XLT's 98 Sport

[XLT]

Hi everyone. I figured since i am finally elite i would register my truck. It's no where near as modded as some of the trucks on the site but it does have some mods.

Here is what i got
1998 Ford Explorer Sport
Sohc V6
4WD
4.10 gears
120,x.. on it presently
114,x.. when i bought it back in April of 2008
All up to date on maintenace. First thing i do when i buy a vehicle.

Engine
-Modded stock TB
-Flowmaster 50 series muffler
-Retractable under hood light
-Swiss cheesed air filter box
-Air hogs air filter

Exterior
-General Grabber A/T 2 31" tires
-Warrior Shackles
-TT
-Rancho 5000 Shocks front and back

Interior
-Sony Xplod H/U
-All switchs on the doors, rear center console, and front center console changed to Blue Leds
-Instrument cluster changed over to Blue 6 smd led bulbs
-Front Dome lights have two white 12 Led smd boards
-Rear dome light has two white 12 led smd boards while the search lights each have one 9 white led smd bulb.
-Puddle Lights running 12 white led board.
-Brown Wire Mod
-One touch passenger window

Future Plans
-33" MT tires
-3" bl
-Jurrasic Park paint Job
-Electric Fan
-Underdrive Pullies
-Hidden Subwoofer


This is shortly after i picked her up. Still all stock minus sidesteps.

Bad pic but heres how it sits now

Led Interior Dome Lights

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

nice x u got there

 

[tjsxplodr]

Nice! Love those led's on the dash! Sure brightens it up. Do those hood struts actually work? were they on the rig when you bought it?

 

[XLT]

Thanks sam!

Machgirl-Yeah the leds really make a difference. The hood struts came on the truck but the winter cold seems to weaken them. I usually throw my ice scraper in there to help hold it up. I having been wanting to replace them for a while now.

 

[tjsxplodr]

Cool Wonder where you can find them for the ex's. I had them on my mach 1.

 

[sport97]

Nice ex. You pretty much have the set up I want. I have been checking out getting the flowmaster 50 series, as well as the 31" grabber at2's. Whats your opinion on each? I love the blue LEDs btw.

 

[XLT]

machgirl-I found a few on ebay but i imagine any autoparts store would have them. Redline Tuning makes a great set but they are expensive.

sport97- Thanks. The 50 series muffler is nice. I wanted something louder then stock but not obnoxious. When you get on the gas it has a decent growl. Plus i noticed a little bit of a mpg increase. The General Grabber A/T 2 tires i love. They are the best all around tire i have ever bought. Great for mild offroad and awsome in snow and ice. I highly recommend these tires.

 

[Sams01XplrSprt]

xlt u got aim or yahoo and do u got a sound clip of ur exhaust at all

 

[vroomzoomboom]

did you order the kit for your one touch passenger window switch, and use aldive's write up, or get one from a taurus?

 

[XLT]

Sam- Sorry Sam i dont have aim or yahoo. I also dont have a sound clip of my truck. The muffler i installed about 2 months back and never got around to making a clip. I only have sound clips of my old 93 ex and the 97 f150. I will have to make a clip i think.

vroomzoomboom- Yeah, I had the kit ordered. I got it as a christmas gift and some screwed up. Probably my Mom who ordered. She was supposed to do the mustang kit but she ordered the one for the f150. I was happy to find that it would work fine with the only difference being a few wires were different colors compared to the mustang kit. I used Aldive's write up which made the install very easy.

 

[ragajungle]

Nice - I always liked the GM under-hood light that you can move around..

 

[XLT]

Nice - I always liked the GM under-hood light that you can move around..

Thanks man. Yeah i really love this mod. It comes in quite handy when i dont have a flashlight on me.

 

[XLT]

This was my project i chose for spring break. 3 inch body lift. I was suprised that i got away without using any bp blaster on any of the rusted bolts or even a torch. My 2 foot break bar served me well and not one broken bolt. I must have spent about 2 days working on it by myself but its finally done. Next on my to do list would be bigger tires and a new paint job.

 

[Teejay4490]

Looks good, you thought about some wheels maybe? Cragar makes a good off road durable wheel that looks pretty sweet. (cragar soft 8) itd make your tires stick out alittle more too since your lifted now.

 

[XLT]

Thanks! Yes those are on my list of wants as well as a few other items. I have always been a fan of the Cragar soft 8 rims