ok, unbolt the shackles, then the ubolts then the drive shaft.. thats reallllll hard...and the swaybar

 

you should see all the spiders under there....plus he has it in a cramped garage with tons of stuff around it. I had a hard time taking off the seats and stuff because the passenger door wont open. Its not thats its a lot of work, but if I do flip it, its gotta be worth my time/drive out there. I wouldnt do it if I couldnt make more than 150 off of it.

 

just shampoo'd the seats....what do you guys think?











Im gonna wash them again tomorrow...Im using Zep carpet cleaner and a bissell little green machine with water heater. What cleaner would you guys recommend?

 

those are gonna look good! simple green cleans really well

you should nab the cluster too

 

i saw the cluster, but my truck has a digital odo and that had the ticker type. I couldve gotten a ton of stuff to re-sell but idk what the stuff is really worth trying to flip and didnt know what to offer. His OHC was clean, so was the auto-dim mirror....no lighted visors though :(

edit: you think some simple green will work better? What ratio should I dilute it to?

 

explorer has axle code 46, int 8T and axle tag read 373, 8.8, 2E24, S614E....dunno if that helps

 

those seats are freakin awesome!

 

So the guy said 300 obo for axle....no word on gauge cluster....I think he's going too high...but he said he called some junk yards and was quoted 600 - 800

 

lol 300 for the axle... you can pull one at the yard for like 200

hes been calling the dismantlers i bet, they want wayy toooooo much money for their ****

 

damn that REALLY makes me want to find me some power seats for my truck! to many plans don't know what to do first! haha

 

I don't think the seats look very good at all. You should ship them to me and I'll take care of them.

 

Stole this off of my thread earlier from 04blackedge

 

edit: so what do the codes I posted mean?

 

Update! Buckets are in!

 

what about the console you slacker!

you get em wired up?

 

Console is gonna have to wait till the weekend. The seats only have 3 bolts right now, the Explorer seats have smaller bolt holes than rangers. I was able to open up one on each seat before my drill died last night around 11pm. Driver side is only power seat and its wired up, just gotta tuck away the wires.

Couple things I noticed:

My truck's an 05, so this may not apply to other years but like I said, bolt holes need to be opened up on the explorer seats.

Cant drop the seat all the way down because the bottom trim piece hits the floorboard. That peice will have get trimmed in oder to allow full up/down adjustability.

02 Explorer doesnt have pretensioner, but swapping out the buckles is easy, need to drill one hole on explorer seat, bolt down and ur done.

Original explorer seat belt brackets have to come off, they get in the way when sliding the seat forward or back.

Other than that, they fit good, door closes fine, they are way more comfy than original bench. Only thing is the headrest is WAY back...you kinda have to put year head back like when ur getting a hair cut and they wash your hair. Its no big deal for me since I dont drive with my head on it, but my wife does and it kinda annoys her.

 

ahh, I love mine

 

hell yea those are what im getting soon sully

 

damn, the insert on the console looks nice....custom paint?

 

nope, thats how I got the console, I just cleaned it up and threw it in. surprised it was so clean! dont mind the red paint, its gone lmao. yeah man, youll be soooo glad to have the console in, prolly my favorite mod. did you wire up the seat??

 

seat is wired up, ground to a seat bolt, power from an add-a-circuit off the cig/obd2 fuse. Any tips on installing the console?

edit: my console insert is scratched up a bit, doesnt look as shiny as urs :( I was hoping I could re-paint or just send it to a bodyshop and have them paint/clear it for a NICE clean look

 

mine isnt that perfect, if you follow the how to on either here or generation-edge then its super easy to put in. soap and water ftw!! lol

 

I'll take a look at the generation edge how to...didnt know they had one...thanks!

 

I ran into this also...what are your plans for this? if the pretensioners are not hooked up I thought the airgbag system disarms and the light will stay on.

I just did the console this past weekend. it was super easy. i pulled the carpet to locate the spots to drill using the how to on this site. the location the guy has in the center console how to was perfect. it didnt take me long at all. the hardest part IMO is determining where to drill the holes to mount the bracket.

 

Like the message you quoted says "need to drill one hole on explorer seat, bolt down and ur done" Just swap out the pretensioner from the original seat, drill a hole on the sheet metal on the side of the explorer seat, run bolt through tensioner and metal on explorer seat and tighten with a nut.