimming and test fittinh. And of course drilling, 5 out of 6 holes per side.Took forever. And Im not even particularly sure theyre the right ones, since the instructions in the box spoke about 90's GMs and Suburbans (length is correct though)
Now its late and Im tired and I couldnt install the other side if I wanted to, since the super-shoddy bolts supplied with it are SOO bad half of them got defective threads and cant be nutted up, at least without an impact ---- NOT possible the way this stupid thing mounts to the rockers
Gonna go buy more bolts tomorrow I guess...
PS and in future, Westin or China cheapies or whatever --- but no more ****** and overpriced Nfab
Damn things were advertised as fitting expeditions up to '08 so I figured itd take minor modifications
...nope. major cutting and trimming and test fittinh. And of course drilling, 5 out of 6 holes per side.Took forever. And Im not even particularly sure theyre the right ones, since the instructions in the box spoke about 90's GMs and Suburbans (length is correct though)
Now its late and Im tired and I couldnt install the other side if I wanted to, since the super-shoddy bolts supplied with it are SOO bad half of them got defective threads and cant be nutted up, at least without an impact ---- NOT possible the way this stupid thing mounts to the rockers
Gonna go buy more bolts tomorrow I guess...
PS and in future, Westin or China cheapies or whatever --- but no more ****** and overpriced Nfab
ManUpOrShutUp
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Still waiting on my Gibson exhaust which UPS has not seen fit to deliver yet. Yesterday they claimed there was a mistake with the delivery address (there wasn't). Today they said inclement weather (wind, seriously) was the reason for non-delivery. Our driver does this crap all the time during the busy season though. He and I don't get along every since I reported him for launching my deliveries out of the back of the truck, so he spitefully cuts me off the delivery list when things are busy.
UPS sucks (as always)... avoid at all costs, use USPS or Amazon Prime whenever possible
Between Saturday delivery and faster processing, you generally get things 2 or more days earlier too
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