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I recently checked out a few 2001 Explorer sports etc. that left me with a few concerns... Has there been a 'lowering' of quality of the years? It seemed that 2001s had a serious amount of plastic parts & was already rusting in the same spots as my 93 x sport... AND - the plastic "arm"...

Hi all, I'm considering a 99 Ex Sport. Is there anything particularly wrong with this year? Any major complaints? Besides a 2004!! - Is the a different year that is perhaps better than 1999? Any info would be greatly appreciated! :D :thumbsup: Thanks, PJ

Hi, I've got a 93 ex sport. The sun visors swing far too easily to the point that if I take a relatively quick turn they become lethal weapons as they swing wildly towards the driver and front passengers faces :eek: :eek: . ok maybe not lethal but a serious pain in the eye! I tool the...

Hi all, I have a 93 ex sport. I recently got a new HU & am getting interference... I just took my truck in (right now) to get an amp bipass harness put in. The 'guy' told me that once I have the amp bipass in place my factory sub won't work cuz if runs off the (factory) amp. --> Is...

Speaker replacements - Recommendations????!!!?!?!?! Please help my understand which speakers I can replace.. I have a 1st gen (93) sport with audiophile system. The general reference thread states: "Audiophile System speakers are usually 2 speakers (a 4.0" mid-range, and a 1.0" tweeter)...

While try'n to find the source of some interference I'm getting from one speaker, I pulled my HU out and realized that most of what I see is two 'bunches' of wires going into the truck .. and the antenna wire. The HU has some specs describing how to match the HU wires to the vehicles, but as...

I'm attempting to find a match for the areas painted grey on a first gen Ex sport. - The areas are on the top half of the doors & hatch... I found a color code on my Ex: "B1", but the closest thing I found was "1B Charcoal Grey" -- which is not even close to a match. For anyone who has...

My Ex tends to have little spots (and some big ones) where rust has made a small hole etc. I sand these out and use bondo to try to fill in any imperfections even if they are small. Is Problem is: Can't seem to make the repair unnoticeable - as in you can still see the perimiter of old...

I went to bestbuy to get an amp bypass harness... They had them, but had their "expert" tell me that they did not 'recommend' me putting in the harness myself AND that: a) It probably "wouldn't work".. b) They have to replace ALL the wiring.. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but since when...

When I turn on my HU - with no volume (at 0), I get a low 'buzzing' noise from the speaker in my right side door that is very noticeable. I don't know what is causing this & I don't want to go to a shop with no understanding of the issue. Are there common causes of this 'buzzing'? It doesn't...

During my body repair marathon sessions, I made some mistakes and got rattle can paint on my fender flares (plastic)... I have a 1st gen. What is a good product/method to get rid of this paint without damaging the flares? I have Mother's clay bar and goo gone, but I'm worried that goo...

I have a black ex with grey interior. Nothing is white. All these replacement gauges seem to have a white background. Would'nt the white background look 'out of place' in an Ex with black/grey or generally dark interior??

Many of you have nice subs and even nicer boxes for the subs. All are very nice and very cool.. :chug: and must sound amazing!! I'm currently looking at an amp & subs, but a question that quickly came to mind is: How do you protect and/or hide the subs everytime you leave your vehicle? ie...

Has anyone tried to replace their first gen 3rd brake light (that almost square "brick") with a brake light from a newer model? (nice & slim)?... If you have, was it difficult? any gotchas? Thanks, PJ :roll: to :exp: (hopefully)

I know there are many threads on clear corners... I attempted to find them here, in :can: , but a 'big' truck parts suppliers here sais that their supplier(s) don't carry it anymore for first gens and the a lot of places from the US won't ship to :can: - or with shipping the $ becomes...

I know this is subjective, but considering a lot of HUs are coming about with graphics & animations now, I'm wondering if people eventually get bored of the animations and stills provided in their HUs? .. Do these things eventually become 'silly' -- and if so, would you have purchased a HU...

Please shed some reality on this situation. I have a 93 sport. The A/C uses R12 but hasn't been used in about 2 years (ie - I took the belt off the compressor). I called a dealer here who said: 1. Converting to r-134a is really expensive 2. They 'would' do some freon conversion instead...

Hi all, I have a 93 exp sport. The "Check Engine" light came on a week ago. It is sometimes goes off, but is on most of the time. The truck runs fine, just idles a little rough. It will stall if you leave it idling long enough. I took in to "a" shop. They charge $95 just to read the...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has either the: CDXM8805X MP3 CD Car Deck or the Sony CDX-M8800 And what you think about them? Does it become annoying not to have the buttons on the face plate immediately available? Does the motorized face continue to function... Any car deck...

Well, As an inexpensive "mod", I started by taking off a small piece of side molding. As I've seen ex's on this board that look great without it. I have a black 93 ex sport. When I cleaned the area off, I realized the paint job on the door is two-tone.. As in, top half of the truck is...

Hi all, I have a first gen ex sport. My cd player has died so I've got to replace it. I don't know much about car decks or installing them. I'd like to get a Pioneer DEH-P-4600MP and just install it myself or have a shop do it. Is this not a easy job? (to install it)? I don't have...

I've got a first gen (93 sport). When try to change the volume on my cd player, I get a 'pop' sound from my right front speaker - very embarassing! Does anyone know what this is and how i could fix it? I don't want to get ripped off by a mechanic telling me to change 'everything'...

Hi all, When it rains I get water coming in through what seems to be my sunroof. I have read some threads regarding leaks.. Some people feel it's the windshield (can't be on mine because it leak originates 'higher' than windsheild). I thought it was the sun roof, but it still leaked even...

Please help!!! I've got a black 93 Explorer Sport that I cannot replace anytime soon. It's in good condition - a little rust which I can take care of myself. I can't replace it, but I really need to make this thing a little more 'modern' looking!!! or at least cleaner...