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What Have You Done To Your Explorer ST Today
- Thread starter TNSmokee
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Thank you. I just placed my order. I've been eyeing these for a while. I used one of my rubber pads with the groove in it with my jack on Friday on my ST and when I was done, the rubber was already splitting and it was brand new. Hopefully this solves that issue and I won't need the rubber pad for anything now.
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I like those. I have the carbon fiber side skirts so those won’t work for me. I use 4 of these when I need to break out the quick jack. Just don’t forget to pull them off before driving away
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I haven't seen many vehicles lifted from the pinch weld without a slotted rubber block or slotted lift head on the jack (like the factory jack in with the spare tire) that doesn't bend or f'-up the pinch weld. I know this first hand.
Tire shops - Why anyone needs to do this at this pont in time is beyond me since pinch weld jack points aren't new, but, it seems more times than not, you need to school your tire shop on how to lift your vehicle with pinch welds. They F' them up A LOT. That's my own personal experience as well as quite a few other people I know. I'm sure plenty of people on here can attest to that same thing from their own tire shop experiences.
Tire shops - Why anyone needs to do this at this pont in time is beyond me since pinch weld jack points aren't new, but, it seems more times than not, you need to school your tire shop on how to lift your vehicle with pinch welds. They F' them up A LOT. That's my own personal experience as well as quite a few other people I know. I'm sure plenty of people on here can attest to that same thing from their own tire shop experiences.
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Exactly my point. I'm not dissing the pinch weld, I'm dissing people not caring about, or being ignorant, with our vehicles and causing preventable damage. Adding these block should help. If it's a waste of $45, so be it. You are the king of buying un-needed stuff for your ST!! I mean that playfully and not in a Richard kind of way! You have lots of cool mods. I have a HUGE lifted F-150 with more money in the mods than the cost of the truck new. I know exactly how the modification game works!
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Yes pinch weld jack points have been around forever. Unfortunately brainless techs seem to be plentiful. First trip to the dealer and they folded one of my jack points. No excuse imo for a dealer. Right after that I fixed it and bought those pinch weld plates. Every time I HAVE to use a shop I stick them to the pinch welds (magnetic) and point it out to the tech. Cheap insurance imo.
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Have any of you had your front driver/ passenger windows tinted? Just picked mine up yesterday, and I can't be sure, but I think the windows are tinted? but I can't find anything on the factory order showing those driver / passenger side front door windows being tinted... but there is one window that has a slight flaw like dust caught behind a film tint, which leads me to think its been tinted. So just curious if somebody had experience with that before? or know if the 2025's come with tinted windows on the front driver/ passenger side door?
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I paid the retail price for the 4 parts at my local dealer and did it myself. Took about 4 hours to complete. The first side took 2.5 hours, and other side went a little faster since I knew what to expect. It's not for the faint of heart. I use to install car stereos and alarms decades ago, so pulling trim before and having the right tools helped.
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