diy

Color matched?! I'd say yeah. Under a perfect flash light, the aerosol base coat is mildly more purple. Under all other lighting, shes minty bud. so, recently repainted and installed my new to me Moon Visor. All went well! For those of us doing DIY customizations or repairs to our Dark Lapis...

Does your steering wheel cruise control buttons in your 95-01 Ford Explorer look like a broken sad mess? Sticky, nasty, or completely MIA?? No problem! Get those old and busted buttons out and the new hotness buttons in place quickly and easily! The replacement of these steering wheel cruise...

Pretty simple but figured as I was replacing these I may as well make a short video on it :D Lol... Same method applies for most similar styles of lift supports (hood, liftgate, etc).

Hello, I bought a 2014 Ford Explorer with the police package and the 3.5 V6. It has a P0420 and P0430 code so I replaced the bank 2 catalytic converter, the down stream sensor and the bank 1 down stream sensor. I still have the codes and cannot find any resources on how to replace the bank 1...

Hello to all out there, I've been using this forum for information gathering for the last 6 months as I was gifted a 92 explorer (Eddie Bauer 4wd) in the middle of 2020. I've probably invested too many hours to keep track of. There was a leak in the sunroof (as I've read they often do) which...

So, somehow I managed to break the rail below my driver's side seat (on the door side, next to the seat lever). My dad helped me create a temporary fix (which you can see in the image), but what I really need is a new seat. I am new to this forum and relatively inexperienced in at home fixes. It...

I love the way my mountaineer (AWD) drives, handles curves and accelerates.... However, I am starting a car build and was looking at engines and transmissions, fwd, rwd, awd, atc. It finally occurred to me that I'm expecting my car to perform as well as my mountaineer. (Lightbulb moment)...

I wasn't ready to spend 250+ on roof crossbars so I came up with three 3,5mm thick plates with 6 holes and spray painted it black and put some plastic chrome imitation on the borders so it blends with the OEM bars. all the details are in the pictures I've attached but if you have any questions...

Hey new member here and I was looking for some insight on some preventive maintenance items/parts I should change. It's a 1997 ford Mercury Mountaineer with 228,600+ miles. These are some items/parts I've changed not all where preventive maintainace like the AC system. Spark plugs and wires...

Hey guys, it's time for an SOA on my rig. I've been asking around my locale for a shop to do the weld, and everyone I have spoken to is asking upwards of $300 to weld the perches and do a bead around where the tube and diff case meet. That is more than I have invested into the axle itself after...

Hey guys, need a little help on a project. I recently got a double din pioneer head unit that I want to put in my 01 Sport Trac. Does anyone know if this Sport Trac comes with a factory amp? I just have the four door speakers and the standard stock radio. I don't know if there is an amp...

hi everyone out there, i have removed the bulky fenders off of my 1998 eddie bauer explorer, I'm just trying to look at all my options to cover up these holes in the fenders, i was thinking about maybe some bondo then rhino lining the curves of the fenders, if anyone has any info or pictures or...

Winter is approaching fast and I know everyone's Explorer isn't equipped with factory heated seats. However, heated seats aren't very far out of your grasp. I don't have the time to do my own in-depth DIY write up on heated seat conversions, but the following video should suffice. (I ran...

Winter is approaching fast and I know everyone's Explorer isn't equipped with factory heated seats. However, heated seats aren't very far out of your grasp. I don't have the time to do my own in-depth DIY write up on heated seat conversions, but the following video should suffice. (I ran across...

This rack mod was only for Nissan Xterras but I did a little modification on my Explorer that wasn't hard. You need the following items: 1.Zip-ties 2. 3 foot Linen shelf kit 3.Flat head screw driver 4. duct tape or electrical (i use electrical). Steps: 1. Pop off the two plastic...

Is there a way to put halos, or "angel eyes" in my '03's headlights? do they sell them anywhere? If they don't sell any headlights with halos in them, i know they sell kits, and I don't know how to disassemble the headlight assemblies and not hurt anything. HELP PLEASE!!!!!

Well after Christmas I had an idea that I might be able to convert some of the 120v strings of lights that were on sell to work off 12v to decorate my car next year. Turns out it's very easy. I found some instructions online but the site has now gone down so I decided to do a write up for...

I want to put a sunroof into my 2003 ford explorer and i wanted to see if there is a DIY on here ?

Ok so i decided to remove my roof rack on my ex but i can figure out how to get to the bolts without shattering the roof racks. apparently whoever owned it before me already removed the cross bars or it was only for appearance and never had any but i can not figure them out and do not want to...

Does anybody know the "average" cost of a timing belt job on a 99 XLT from a dealer or shop? I can't find much information regarding that question on this specific vehicle. I'm sure this job is beyond my capability and it seems that it is a 3-5 hr. job at least. I have yet to hack up my...