BD's 2000 Explorer Limited

[BrianDye]

Night and frigin' day.

 

[CDW6212R]

Brian, check eBay and see what consoles are left from my favorite Explorer parts seller. I got a gray one for about $40 shipped IIRC. All of his parts are new old stock OEM stuff. He had three Limited door panels, new, for $200 total. Keep checking back with him, he gets new stuff every 2-3 months.

http://shop.ebay.com/wwilliams623/m...&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313

 

[BrianDye]

Wowwwww I fee like a kid in a candy store

20$ for a whole new console skin! I'm gonna try my black out and see how it looks and if I dont like it, ill order a new one

 

[CDW6212R]

Do it, I've got boxes of new spare parts from them.

 

[BrianDye]

Sittin in class spending money...sheesh lol.

I just ordered another roll of FatMat so I can do the WHOLE back. (Hatch, rear floor, sides, and hopefully the roof over my subs at least)

Sooooo many rattles!

 

[BrianDye]

Hehehehe, this is gonna be fun

 

[lynchy wa]

Bumper look's good mate!

 

[BrianDye]

Thanks...its actually sitting outside right now in the process of being bondo'ed

Im talking about that little go cart in my driveway

 

[BradR]

Mom's new cruiser?

At least she matched it to your truck, haha.

So you do bondo, and you're good at it, eh? Hmmm....

 

[BrianDye]

Lol no, she hated the idea of it at first, then after she took it to work, shes in love with it. Its surprisingly big inside, and FUN AS HELL to drive!

(Its a rental, im trying to get a loan from the credit union for her, to buy a new Focus or Fiesta)

It had a little under 1/4 tank, I tossed 20$ in, and it went to a little over 3/4! Ive been flooring this thing left and right, and the AVG MPGs are still above 34! Its got 1700 miles on it, shes new as hell

Anywho, tomorrow my new roll of FatMat gets here, I want to get my subs and stuff out of the back, get the rear side panels off, and get the floor, sides, and hatch done. Im also hoping to get my console back in, and get all that straightened out. I hate school so much! I can get SO much more done without it LOL.

The black looks good though, I "mounted" the center console in tonight when I got off work, but was to tired to bolt anything down.

Ive been driving that Fiesta to work and to my girlfriends, she fell in love with that damn thing.

 

[BrianDye]

 

[BradR]

Oh, DAMN.

I like that. I would take that to the strip for sure, ahaha

 

[BrianDye]

Whats a good muffler for decently loud sound and performance wise?

 

[BrianDye]

Now starts phase 2

 

[BrianDye]

Well earlier I sliced my finger open...it was pretty bad, cutting a section of FatMat, my finger rubbed up against the edge really hard

It seriously wouldnt stop bleeding for a good hour, I tried everything! Anyways, I have about 80% of the rear floor done, along with the wheelwells, and some other various places. I also took my stock sub out (For Sale, check my sig), so that'l save me a LITTLE unneccesary weight, and id like to find a dark gray "cubby" thing to put where the sub panel is on my rear panels.

Im wondering though, what it would sound like to throw a 10 in that enclosure? My subs dont hit the high bass, so it would be nice to have a little kicker back there...

And it just so happens I have a brand new Kicker TC10 in a box in the backroom, comes in a truckbox...

 

[BradR]

Make a bow for a 10" then.

Also, the Old Country Buffet thing was last night and it's also tonight, but I am super busy with my boss and this storage auction stuff (yes, just like on TV) so I couldn't go last night, and today we're opening the store so I won't be going tonight, and my friend, Alan, with the Ranger on 22s spent last night working on his truck for Milan that's today, High School/ college nationals, so he won't be doing much either...

Sorry to hear about your finger too, that blows...

 

[BrianDye]

Yea last night I was pretty busy (Up until about 11 at least), and today my moms throwing a birthday "get together" (I dont really wanna call it a party), and sadly enough I have to call off today, heartless pricks wouldnt give it to me! But they'll give me any other day I request....make sense out of that, cus I cant!

 

[BrianDye]

I threw up all over the Fiesta when I saw this...

 

[BrianDye]

So I stopped at AutoZone today, in one of those "cleaning/do some work" moods, got some TB cleaner, and MAFS cleaner, a new short black antenna, sandpaper (Bumper!), and one of those smaller california dusters for my dash.

The antenna works great, no reception difference, and its about a foot shorter, NOT one of those ugly fat short rubber ones, this ones black, with the coil running up it like my stocker, but looks 10x better. I cleaned the hell out of my MAFS, it was NASTY looking, along with the throttle body. I get in to start it, and it took like 13 seconds of cranking to actually start, then it idled rough as hell for about 10 seconds, then idled smoother than ever. I havent driven it yet, but it definitely idled better.

 

[BrianDye]