What Have You Done To Your Explorer ST Today

[UNBROKEN]

Looks killer! I was looking at the rear mid spoiler and was wondering if it comes gloss black or did you paint it?

You can order it glass black, in primer, painted or carbon fiber. Mine came painted.

 

[Stone17]

Busy Saturday Morning. Got my car tinted. Llumar Formulaone ceramic tint.
Front Windows : 30%
Rear Windows : 15%
Front Eyebrow : 5%





Came home and install skip plate. Took about 1 hour to install.

 

[UNBROKEN]

Busy Saturday Morning. Got my car tinted. Llumar Formulaone ceramic tint.
Front Windows : 30%
Rear Windows : 15%
Front Eyebrow : 5%

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Came home and install skip plate. Took about 1 hour to install.

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Go back for 70% ceramic on the windshield. It’s virtually clear and makes a huge difference even with the rest of the car tinted.

 

[0xExplorer]

Over the weekend I installed the Steeda Intercooler, S&B Intake, Steeda Strut Tower Brace, J&L Catch Can, FenFab Coolant Tank, FenFab Charge pipe


Shop Installed Steeda Springs, Rear Sway Bar, and Diff Brace


Next: ZFG DMS 93 tune

 

[BrooseDaMoose]

I like your PCM cover! I got the carbon fiber with red ST. I also have the same Steeda suspension package minus the diff brace. I just put on the Steeda Sub-frame Bushing Supports.. Noticeable difference in cornering. Not really a hard install either.


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[V3nom3nom]

Interior vacuumed and weather tech mats scrubbed down.

 

[Cruising68]

Fenfab Toe Links, Steeda subframe bushing kit, and Superforged brake kit. Still need to bleed the brakes and get an alignment. Apparently Ford changed brake reservoir caps again and my power bleeder won’t work. Ford says caps are two days out…..wtf.


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[StarWhite22]

Put on new wheels and tires. 18x8 Enkei PX-10 wheels and 265/65R18 Cooper Discover AT3 4S. I know the speed rating isn’t as high but it’s our only family vehicle and we’re not breaking any speed records. Speed rating is still 118.
No rubbing at all. Rides about the same if not a little smoother than with the stock 20s. This set seems lighter. Really like the way she looks and sits now.

Stock wheels and tires are for sale in the for sale listings.

 

[V3nom3nom]

Trans fluids drained and filter swapped.Big thanks to Josh at 1320 synthetics!

 

[Stone17]

Trans fluids drained and filter swapped.Big thanks to Josh at 1320 synthetics!

How much did that cost? I seen he was in Houston yesterday. I missed out.

 

[UNBROKEN]

How much did that cost? I seen he was in Houston yesterday. I missed out.

Sure doesn’t seem like a long term sustainable business model. Travel expenses, lodging, food, etc…you’d have to do several services a day just to keep moving.

 

[Stone17]

Sure doesn’t seem like a long term sustainable business model. Travel expenses, lodging, food, etc…you’d have to do several services a day just to keep moving.

I would of jump on the service if I knew he was coming.

 

[UNBROKEN]

I would have jump on the service if I knew he was coming.

I’ve been around Scamsoil salesmen for decades…hard pass on the MLM for me personally. I also wonder what happens if something goes wrong after a traveling oil change service has left the area? Who pays to fix it? Are they insured? Do they have the capital available to make things right?
I dunno…seems like a lot of risk.

 

[BigAnt75]

Put on some new wheels and tires today!
295/40/22 Pilot AS4 and Stance FO3 Rotary Flow Forged black wheels 22/10.5 30 offset
I’m also on H&R springs and love the stance now with the wider wheels!! FYI I took Unbrokens advice and just adjusted the rear camber and couldn’t be happier!

 

[BigAnt75]

Put on some new wheels and tires today!
295/40/22 Pilot AS4 and Stance FO3 Rotary Flow Forged black wheels 22/10.5 30 offset
I’m also on H&R springs and love the stance now with the wider wheels!! FYI I took Unbrokens advice and just adjusted the rear camber and couldn’t be happier! View attachment 20546 View attachment 20547 View attachment 20548

Also have the stock wheels and tires up for sale!! $900 and posted on the forum!! Grab them up if you need them!

 

[voodothatido4u]

Made it up the Smokey Mtns. and back home. Hope that counts on what we did today.

 

[MikeyP]

Installed the Steeda Vertical Link Insert. That wide open vertical link always concerned me. Very easy, but the issue was the bolts Steeda sent have a shoulder which doesn't let the flange clamp down on the vertical link. I sent them an email about it, but just scrounged in my screw stash and found a few M10x1.5x35 flange head bolts. Getting the nuts on the bolt end is slightly finicky as there's not much room, so I started the nut before the bolt was fully tightened.

This is definitely an improvement on the factory air-gap style link. The billet vertical links FenFab is getting ready are obviously better, but I figured I'd stick with this as it's cheap and the more-betterness of the billet links is outweighed by the more difficult install.

 

[Cdubya]

Installed the Steeda Vertical Link Insert. That wide open vertical link always concerned me. Very easy, but the issue was the bolts Steeda sent have a shoulder which doesn't let the flange clamp down on the vertical link. I sent them an email about it, but just scrounged in my screw stash and found a few M10x1.5x35 flange head bolts. Getting the nuts on the bolt end is slightly finicky as there's not much room, so I started the nut before the bolt was fully tightened.

This is definitely an improvement on the factory air-gap style link. The billet vertical links FenFab is getting ready are obviously better, but I figured I'd stick with this as it's cheap and the more-betterness of the billet links is outweighed by the more difficult install.

What do you mean "This is definitely an improvement..."? Is it a difference you can really feel? Pretty obvious just by looking at it and seeing the Steeda video that it stiffens the link but does it really help? The Steeda video shows some moderate torque applied to the link and seeing the link actually get bent out if shape. I've been waiting to look at mine until I go to change to winter rims but looking at your picture, your vertical link looks absolutely pristine. I'm a big fan of Steeda products but is this really something that has appreciable gains?

An analogy is the Steeda strut brace. It's far and away a much stiffer, solid piece than stock. But can anyone really say they feel improvement in handling?

 

[MikeyP]

What do you mean "This is definitely an improvement..."? Is it a difference you can really feel. Pretty obvious just by looking at it and seeing the Steeda video that it stiffens the link but does it really help. The Steeda video shows some moderate torque applied to the link and seeing the link actually get bent out if shape. I've been waiting to look at mine until I go to change to winter rims but looking at your picture, your vertical link looks absolutely pristine. I'm a big fan of Steeda products but is this really something that has appreciable gains?

An analogy is the Steeda strut brace. It's far and away a much stiffer, solid piece than stock. But can anyone really say they feel improvement in handling?

I have no data, butt-dyno or otherwise, yet to say it truly makes an improvement, but seeing the wide-open stamped steel 3-sided vertical link, I figure anything to make it more solid will help with suspension stiffness or wheelhop. So far, this is an assumption. There is no video evidence like with the subframe bushings. From experience, replacing the vertical link with a billet one on S550 Mustangs made a noticeable improvement in wheelhop reduction, so I expected the same with this car. The S550 VL is on the outside of the LCA, not sandwiched like this Explorer so it was much easier to replace with a billet one.

I will drive and see, as I did notice immediate improvements in drivability from the toe links and subframe bushing inserts, but as I'm stock and slow, I might not see as much improvement with these VL inserts as a tuned car.

Haha yes, I know the Steeda strut brace does nothing handling-wise due the design of the front end of the car. Ford knows that too, which is why the factory brace is the thickness of a human hair. But I replaced it for some visual bling and I do use it for support when I'm working under the hood. The stock one would fold like paper if I tried to lean on it.

 

[UNBROKEN]

Installed the Steeda Vertical Link Insert. That wide open vertical link always concerned me. Very easy, but the issue was the bolts Steeda sent have a shoulder which doesn't let the flange clamp down on the vertical link. I sent them an email about it, but just scrounged in my screw stash and found a few M10x1.5x35 flange head bolts. Getting the nuts on the bolt end is slightly finicky as there's not much room, so I started the nut before the bolt was fully tightened.

This is definitely an improvement on the factory air-gap style link. The billet vertical links FenFab is getting ready are obviously better, but I figured I'd stick with this as it's cheap and the more-betterness of the billet links is outweighed by the more difficult install.

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I have those and the bushing braces to install on Friday along with the PIU shocks and struts.