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u should ditch the explorers and just use that audi.
 
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Right on AL X, another one for the herd...
 
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put the painted bumpers on. so many plans for this truck but money going in so many directions its hard right now.



 
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i put the new sony deck from the dead black sport into the 98..awesome cause it was basically free and offers AUX and USB ports.



random drive up in the hillside looking at houses. stopped at a park to play.
 
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Looks great in there AL X, well done man
 
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its not getting much love lol but getting miles racked on her! just passed 145k yesterday.

finally got the brush guard back on last night. the guard was made for a 95-98 style bumper so it took some work to make it fit the 99-01 bumper. little cutting/drilling and its on!

other half is driving it to school so thats why the miles are going fast. i need to get my mud tires off there before they get ate up to much.






 
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Subscribing! I like the look. What size tires are those and do you have any lift? I would like to put 31's on mine but not sure if they will fit.
 
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31x10 on 5x7 wheels with no lift. they dont rub either.
 
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Awesome! Thanks. Now how can I hide new wheels and tires from the wife.
 
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Originally Posted by AlaskanEx
i put the new sony deck from the dead black sport into the 98..awesome cause it was basically free and offers AUX and USB ports.
is that jello custom. Lmao

Bump. Do work son. I need to bring my x back to life one day lol
 
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yes thats jello haha

so, i put new brake pads all around and put my 31x10.50 studded snow tires on since snow is on the way. just rolled 147k miles...almost 5k on it since buying her. trouble free miles!





now i may be selling this explorer to a friend. it needs too much body work which is time and money i dont want to spend. i found a beautiful 2000 V8 eddie bauer awd that has 90k miles on it and is spotless since/out. hoping things work out and i can get it.
 
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Where do you find those deals Russ, that EB sounds great
 
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craigslist lol but i dont know that the deals going to work oh well.
 
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Good luck Russ, there will always be more trucks for sale........
 
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really need to get an alignment, going to do that this week. starting to effect 2 sets of tires and i cant let them get ruined.

almost 6k miles on her since buying..running great!


ordered a 35W 6000K HID kit and put my old diamond cut headlights from my '96 explorer. the headlights were the very first on the market in 2003 cost a pretty penny now but they have been on about 3 different explorers lol

came out really nice, also hooked the lights on the brush guard up to the highbeams. next is the foglights. going to be putting HIDs in them also.

new parts


all apart







low beam


high beam
 


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