I thought a thread dedicated to cheap (sub $100 or $150) upgrades to the X would be nice. A little place to go when there's $50 or whatever burning a hole in your pocket and you wanna get a little something new for the beast. No need for bashing or comments one every product unless they're actually useful so we can keep the thread uncluttered.

I'll start
Plug-n-Play 55W single beam 6000K HIDs $59+shipping
Sportiva Brand Slim Ivory Ballasts
Sportva Motors 9007 Single Beam HID Xenon Ivory 55 Watts SLIM Conversion Kit

You loose your Highbeams going with the single beam lights so i'd only suggest this route if you have other aux lighting that you can flip on during those times you want to see higher/farther/ offroad/etc. The flip side is no mechanical or moving parts, everything functions well. The amount of light compared to lowbeam halogens is amazing. I'm very happy so far. Time will tell how reliable they are but i've used sportiva slim ballasts before and didn't have any issues.

 

There is nothing that you can do to these cars for less than $100 or $150. Heck, you can't even fill them up with gas for that.

 

I bought a dual (hi/low beam) hid kit for a little over 100. 55 watts as well.

 

U have a link and how do u like them

 

yep
http://www.carxenonhidkits.<wbr>com/Excursion/High-and-Low-<wbr>Beam-9007-Bi-xenon-Hid-<wbr>Conversion-kit-with-slim-<wbr>ballast-for-Ford-Excursion-<wbr>2000

Still need to install them but I have a friend who installed them on his jeep and he loves them. I've seen the result and it's awesome.
Install is very easy.

 

$50 for new front shackles, best thing I ever did to it.

 

explain the benefits

 

Ok then, I'll throw another one out.

Hi-lift rear hatch supports $29
15.87" lifts from LiftSupport Depot
Qty 2 Ford Excursion 2000 2001 2002 to 2005 Rear Window Lift Supports "Higher" | eBay

Super happy with it, common upgrade and well worth the price. very strong and i'm sure will keep my hatch up for years to come.

 

Locking diesel fuel cap $16.92 to protect your $150.00 fill up.

 

I am defiantly getting those soon. Did u get the 4300k or 6k or 8k. They say the 4300k has more visibility

 

I got the 6K

 

Very true. Less than $100 is called minor annoyance maintenance.

 

OK, here's another...

Overhead console repair (upgrade) $29 +$7shipping
Ford Excursion 00 04 Overhead Console Computer Repair | eBay
Upgrades all the resistors and repairs the bad soldering points on the overhead console for the display and the compass. I haven't used him yet but other say he did good work. Will be doing this shortly, once i get around to removing it again.

 

No idea the costs on a few of these, but for sure they are under the $100-$150 ceiling:
Deep cup holders (for those of us with 2000-2002 (?) model years where a lane change will have your soda all over your leg.

Seat Back MOLLE panels - $50 or less, pouches extra. Keeps those ridiculous webbed atrocities from stretching out and keeps your stuff organized:


Aux/Tow/Reverse lights (maybe $12 a pop at your local auto parts store, rubber housing to take a beating):


Backup Camera - $20...monitor was maybe $30:



...note: If you run a regular hitch (not a monster long multi-ball setup):


...you won't be able to see the hitch ball with the camera up by the third tail light!

Stainless Steel hood deflector - hopefully they still have some of these around...true stainless (not the chromed plastic) so you can polish them out to a chrome-like finish (pic below is pre-polish) - maybe $125 when I found mine a few years back.


Slightly over the $150 ceiling (maybe $175?) - the upgraded chrome grill.


Blue Sea Systems Aux Fuse Box (for all those extra gizmos you install) - maybe $60?


...mounted but the wires not yet loomed:


The ubiquitous Mag Light Mount - what guys, maybe $10 for the clips?:


Kuda GPS/Cell phone mount...leather covered, maybe $60-70...LOVE how tight it fits. The wires you see were later hidden through the pocket of the aftermarket stereo insert:


...before I tightened down the fore clip (the gap no longer exists):


Overhead Console Dim Switch...I tow a lot during the day with lights on...the overhead console is hard to read in daylight...a $1.50 switch can cut off that signal and keep it bright:

 

nice. what backup camera/monitor is that ? And where did you mount the monitor, it's hard to see.