Patriot ceramics k9ST..greetings from colorado

[PATRIOT_CERAMICS_K9ST]

Hi folks.
Been cruising the forum since last yr when I bought my first ST. Iconic silver.
Coming from the European car game the ST was never on my radar.
Bought a 2020 from Nebraska from a detective out there w 111k . One year later it had 140k! Never let me down and it was great for my k9 buddy and my kids.
So I decided to trade in dec 2024 for a brand new 25!
The 25 is great.
Only things I hate...it has a sunroof. (My 20 did not)
And then they went away from the full leather seats.
I've already modded mine
Added eibachs springs
Afe sway bars
And some fenfab stuff
Looking for tune and gonna out 22s on it in a few weeks
I do live in colorado..current military.
Former cop.
And I own a small high end ceramic coating business (may become an advertiser..dunno yet)
But here go some pics. I do have some stuff from my old ST for sale and some brand new 21 inch tires so may throw those up!

Im excited to learn from yall.
Oh, I'm originally from Texas.

 

[PATRIOT_CERAMICS_K9ST]

Oh my car also has the thermal 3 inch. Freaking love it.
Here is a picture of the old ST
Yes that's an audi rs3. Lol
Also sold it :/

 

[23 Explorer ST]

Hi folks.
Been cruising the forum since last yr when I bought my first ST. Iconic silver.
Coming from the European car game the ST was never on my radar.
Bought a 2020 from Nebraska from a detective out there w 111k . One year later it had 140k! Never let me down and it was great for my k9 buddy and my kids.
So I decided to trade in dec 2024 for a brand new 25!
The 25 is great.
Only things I hate...it has a sunroof. (My 20 did not)
And then they went away from the full leather seats.
I've already modded mine
Added eibachs springs
Afe sway bars
And some fenfab stuff
Looking for tune and gonna out 22s on it in a few weeks
I do live in colorado..current military.
Former cop.
And I own a small high end ceramic coating business (may become an advertiser..dunno yet)
But here go some pics. I do have some stuff from my old ST for sale and some brand new 21 inch tires so may throw those up!

Im excited to learn from yall.
Oh, I'm originally from Texas.

Welcome and congratulations!!
ST looks BA!! Nice looking puppy too. lol
Did you tint your fogs yellow and if so how do they look at night?


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[PATRIOT_CERAMICS_K9ST]

Thnks sir.
Yeah lamin x. They look dope.
Yellow is great for visibility in snow

 

[pgk1]

Looks great! Enjoy... Nice looking puch. just noticed your plate

 

[Cruising68]

Looks great! Thanks for your service!


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[2020FordRaptor]

Congrats and welcome to the forum! Nice mod list you got going there already. Unfortunately, tuning is not available for the 2025s, and it won't be for a long time, if ever.

 

[enphor]

Welcome nice ST and doggo! Had a female sable some years ago, she was the best girl!

Hopefully someone spills the keys to the 25' to unlock the computer for tuning for ya soon.

 

[bbbart]

Welcome! Beautiful ride.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Welcome nice ST and doggo! Had a female sable some years ago, she was the best girl!

Hopefully someone spills the keys to the 25' to unlock the computer for tuning for ya soon.

Can we start a money pool to bribe the Ford engineers? Maybe ask the Chief's what system they use to bribe people?

 

[STFan]

Welcome aboard!

 

[bbbart]

Can we start a money pool to bribe the Ford engineers? Maybe ask the Chief's what system they use to bribe people?

No, that will lower the value of our 20-24 models haha. Sounds like Nevada and Illinois have a lot of SOP's in common. Let's start with Ford Performance for all the suspenion goodies they made for their track-prepped ST with Fox shocks and aero please

 

[PATRIOT_CERAMICS_K9ST]

Thnk you to all for the welcome.

 

[Rky Mtn ST]

Welcome from Colorado Springs. I'm retired military LEO, and former K9 as well.

 

[Cruising68]

Welcome from Colorado Springs. I'm retired military LEO, and former K9 as well.


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Love serving K9s! And humans too


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[STeiner]

Nice ride! Pro-tip: there are a few videos on YT showing how to remove that giant black front license bracket. And the painted filler plugs are like $8 on eBay.
Then you can look like this:

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Nice ride! Pro-tip: there are a few videos on YT showing how to remove that giant black front license bracket. And the painted filler plugs are like $8 on eBay.
Then you can look like this:

More pro tip, get perfectly paint matched bumper plugs from Bumperplugs.com. The eBay ones aren’t paint matched as well, although generic colors like black makes it not as bad, and people who are OCD like me will go crazy.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

No, that will lower the value of our 20-24 models haha. Sounds like Nevada and Illinois have a lot of SOP's in common. Let's start with Ford Performance for all the suspenion goodies they made for their track-prepped ST with Fox shocks and aero please

That was just their show car. I don't think they had Fox shocks or any real world-tested aero.

 

[PATRIOT_CERAMICS_K9ST]

Welcome from Colorado Springs. I'm retired military LEO, and former K9 as well.


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Hey sick ride
So I'd love to become an advertisers on here perhaps
I wanna plug my ceramic coating biz
We do a TON of high end cars
Paint correction
Vinyl wraps
Dechroming
Tint
Ppf.
Thnks for your service

 

[bbbart]

That was just their show car. I don't think they had Fox shocks or any real world-tested aero.

Steven Adams, the gentleman with the current ST dyno record, mentioned Ford commissioned custom shocks from Fox for the Explorer ST. Need to dig it up somewhere but he's a credible source