Ford Explorer Shelby Cobra?

[numbnuts240]

yeah, that's right. i am "sporting" up the exploder. why? idk, because it's silly. i'm not sure where i'm going next, but if it's free or cheap, i'm open to consideration.

it began shortly after purchase upgrading wheels and tires from my dead 01 sport, and new suspension that provided a very mild lift

before


after



then i found this in the parts room, and after a few beers, we have this


i had cut off the exhaust and clamped on a glasspack with a dump in lieu of the factory muffler, but that didn't last long and i just welded the dump to the factory piping. it sounds...eh, but it serves to drown out the ford factory option power steering whine (sorry, no sound clip). it's a pushrod 4.0l v6, can't really expect much.

the fuel gauge perpetually reads super full. either i have the most fuel efficient vehicle ever produced, or something is wrong. in an effort to rule out the gauge, i remembered that i kept the cluster off the 01 sport, and decided to swap them out since they are identical.

before


after



it obviously didn't fix my issue, but at least i got sporty white faced gauges and orange needles. oh, and the parts cluster is going back on the garage wall in much cooler fashion



i think next will be some fender flares to cover up the rust forming on the wheel wells.

[rgregoryb]

Isn't that like putting a tuxedo on a goat?

[Bubba1]

Are Alteeza taillights, "Got Bass?" window sticker and plywood plow on your list of mods?

[numbnuts240]

Isn't that like putting a tuxedo on a goat?

Are Alteeza taillights, "Got Bass?" window sticker and plywood plow on your list of mods?

you forgot the playboy mudflaps and nutsack hanging from the rear bumper.

[OriginalWheelman]

Ford fuel sender reading perma full is grounded out. You have a short in the return signal wire.

[numbnuts240]

Ford fuel sender reading perma full is grounded out. You have a short in the return signal wire.

interesting. i'll have to keep that in mind when i finally decide to take a look at it.

[Desert Rat]

Need a few of those chrome girls you see on the Mexican F150 LOBO truck mudflaps....

LIke the old guy said in the movie "Christine". Kid, you can't polish a turd.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Those gauges are a big improvement.

Are you going to put racing stripes on the exterior?

[numbnuts240]

i think these will be next

[rgregoryb]

You have to do at least a 6 inch lift on dat ride with some 33" ballers

[nissangirl74]

How you plan on attaching those flares? Glue them to the rust?

[Bubba1]

Zip ties or duct tape?

[numbnuts240]

You have to do at least a 6 inch lift on dat ride with some 33" ballers

33" tires? i like where your head is.

How you plan on attaching those flares? Glue them to the rust?

gorilla glue is the bomb.

Zip ties or duct tape?

no zip ties. this ain't no jdm tyte dorifto machine. this is pure, unadulterated, red blooded american muscle




ok, it's more like fat, slow, and cholesterol fueled. but i still love it.

[frapjap]

How you plan on attaching those flares? Glue them to the rust?

PLEASE use wood screws!!

[numbnuts240]

nothing but the finest of drywall screws that i have on a shelf in my garage.

[numbnuts240]

got into an argument with the woman, after which i went to the garage to stew. after some quality fuming and a couple beers, i ended up doing this



it looks funky because the only black paint i had on hand was either plasti-dip, or gloss black with a hammered finish. i went with the hammered because i liked the idea of a different texture. it was originally black, but i just swapped over the entire bezel, controls, and radio from the 01. i was tiring of the entirely gray dash and needed some contrast.

[Bubba1]

Next, a fixed beer bottle opener on the dash....

[rgregoryb]

got into an argument with the woman, after which i went to the garage to stew. after some quality fuming and a couple beers, i ended up doing this



it looks funky because the only black paint i had on hand was either plasti-dip, or gloss black with a hammered finish. i went with the hammered because i liked the idea of a different texture. it was originally black, but i just swapped over the entire bezel, controls, and radio from the 01. i was tiring of the entirely gray dash and needed some contrast.

I like to get hammered too....single malt preferably

[numbnuts240]

had a b-day come and go. my buddy informed me he got me something. i'm not huge on people making a fuss over me on those occasions, to which he ordered me to suck it. quite possibly the most excited i've been over a gift in a long time



cobra valve stem caps to match the shifter

i need to stop before this thing gets too ridiculous.

[float_6969]

Ahhaahhaa!!! That's pretty damn funny.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Whaaat? Cobra valve stem caps?!
Pump the brakes there, moneybags!