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[Ives]

Hello everyone, I will formally introduce myself, I'm Ives, that's what my friends call me. I love Fords, and I've been around them since I was young, I know mainly about antique Fords and how they work. Over the past year my friends have been getting big F-150s, and every weekend they go rootin' and I get stuck sitting shotgun all the time. So I started to look for an Explorer, and Tuesday evening my dad pulled up and suprised me with a 99 fully loaded Explorer Sport. Needless to say was was speechless, I was expecting something from the early to mid 90's, that I would have to work on to get into good condition. But I got an incredable 99 Explorer with only 65k miles on it, only one slight problem, my dad traded off having 4 wheel dirve, for getting a manual tranny. But just wanted to say hello to everyone, and tell a little of what I got, and expect me to be asking tons of question of how to modify all sorts of things.
Ives

 

[MO_GUY]

Welcome to the site Ives! You'll find loads of information here to help you out with just about everything you want to do with your truck.

 

[Soundguy01tx]

Welcome to the BEST website around man. If you need any help, ask... but be sure to use the SEARCH feature if you can. A lot of the typical questions (what size tires can i use? how can i lift my drop easily? what size this or that?) have already been answered. If you cant find an answer that helps, feel free to ask. The guys here may get a little hornery at times, but thats just bc their old... I mean mature... I mean, respect your elders... no for real, this is one of the coolest groups, with some really great guys!
--Bryan

 

[Robb]

Welcome Aboard Ives!!

Don't worry about 4x4 here in Richmond. We got a decent amount of snow this winter and my 2WD LMTD handled it fine. BTW, where are you in Richmond? What engine is in the X? A 2WD, manny tranny with the SOHC or V8 would be a NICE ride!!

Robb

 

[Bashman]

Welcome to the site.

 

[Ives]

Hey guys, thanks for the warm welcome. And to answer morrisey0's questions, I live over in Henrico, and my engine in my Explorer Sport is the 4.0L SOHC. It runs like all, I took it out to just drive around this afternoon, and some ricer in his little burner pulled up next to me, I don't think he knew an Explorer was that strong, or that I had a 5 speed. But yeah I love my new Explorer, and plan to do some pretty cool stuff to it.
Ives