MrKleen
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- October 15, 2013
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- City, State
- Virginia
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Explorer Sport 4WD
2001 Explorer Sport 2 door 4WD
Stock when I bought it, and in absolute horrible condition. It was a work truck and i doubt it had been cleaned once in the last 100k miles. Stains in the carpet, faded trim, a half inch of caramelized soda in the cup holders with pennies that were half dissolved.
In the last week i have been doing a complete overhaul on it and here are some pics of my progress from start to present. I will update as much as possible and answer any questions that anyone might have.
Progress:
AVS headlight covers- mounted
Black out trim interior and exterior- done
Front tow hooks- mounted
Leather seat swap- done
shampoo and clean interior carpeting- done
install new floor mats for front rear and trunk- installed
install brembo drilled and slotted rotors- sitting at the house awaiting install
install new brakes- sitting at the house awaiting install
swap broken handles for new- done
niteshade tail lights- not done yet
buy 18 inch rims- done
paint and install new rims- in progress
tint windows- not done yet
paint entire vehicle matte black- not done yet
replace bushings between frame and body in rear- not done yet
fix the trunk not opening- not done yet
fix the off track passenger window-- not done yet
to lift or lower, that is the question- ???
performance mods- CAI, exhaust, headers? we will see
Anything else that viewers might want to add will be taken into consideration
Day One---
Broken driver side door handle, the passenger side was completely missing---
I should have taken a pic of whats under the rubber
Trim on center fascia and cup holder tray needed some work---
Beginning the teardown process---
Newly painted and awaiting install---
Installed---
The cloth seats were in horrible condition, half operational and stained---
They had to go---
And of course the carpet needed to be cleaned, the trunk carpeting wasn't salvageable. I didn't feel up to the task so i took it to the local car spa and had them do it lol.
Since i had the seats out i drove down to the pick and pull and got lucky---
I still need to go back tomorrow and get the driver's seat. no power in the donor car meant I needed a wrench to get under the seat which of course i decided not to bring so ill update tomorrow when i pick it up.
the stock rims aren't bad but i was missing one so i decided some 18's would look nicer---
But halfway thru i decided that i would like them better if they were a different color so i started that project---
Stock when I bought it, and in absolute horrible condition. It was a work truck and i doubt it had been cleaned once in the last 100k miles. Stains in the carpet, faded trim, a half inch of caramelized soda in the cup holders with pennies that were half dissolved.
In the last week i have been doing a complete overhaul on it and here are some pics of my progress from start to present. I will update as much as possible and answer any questions that anyone might have.
Progress:
AVS headlight covers- mounted
Black out trim interior and exterior- done
Front tow hooks- mounted
Leather seat swap- done
shampoo and clean interior carpeting- done
install new floor mats for front rear and trunk- installed
install brembo drilled and slotted rotors- sitting at the house awaiting install
install new brakes- sitting at the house awaiting install
swap broken handles for new- done
niteshade tail lights- not done yet
buy 18 inch rims- done
paint and install new rims- in progress
tint windows- not done yet
paint entire vehicle matte black- not done yet
replace bushings between frame and body in rear- not done yet
fix the trunk not opening- not done yet
fix the off track passenger window-- not done yet
to lift or lower, that is the question- ???
performance mods- CAI, exhaust, headers? we will see
Anything else that viewers might want to add will be taken into consideration
Day One---
Broken driver side door handle, the passenger side was completely missing---
I should have taken a pic of whats under the rubber
Trim on center fascia and cup holder tray needed some work---
Beginning the teardown process---
Newly painted and awaiting install---
Installed---
The cloth seats were in horrible condition, half operational and stained---
They had to go---
And of course the carpet needed to be cleaned, the trunk carpeting wasn't salvageable. I didn't feel up to the task so i took it to the local car spa and had them do it lol.
Since i had the seats out i drove down to the pick and pull and got lucky---
I still need to go back tomorrow and get the driver's seat. no power in the donor car meant I needed a wrench to get under the seat which of course i decided not to bring so ill update tomorrow when i pick it up.
the stock rims aren't bad but i was missing one so i decided some 18's would look nicer---
But halfway thru i decided that i would like them better if they were a different color so i started that project---
