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Explorer Sport Upgrades...More

timbo2001

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Year, Model & Trim Level
2001 Explorer Sport
Guys,

I emailed Terry from ProFinish/ProGlass, who created the Black Diamond Explorer, and asked him questions regarding the shaker hood, roll pan, and painting the bottom, textured trim, and the following is his reply:

"Tim, thanks for the compliment we really enjoy the truck also. The shaker is
available and is 699.00 + shipping, it includes hood,shaker
scoop,seal,brackets and lower airbox. It is functional with the use of a K&N
gen2 aircleaner kit. The rollpan is a one off piece that required some frame
cutting and the loss of spare tire.
The lower cladding paint prep consists of cleaning with a product called
TING available at most paint stores and sanding aggressively with 220 wet or
dry paper. We then use PPG DP 40 as an adhesion promoter followed by a few
coats of PPG K36 primer to fill scratches and the remaining texture. Then
sand and paint. We have been doing Dodge door handles and mirrors like this
for over 7 years with NO paint failures, in fact my Explorer has over 20
thousand miles on this procedure with only a few stone chips. One more thing
my Explorer has ran a 15.30 in the 1/4 mi with just the hood, aircleaner and
a catback exhaust ( you should see the look on a RT Durango owners face when
I beat them at a stoplight).
Thanks for posting my page on the Explorer page and let me know what we can
do for you."

Thanks to Terry for all his info, I hope this info helps you guys. I got some work to do now....

Timbo 2001
2001 Explorer Sport

:mattmoon:
 






what about the suspension . . . what is it, and how much it cost?
 






The lower cladding paint

Is he talking about the bottom trim of our truck that is gray? well if he is.... damn im going to the paint store....
 






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