What Have You Done To Your Explorer ST Today

[ShadowHawk]

@BrooseDaMoose tagged you so you could see how the wheels turned out. Just plastidip with a top coat of luxury metal. (Worst plastidip product I've ever used in my life, and I'm a life long dipper) Turned out good IMO, I like how they match the plastic moldings. Until I do paint matched.

How did you apply it? Spray? It looks good!


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Yes, I did five coats of black, and two coats of luxury metal. I've done Plasti dip on a bunch of my cars. Fonzie has some good videos on YouTube. I'll share some photos of all my emblems later.

 

[ShadowHawk]

Ok you got me. What was the leg protector for? Good looking rig!

Haha! It's probably on the forum somewhere here, it's an old EcoBoost trick. You buy 1 in furniture leg protectors, and cap off the return into the air intake. Essentially turns your blow off into a vent to atmosphere system.

 

[Polizi212]

Got the Car back from the dealership yesterday Power folding seats are now fixed. This Morning I got the new Rims installed and I think it looks better now. before and after. Since the before picture was taken I have added front Tint, Door handle black covers, Embossed Explorer decals for the doors. Debating on painting the calipers RED or sticking with the unpainted silver look and keeping the car silver and black all around.

 

[BrooseDaMoose]

Looks good!


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[Diamondave]

I changed out the license plate bulbs, Super Brite Led's #194-W-120 (less than $10 delivered), and got the polarity right the first time!

 

[EDWYER]

Got my Zeus 3D hitch cover on recently!

 

[MikeyP]

Drivetrain maintenance day! Changed out the front and rear diff fluid and transfer case fluid. At 53K miles I think I was lagging on that!

If you haven't done this yet, don't be scared of those front diff bolts. They need a solid hammer whack on the wrench to break loose.

My 6 year old son likes to help any time I'm under the car. But he was not prepared for the smell of gear oil! As soon as I started draining the rear diff he yells "Dad don't fart when I'm right next to you!" He decided to sit by the front of the car while I finished.

 

[hfrog355]

Easy little job today. Looks good. Need to get that blue oval blacked out.

Somewhat undecided about the red ST badges. Blacked out looks sharp, but so does the accent color. Maybe flat black ST against the gloss grill? Dunno...

 

[STealthMode]

Easy little job today. Looks good. Need to get that blue oval blacked out.

Somewhat undecided about the red ST badges. Blacked out looks sharp, but so does the accent color. Maybe flat black ST against the gloss grill? Dunno...
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Help me, what am I looking at?

 

[STealthMode]

I changed out the license plate bulbs, Super Brite Led's #194-W-120 (less than $10 delivered), and got the polarity right the first time!

Before and after?

 

[STealthMode]

Replaced the dumb dealership license plate holder with a silicon one. Looks much cleaner and prevents scratches.

Rightcar Solutions Silicone... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CV5PLFM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

[hfrog355]

Help me, what am I looking at?

Removed the "EXPLORER" emblem.

 

[Mobius87]

The exploder hasn't had anything done in some time, but today it got a new ZenCarbon steering wheel.

The OEM wheel was falling apart.

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[PurpleIcedExpoST]

I swapped tunes to TunePlus and realized how fast these things can be (even on 93). Data logging this week then e50 tune we gooooo

 

[Diamondave]

Before and after?

Sorry, I didn't take any before, and now the ST and I are geographically separated

 

[V3nom3nom]

Replaced broken drivers side seat cover with eBay one. Fitment was spot on and cost only about $32 shipped.

 

[DetroitST]

Went through some water a few months ago and within about 30 seconds every light came on my dash. Every failure possible, hill start assist, pre collision, abs, drive mode select, etc etc. So it was quite annoying to drive for a while but it is my only vehicle so I dealt with it until my dealership had a loaner available to me.

The code it threw was a bad speed sensor, which I did replace myself for $60 but it didn't fix the issue.

Took it to the dealership, ended up being a bad tone ring. Thankfully it was warrantied under the powertrain warranty.

While there we fixed a lot.........

Driver window not opening/closing properly. (Relearn fixed, didn't charge me)
Passenger side mid pipe cracked and rattling (been dealing with that since day 1) (~$530 part and labor)
Rear camera replacement (warrantied)
Rear diff bolt upgrade (warrantied)
Front Axle Disconnect Actuator was leaking (warrantied)
Coolant flush (~$200)
Cabin filter (~$85)

I saw the warranty bill for the FADA replacement that was $4700. I didn't see the other costs but holy smokes if you have a leak up front go get that done asap before your warranty runs out. That would have been an awful pill to swallow.

 

[Caster]

You paid a dealer to chage the cabin filter and you paid them $85 to do it.. WOW.

 

[GearHead_1]

^^^ Sorry, I had the same thought.

 

[Eljaber]

Went through some water a few months ago and within about 30 seconds every light came on my dash. Every failure possible, hill start assist, pre collision, abs, drive mode select, etc etc. So it was quite annoying to drive for a while but it is my only vehicle so I dealt with it until my dealership had a loaner available to me.

The code it threw was a bad speed sensor, which I did replace myself for $60 but it didn't fix the issue.

Took it to the dealership, ended up being a bad tone ring. Thankfully it was warrantied under the powertrain warranty.

While there we fixed a lot.........

Driver window not opening/closing properly. (Relearn fixed, didn't charge me)
Passenger side mid pipe cracked and rattling (been dealing with that since day 1) (~$530 part and labor)
Rear camera replacement (warrantied)
Rear diff bolt upgrade (warrantied)
Front Axle Disconnect Actuator was leaking (warrantied)
Coolant flush (~$200)
Cabin filter (~$85)

I saw the warranty bill for the FADA replacement that was $4700. I didn't see the other costs but holy smokes if you have a leak up front go get that done asap before your warranty runs out. That would have been an awful pill to swallow.

Did they replace just the seal or perform the TSB? I had the seal only replaced on mine, not sure what the cost would have been though.