My 1998 X Sport

[Toast]

About Me
Name: Stuart Parsons
E-Mail: sparsons (at) inbox [dot] com
Website: Its Being Worked On
Age: 19

About Her
Make: Ford
Model: Explorer Sport
Year: 1998
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! =D
Owner Since: October 3rd I Think. I'll check tomorrow.
Total Km: 172xxx

Work To Date
Nothing out of the ordinary. Once I find a job, I will start modifying it more =D
- Clean Clean Clean! Spent 3 hours doing a complete detail job.
- Replaced The Horn to a Low tone FIAMM horn ($27)
- Replaced 2 Burnt Out Lights in the Dash ($3)
- Windshield Was Leaking. Dealership Fixed ($F to the ree)
- 9007ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen($52.48)

Planned Work
- Indiglo Gauges(If i can find them for Kmh, not mph.
- Rhino Liner The Nerfs? i think lol
- Raise a wee bit more =D
- Bigger Tires!
- Muffler
- Exhaust System
- Paint Chips and Scratches Touch Ups(This week =D)
- Black painted vents and speaker covers(Idea from the 97 x "Sue")
- Paint my bumpers with the liner for truck beds.
- Get a Rack of Lights on the roof.
- Winch.
- New Headlights
- New Grill
- Bull Bar

Thats all I can think Of right now, Im sure there is more that i have planned
Any Suggestions as to what I should do first?

[vroomzoomboom]

www.speedhut.com. i got my gauges from them. they will do kph. in total, white face, with flames, blue back light in kph and with shipping was about $100.

[Toast]

Awesome, they'll most likely be the first addition =D

[Sams01XplrSprt]

nice x u got there toast keep up the good work

[97sprt4x4]

Looks good so far, my suggestion for your nerfs is try to get them off and repaint them because if you lift they're nice to have. i have my vents and speaker grills painted. pics are in my registry in my signature.


Justin.

[Toast]

How did you paint them? Just black Spray Paint?

And I bought "9007ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen" about an hour ago =D Installing them tomorrow.

[97sprt4x4]

Originally Posted by Toast

How did you paint them? Just black Spray Paint?

And I bought "9007ST Silverstar High Performance Lighting: The Whiter and Brighter Halogen" about an hour ago =D Installing them tomorrow.

Yeah, take them out obviously, and just give them one or two coats.

and as far as lights. i've tried quite a few, and i've settled on Bi- Xenon HIDs... absolutely amazing


Good luck with everything and post pics
Justin

[Toast]

Theres only one slight issue im going to have with the Vents.
The driver side ones don't come out, theyre flush with the dash.So, Im going to take it quite a bit, and hopefully get a nice even circle around them

I just wanted something simple for it now, Seeing as the headlights in it now, Almost seem like the Originals lol, They're super dim and the left one burnt out well i was going out tonight, So on my way home, I decided to hit Walmart lol

I'll defiantly post pictures as I go.

[97sprt4x4]

Originally Posted by Toast

Theres only one slight issue im going to have with the Vents.
The driver side ones don't come out, theyre flush with the dash.So, Im going to take it quite a bit, and hopefully get a nice even circle around them

yeah you have to take the bottom part of the dash off to get to these, i haven't done that yet, but i have 5/6 done waiting on the last one, probably when i put inserts in the dash, or when i put leds in on the dash

goodluck

Jusitn

[Toast]

I've taken the dash completely apart to replace the 2 burnt out bulbs, Its really simple, I actually haven't put the bottom back on yet, Im going to do the paint tomorrow.

Is there any problem with the shutters? Can you still slide them up and down and side to side?

[97sprt4x4]

i don't believe they touch the slide. so it should be okay. if it does.. then it will eventually wear off. its inevitable, but i don't play with them so i'm not to sure.

[Toast]

Alright, Hopefully all will go well
Pictures will be up tomorrow
As long as it doesn't snow tonight
Although I'm secretly wanting it to mostly because i want to try my 4 x 4 =D

[Sams01XplrSprt]

toast what kind of exhaust is that on ur sport

[Toast]

haha,
It was just a tip the previous owner had on
I havent bothered taking it off, I just havent gotten around to it

[Sams01XplrSprt]

how does it sound with the exhaust the previous owner put

[Toast]

I think its the Stock muffler.
Im almost positive its the stock muffler.
And the Exhaust. I took the tip off.
Its just a rusted pipe lol

[Toast]

YAY, Im fixing the hood in about an hour, Just got a set of Stabilus gas hydraulics =D
No more snow wiper to hold the hood up well i work on it lol =D

Also grabbed a set of vents seeing as painting mine was a bad idea and failed lol

[97sprt4x4]

what happened to your vents???

[Toast]

I took the black spray paint i bought at wally world.
Cleaned the old ones off. And then went to spray them
The paint didnt look right at all
It was to heavy a coat, And it wasnt sticking.
So into bleach i threw them lol
Only thing i had in the house
The garage was locked with the Paint thinner

So theyre tainted black now and the grey paint is peeling off lol

[Toast]

After being away with the Department of National Defence for the Summer, Im back and have time to work on the X. So I did my 1600KM voyage to BC in one shot, no breaks other than to get gas. It was hurting real bad, and I still havent fixed anything, Im doing it once I find a job back home =) I broke 200, 000 KM this summer, now at 204, 676 right now I think. But now updates.

Something super simple, I changed out my Filter finally lol


And I made my Own LED's for the dome light and underdash about a week ago, so far I love them




Im going to get my camera from my ex's house today haha, I'll take some more pictures of the Vents and everything