BD's 2000 Explorer Limited

[sean99]

Looking good Brian A little touch up paint on the hood would make it look so much better. I like the custom screen with your Limited and the large ford logo looks good too. Photoshop your chips for the screen shot.

 

[CDW6212R]

Ditto, very nice.

Have you tinted your windows yet? I ask because it's getting the time that these are having interior sun damage, the dash and door panels mostly. You can tint all of the glass and save the parts from more sun damage. I've got it on my 91 Mark VII windshield now, after the dash cracked recently.

Do it, the lightest is about 80%, you can't tell it's there. I'm planning to put that on all of my 98's glass, except the front door glass. I'll make those match the back.

 

[Joe Dirt]

The other thing about tint- prices usually go up in the spring- for anyone looking to tint.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

lookin good brian

 

[BrianDye]

Thanks guys for the comments, thats crazy that you brought up tinting the windows, i was just thinking about having the front doors done, but its illegal in MI. I do want a layer on them though even if its light. Theres so many cars around here with limo all around that I think id be fine to get them blacked out, but im not gonna risk it.


My buddy works at Ziebart, so he'll hook me up, probably 30$ for my front windows any shade. I want to get my back glass darker too, but im thinking JUST the sides though since its already hard enough to see at night when im backing up.

 

[BrianDye]

Here we go

 

[BrianDye]

Matt over from TRS has been such a huge help, im ordering my retrofit kit as soon as he gets me a PayPal invoice.

Its gonna be:
FX-R projectors, clear lenses
CCFL halos
E46-R Extended Shrouds (Possibly the Gattling instead)
5Five Morrimoto 5000k HID Kit
(All necessary wiring)

And I think I get a set of Audi Style LED Strips free with the order.

 

[shadowless127]

And I think I get a set of Audi Style LED Strips free with the order.

You should mount them in the middle (under) your running boards and wire them to the puddle lamps. That would look cool at night when you unlock the X.

 

[Joe Dirt]

You could also mount them on the bottom edge of your rear bumper trim, then you could see the rust at night, too... (sorry- had to)

 

[BrianDye]

Yea I dunno where im gonna put them....def. NOT on the bumper you ass :

I do want to do some individual LEDs in the housings though, 1-2 5w LEDs in each headlight wired up with my dome lights (So when I unlock the truck, I have some forward light)

And I wouldnt mind a couple small white LEDs in there wired up with the parking lamps.

 

[BrianDye]

Is 144$ a good deal for a MAC intake? Theyre on eBay right now for 160$ but I have a 10% off coupon which brings it to 144$ plus 15$ shipping...

Ive wanted an intake since way before I even had the exhaust...im wondering if I should jump on it since my coupon expires tomorrow I think...


*EDIT* Theyre normally 169$ but the seller is offering 5% off which brings it to 160$ and my coupon brings that down to 144$

#2 EDIT* After some searching, im finding alot of mixed feelings on the Mac..I dont want to buy it and then buy a different filter for it and whanot, whats wrong with the filters that they use?

 

[BrianDye]

Im tackling my bumper this weekend....

 

[sean99]

Take some good pics of the rust repair process

 

[sport97]

Good luck on the bumper. Mine looked like yours. I attacked it with a grinder. The rust was extremely deep. I guess I missed a few very small little pin spots, because it is back. I'm searching for a new one this weekend at the junkyard.

 

[BrianDye]

(This isnt a permanent fix, just a fun weekend project ive wanted todo for months now. I want to find a chrome bumper before I get my whole truck painted late this summer)

 

[BrianDye]

Oh and ill remember todo that fancy quad-coat technique when painting

 

[BrianDye]

Aircraft remover is fun

Is there a trick to getting that damn plastic on top off? I really dont wanna take the bumper off...

And just for ***** & gigs, I called a local bodyshop to see how much paint and clear would be for them todo it, if I do all the prep work, they want 250$ and thats only an estimate, she said she'd guarantee it would be a little more than that.....IM GOOD!

 

[sean99]

Now attack it with that dewalt grinder!! :

 

[BrianDye]

I attacked it with 3 fully charged batteries until they all died

Im pissed because there are small pinholes where the rust did eat through. Im wondering if I should bondo them?

Oh and I am going to remove it. I guess ill have to suffer the embarrassment of not having a rear bumper for a few days. I actually have saw probably 10 cars/trucks on the way home without them too (Gonna remove it tomorrow, I dont have sockets big enough to take my hitch off)

Anywho, it looks about the same, but with the 2 big rust spots on the passenger side all sanded downm, and about 95% of the paint gone. Im also gonna paint that little plastic "step" piece black.



I was also throwing around the idea of getting all the rust gone, and then 'glassing the whole thing. I would rather have a spare todo that too though incase it turned out like doodoo.

 

[BrianDye]

So now im noticing this problem (It screams spark plugs to me, but maybe im wrong)

When im driving on main roads/highway etc its fine, but lately when im going through my neighborhood (nothing over 25mph basically) its just a really unsteady idle if that makes sense. Ill be holding the gas pedal going 20 or so and its like im tapping the gas pedal, its wanting to slow down then speed back up, then down, im ready for plugs and wires for sure, which im gonna be ordering, but is there anything else I should do also, (Im a noob when it comes to ignition...)

Like coil packs, distributor cap, etc. What do they do? Any way they can go bad or wear out over time?