Ford Explorers at the SEMA Show

[Rick]

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[blwnsmoke]

I love how the rims fill the wheel wells on the red one.. not a fan of black rims but that looks great

 

[peterk9]

Not a fan of those little rubber wheels on the red Explorer.

 

[VCFP153]

The red one looks like a Chicago Fire Dept Chief's unit.

 

[Rick]

Not a fan of those little rubber wheels on the red Explorer.

Big aluminum wheels with tiny sidewall tires. Not a fan of the tires either. A little less rim with more sidewall for me.

 

[RedXLTlove]

I like the Red one.

 

[Odrapnew]

Not a fan of those little rubber wheels on the red Explorer.

Big aluminum wheels with tiny sidewall tires. Not a fan of the tires either. A little less rim with more sidewall for me.

I agree. The red one with 21" maybe 22" rims would look better.

 

[gdgiordano]

Ew. They are minivans lol

 

[Eltee]

I like the tires and wheels on the Sport (white) version. If they were available with a silver colored outer ring in lieu of the yellow I'd get them if they'd fit my 2013 XLT. Anyone know if they are available?

 

[shucker1]

I may have missed this, but has ford addressed the water pump issue in the new model?

The wife is actually talking about a new car and I was thinking Explorer.

Until @Dono brought up the water pump problem.

I totally forgot about that.

 

[davidk]

I think I’d feel better about driving the forest service roads in the white one. It is, after all, an Explorer...

 

[blwnsmoke]

I may have missed this, but has ford addressed the water pump issue in the new model?

What new one?

 

[Spudhut]

I wish...i really like the body styling. Maybe someday I can get my hand on a good used PIU....

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Centaurious]

No offence to those who like the look but when are Ford and Range Rover going to stop stealing styling cues from each other. You could probably re-badge your new Explorer with Rover badges and no one would know.

 

[shucker1]

That should be addressed with the 2020 model with the change to a longitudinal engine.

Really?

Back to the right way of building cars and trucks?

 

[willied]

Yup, going back to RWD as it should've always been. I'm glad since my mom will probably buy one once her 2011 hits 300k miles (probably 2021).

 

[Rick]

As I said, this isn't the thread for water pump discussion. I'm sure there is plenty of that in the Stock 2011+ forum. I am deleting the water pump posts from this thread.

To make it easier... Here is a link to the Water Pump Thread:

 

[Watcher58]

IMHO, the red one looks like a pimp’s car and the white/yellow looks. Like a highway department vehicle. I like the look of the front end minus the grill. We know everything is plastic but it really looks plastic-like someone glued a bunch of black Ace Combs together.

 

[san~man]

Strange looking exhaust tips on the first one, I would like to have seen a better pic

 

[1998rollover]

Are these proper trucks or more of those front drive based... things?