Took the Plunge!

Took the Plunge! Now enhanced with pictures!!!

Hey guys, my name is Chris, ive been on this forum for a few months and now i am elite.

About Me:
Name: Chris Downey
Location: Lynnwood, Wa
Occupation: United States Navy
Age: 20

i am married to my wife Rachel, and have two pitbulls (diesel and bella) and two cats (sadie and calvin).


My Ride:

stock

1998 Ford Explorer 5.0 AWD XLT
33x13.5x15 Super Swamper LTB's
15x10 Pro Comp Extreme Alloys 1069
Custom Intake
Trail Bent Running Boards
True dual 40 series flowmaster mufflers
Custom "H" pipe
3" BL 1" TT 1" AAL
Custom strobes
Kicker CVR 12" woofer, or solobaric depends
(4) kicker 5x8s w/ bass filter
Alpine Digital Amp
Panasonic deck
clear bulbed turn signals
fog light mod

More will come soon, i am goin muddin on sunday so i will have some of that too.

And above all, thanks guys for your excellent knowledge and awesome advice. I go on this website daily, and have used many how-tos and gotten many suggestions numerous times. Happy to be elite! later guys


Chris

my snorkel build

i will get some more pics when i get the arb tip, im ordering it on monday.

Here are some pics of my intake adapter:

The adapter gasket:

i had to dremel out the inner part because it fit wierd and blocked airflow.

This is in the import section of kragen, look around the intake stuff, i went to a few places before i actually got it.




Spray-on bedliner interior:

1. Strip interior
2. Clean very well
3. Sand down
4. Tape off
5. Follow directions on can

heres some pics:

pre touch up:

all spaces were filled in, as well as the console:

 

[everythintech]

well we can coordinate the efforts and get the northwest some bumpers. Oh and i forgot a very huge shout out.. My best friend Jason did just as much if not more work then me, for nothing but dinner as payment, thats what i call a friend, i attribute much of this project and future mods to his undivided help!

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

do you have a pic of the pipes? i dont see them

 

[Explorer#2]

look in the third pic after the lift, under the doors

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

aha found them. Just curious why did you go with the pipes out from underneath instead of out the back?

 

[everythintech]

well back when i did that i wanted a street x, so i gave it the lightning styled exhuast, many ppl have it out the back, not as many have it outa the side. soon i am goin to re-organize my whole system, headers -> back. i plan on stuffin my mufflers up more, now that i have a bl, and doin some turn downs about where they are now. im not a big fan of rear exit custom exhaust.