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- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 2Dr,2,000 & 04 4dr xlt
Brake upgrade update:
I am really liking the new and improved braking on this truck. I even drove it to work on Monday.
One thing is that there is no more brake pulsation, I beat the old brake setup so badly that the front rotors warped.
This happened when I was working 42 miles from home and had to drive on the Schuylkill Expressway(I-76) every day and some of that became stop and go traffic at different times of the day. Hate that road with a passion now.
So the brake pulsation had been there for quite some time now, and I am so glad it is gone.
The other thing is the actual braking is better and the brake pads are hardly seated in yet.
I need to check out the rear brakes/calipers and I'll bleed the system while adding new fluid when I get a chance.
The brake pads had FF marked on them as oposed to the ones that I just put on my 2000 which are FE.
The numbers are supposed to reflect the cold (first letter) and Hot(second letter) braking friction.
A letter later in the alphabet would have more friction.
I found the front sway bar links are plastic and splitting/cracking longwise down the plastic tube, so I will be ordering some links for this truck soon.
I need to check the rear suspension and differential mounts because I feel a clunking sometimes and the rear tires are chopped.
Front tires are smooth, I already replaced the upper balljoints and one inner tie rod so that end will be in good shape after installing new sway bar links.
I would like to get some Sport Trac Adrenaline looking wheels that are a bigger diameter than the 17's that are on there now.
This would be for more clearance between the caliper and the inner circumference of the wheel, there is a very small clearance now.
I think the rims I am looking for are 20 inch and may be found on newer Explorer too? I don't want wheel spacers so that might make things difficult?
A suspension drop and step bars/running boards would also help as I am shrinking in my old age and I almost have to climb up into it now. That and I would like to be able to pick my sister up in this truck to take her out and she is shorter than me. I also want to drive this vehicle hard, without flipping it over.
The seats are something else I want to swap out. I need something that will hold me in place a little better and be comfortable.
I slide on the leather ones that are in there now, and I swear they make my back hurt. I need a trip to the junkyard to play around and do some investigating. Hopefully I can go visit Harry's Upullit in Pennsburg before it gets cold.
I am really liking the new and improved braking on this truck. I even drove it to work on Monday.
One thing is that there is no more brake pulsation, I beat the old brake setup so badly that the front rotors warped.
This happened when I was working 42 miles from home and had to drive on the Schuylkill Expressway(I-76) every day and some of that became stop and go traffic at different times of the day. Hate that road with a passion now.
So the brake pulsation had been there for quite some time now, and I am so glad it is gone.
The other thing is the actual braking is better and the brake pads are hardly seated in yet.
I need to check out the rear brakes/calipers and I'll bleed the system while adding new fluid when I get a chance.
The brake pads had FF marked on them as oposed to the ones that I just put on my 2000 which are FE.
The numbers are supposed to reflect the cold (first letter) and Hot(second letter) braking friction.
A letter later in the alphabet would have more friction.
I found the front sway bar links are plastic and splitting/cracking longwise down the plastic tube, so I will be ordering some links for this truck soon.
I need to check the rear suspension and differential mounts because I feel a clunking sometimes and the rear tires are chopped.
Front tires are smooth, I already replaced the upper balljoints and one inner tie rod so that end will be in good shape after installing new sway bar links.
I would like to get some Sport Trac Adrenaline looking wheels that are a bigger diameter than the 17's that are on there now.
This would be for more clearance between the caliper and the inner circumference of the wheel, there is a very small clearance now.
I think the rims I am looking for are 20 inch and may be found on newer Explorer too? I don't want wheel spacers so that might make things difficult?
A suspension drop and step bars/running boards would also help as I am shrinking in my old age and I almost have to climb up into it now. That and I would like to be able to pick my sister up in this truck to take her out and she is shorter than me. I also want to drive this vehicle hard, without flipping it over.
The seats are something else I want to swap out. I need something that will hold me in place a little better and be comfortable.
I slide on the leather ones that are in there now, and I swear they make my back hurt. I need a trip to the junkyard to play around and do some investigating. Hopefully I can go visit Harry's Upullit in Pennsburg before it gets cold.