JCs 04 UZ XLT V8

[JCUZ]

Just a few pics of our newish ride. Mods so far:
Custom CAI including 9" K&N Pod & home-made shroud
In dash DVD player and headrest monitors
Pioneer 5X7 150W rear speakers
US Audio 6" front Splits
Reverse camera
HID conversion (6000k colour) for low and Hi beams
Black mesh in lower intake, and behind grill.

 

[JCUZ]

New Bling style intake pipe:

And a close up of the pipe and filter cover:

So far, initial throttle lag is almost eliminated - which is a good thing since our previous car had great initial pickup,(but not much after that).

 

[JCUZ]

As it happens, it's the missus' 40th later this week, so part of her present is a new set of wheels for the truck. Trying to find some nice looking alloys with the correct loading rating, PCD, offset, and Centre Bore is a nightmare for these trucks in Oz. The good news is that any wheel that fits a Territory (Oz built SUV) also fits the Explorer. The bad news is, the load rating between the 2 is about 50kg more for the Explorer. My search for the last 3 or so months to get a set of 17x8 to replace the factory 17x8 narrowed it down to basically 2 sets of rims: CSA Haze, and CSA Raker. I chose the Haze. I could've gone 18's, 19's or 20's and had plenty of choices, but I only wanted to spend about $1k, not $3.5K or $4k!!

A pic of my 3 boys helping with the rim selection:

Anyway, here's a couple of shots of before (love the background in the first one - only in Fyshwick!!!):

and After:

 

[steventadams]

Looks good

Not too "blingy" but showy enough to know they definitely aren't stock...

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

nice x u got there jcuz when did u get the hids they look nice i wanna get a set of hids on my 01 sport i wanna get the 8000K

 

[JCUZ]

Looks good

Not too "blingy" but showy enough to know they definitely aren't stock...

Thanks Steve - that's pretty much the look I was going for too too.

 

[JCUZ]

nice x u got there jcuz when did u get the hids they look nice i wanna get a set of hids on my 01 sport i wanna get the 8000K

I got the HIDs about a week after I bought the truck (about 5 months ago). My previous car had the HID kit as well, and while the explorer lights were OK, they were definitely on the yellow side of white. HIDs give a pure white light and are great. These ones were approx USD$80 off eBay, and have been going strong the whole time - not one issue at all with them; not even interference with the radio, which we used to get intermittently on the previous car.

Oh, and they're 6000k; anything above that is too blue, and is cop bait down here. They don't like blue lights on anything other than emergency vehicles - I now have blue LED puddle lights as my own private protest against this rule.

 

[JCUZ]

Some minor work this week - removal of mud flaps, and red callipers front and rear.

Front:

Rear:

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

looks nice