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2022 Ford Explorer Platinum ST
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Took delivery today. Order was placed on 2/16, Order confirmed on 2/26, went into production on 4/22, shipped on 4/26 and took delivery on 5/11. Considering that I was told to expect 10 months and the trouble many on this forum have had, I consider myself very fortunate!
Torsen LSD from 22 Timberline for rear and ST front are on order along with the roof rack delete. Springs, shocks, struts, and rear sway bar will all be installed when the axles are replaced. Everything else will likely start going on next week
Still waiting on SPD DPs, AWR rear axle brace, FenFab charge pipe, BOV and FenFab coolant reservoir along with a few cosmetic pieces.
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Torsen LSD from 22 Timberline for rear and ST front are on order along with the roof rack delete. Springs, shocks, struts, and rear sway bar will all be installed when the axles are replaced. Everything else will likely start going on next week
Still waiting on SPD DPs, AWR rear axle brace, FenFab charge pipe, BOV and FenFab coolant reservoir along with a few cosmetic pieces.
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I will be living vicariously through you, as for the past decade or so all of my cars have remained 100% bone stock. lol
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I know! I have a problem! I started ordering parts once it shipped. I've got a stock pile of parts in the basement at my office ready to go. Will do most of the engine, exhaust and cosmetic work to start and will do the suspension at the same time as the axles since all that come out then anyway.
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So...I ran into another wrinkle in my plans. I failed to notice that in '22 paddle shifters are only available on the Timberline and ST trims. I can get the ST steering wheel and paddle shifters, but am not sure where to look into making sure the paddle shifters can be made functional. Additionally, on the ST the gear shift dial has a button to put it into manual mode. The Platinum has a button as well, but it's to shift into low gear. I would guess Adam at ZFG could reprogram that over to manual, but need to find a resource regarding adding paddle shifters. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Get a better steering wheel, one with carbon fiber, shift lights, etc etc
As far as tapping in to making the paddle shifters active, that might be as simple as plug and play or extremely complicated, you would have to pull diagrams of both the ST and platinum steering columns to determine that.
I want to say that because the explorer shares the same platform and they have trims with the paddles that you should be able to plug and play w/oem paddles... like people used to do on the g37's. However, I have never taken apart or studied the explorers like that so you will have to do the digging on your own.
As far as tapping in to making the paddle shifters active, that might be as simple as plug and play or extremely complicated, you would have to pull diagrams of both the ST and platinum steering columns to determine that.
I want to say that because the explorer shares the same platform and they have trims with the paddles that you should be able to plug and play w/oem paddles... like people used to do on the g37's. However, I have never taken apart or studied the explorers like that so you will have to do the digging on your own.
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Had a night of incomplete projects. Removed the Platinum and 4WD badges off the rear only to find that we ran out of Goo Gone. Started installing the Redline hood struts only to find it requires a rivet gun. I'll be able to finish both projects tomorrow after I get the missing items. I did have everything I needed to install some blue aluminum pedal covers, so there's that! Pretty basic stuff, but I'll post pictures tomorrow when there is better lighting for the sake of tracking the process.
I also rediscovered how much I enjoy working on cars. It's been years since I did all my own wrenching. I think one of my neighbors has a lift, so I think I'll take the time to install everything myself rather than paying a shop to do it. It'll definitely take longer, but I think it'll be much more fulfilling.
I also rediscovered how much I enjoy working on cars. It's been years since I did all my own wrenching. I think one of my neighbors has a lift, so I think I'll take the time to install everything myself rather than paying a shop to do it. It'll definitely take longer, but I think it'll be much more fulfilling.
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