Harley#356
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- Joined
- May 20, 2013
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- City, State
- NJ
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2013 Explorer Sport
Latest round of mods for the Sport....about 1/2 of the way there till it's at the *perfect* point for DD duties.
Mods complete:
-Full Interior LEDs
-LED puddle lamps
-LED tag lights
-LED reverse lights
-5000k Morimoto HID headlights
-Tint all around (15% rear, 35% front, 15% brow)
-Ventureshield Clear Bra on bumper, grille, & rear bumper pad
-Lamin-x tinted headlight film
Mods on the shelf:
-Black Ecoboost liftgate emblem
-3.5L Twin Turbo door emblems
-LED turn signals front & rear
Mods to do:
-Weathertech mats
-HID foglights (LED ones were a flop)
-Roush Intake
-Roush Catback
-MGP caliper covers
Anyway onto this mod....we've had Reno from Armortec install clear bras on all our vehicles. The mustang we traded for the Sport had the bra on since 2010, 30k miles later, still looked brand spanking new, and not a chip on the bumper! Worth every penny! Reno's done our mustang, my Raptor, my sister's focus, my dad's Sonata, my buddy's f150, and now our Sport. Excellent work, highly recommend him to anyone in the NJ area!
Can't really see anything in the pics of the clear bra, but it's on the full front bumper, and the 3 grille bars. He can do more, but I didn't want a line on the hood or fenders, and the bumper/grille takes 95% of the rock chips anyway, so it's cleaner doing just the bumper since you see no seams with it going to the edge. He also did the rear bumper trunk lip, to protect the paint on the in/out. I didn't like the look of the Ford piece, and this provides more protection and is nearly invisible.
I ordered the lamin-x kit for the sport with tinted headlight film, and non-tinted foglight film and had Reno install that as well. Normally I get clear-bra on the headlights/fogs too, but since I wanted the tinted look on the headlights I got lamin-x to try. It turned out really nice. The pics are hard to show the true look, but in person it looks great. The factory taillights are a tinted red, yet the factory headlights are bright azz orange. Their light smoke tint is just enough to tame down the amber, but not cut down on light output. It looks like how it should have come factory....
Stock......
Tinted.....(any cloudiness is just from it being installed literally 10 seconds before the pic was taken, it clears up as you smooth it out, then as it sits in the sun).
Passenger side tinted.....drivers side factory.....subtle but does the trick!
This is during the install, you can see the amount of smoke to the tint on the little tabs hanging over onto the paint that get trimmed off once the install is complete...
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Parking lights still look nice and orange with them on even with the tint, since it's light, but just enough to tame down the amber reflectors...
Headlights still nice and bright, especially with HIDs, the tint actually takes a bit of the glare out.
The best pics....standing a few feet back, with the rest of the black grille, the lights actually appear darker than when you're standing close. Looks badazz!
We also got tint all around. 15% layered over all the factory tint on the rear windows, and 35% on the front doors, and a 15% windshield strip...
Now the rear windows are limo pitch black....perfect!
No need for a cargo shade when the windows are nice and dark!
I'd love to park it next to another bone stock white sport to really get a side by side before/after look
Same tint combo as my Raptor with 15% over the factory rear glass, and 35% on the front glass, with a 15% brow. Although now I need some lamin-x tinted headlight film for the Raptor! lol
Mods complete:
-Full Interior LEDs
-LED puddle lamps
-LED tag lights
-LED reverse lights
-5000k Morimoto HID headlights
-Tint all around (15% rear, 35% front, 15% brow)
-Ventureshield Clear Bra on bumper, grille, & rear bumper pad
-Lamin-x tinted headlight film
Mods on the shelf:
-Black Ecoboost liftgate emblem
-3.5L Twin Turbo door emblems
-LED turn signals front & rear
Mods to do:
-Weathertech mats
-HID foglights (LED ones were a flop)
-Roush Intake
-Roush Catback
-MGP caliper covers
Anyway onto this mod....we've had Reno from Armortec install clear bras on all our vehicles. The mustang we traded for the Sport had the bra on since 2010, 30k miles later, still looked brand spanking new, and not a chip on the bumper! Worth every penny! Reno's done our mustang, my Raptor, my sister's focus, my dad's Sonata, my buddy's f150, and now our Sport. Excellent work, highly recommend him to anyone in the NJ area!
Can't really see anything in the pics of the clear bra, but it's on the full front bumper, and the 3 grille bars. He can do more, but I didn't want a line on the hood or fenders, and the bumper/grille takes 95% of the rock chips anyway, so it's cleaner doing just the bumper since you see no seams with it going to the edge. He also did the rear bumper trunk lip, to protect the paint on the in/out. I didn't like the look of the Ford piece, and this provides more protection and is nearly invisible.
I ordered the lamin-x kit for the sport with tinted headlight film, and non-tinted foglight film and had Reno install that as well. Normally I get clear-bra on the headlights/fogs too, but since I wanted the tinted look on the headlights I got lamin-x to try. It turned out really nice. The pics are hard to show the true look, but in person it looks great. The factory taillights are a tinted red, yet the factory headlights are bright azz orange. Their light smoke tint is just enough to tame down the amber, but not cut down on light output. It looks like how it should have come factory....
Stock......
Tinted.....(any cloudiness is just from it being installed literally 10 seconds before the pic was taken, it clears up as you smooth it out, then as it sits in the sun).
Passenger side tinted.....drivers side factory.....subtle but does the trick!
This is during the install, you can see the amount of smoke to the tint on the little tabs hanging over onto the paint that get trimmed off once the install is complete...
BEFORE:
AFTER:
Parking lights still look nice and orange with them on even with the tint, since it's light, but just enough to tame down the amber reflectors...
Headlights still nice and bright, especially with HIDs, the tint actually takes a bit of the glare out.
The best pics....standing a few feet back, with the rest of the black grille, the lights actually appear darker than when you're standing close. Looks badazz!
We also got tint all around. 15% layered over all the factory tint on the rear windows, and 35% on the front doors, and a 15% windshield strip...
Now the rear windows are limo pitch black....perfect!
No need for a cargo shade when the windows are nice and dark!
I'd love to park it next to another bone stock white sport to really get a side by side before/after look
Same tint combo as my Raptor with 15% over the factory rear glass, and 35% on the front glass, with a 15% brow. Although now I need some lamin-x tinted headlight film for the Raptor! lol
