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Definitely a different market, and as I surmised up above about the ride height being allegedly different, I figured it was due to load and the tire size (although with that, I’ve never honestly looked at those numbers for the PIU). No doubt there will be more equipment, but interestingly, when...

LOL, no worries. Didn’t think about it from that angle, so that was good for a laugh. Just thinking about getting on the good side of my local guys and just seeing if I could go for a ride - hopefully in the front! Glad to chip in these details since it’s been interesting digging everything up...

Whenever guys slam their cars - most just because they think it looks ‘cool’ - you are throwing the alignment out of whack and potentially adding bump steer issues. Fortunately with plenty of other vehicles out there, parts are available to correct and remedy the situation. Not so here. Now with...

As an update to my second comment above, had a moment to look up my spring codes. They are easy to find on the tags hanging from the springs, or you can see them on the lower right of your VIN label. Mine are ‘DDTT’ - with the front being D’s and the rears T (confirmed by also looking at the...

What makes you think I’d expect the same ride/handling out of my ST that I get with my Cobra? Definitely no illusions there. Totally different ballpark. I looked at all the spring codes between the ST/PIU, and as far as I can tell, they are the same. I’m thinking any ride height difference is...

I’m really surprised nothing has come up from Bilstein or Koni. I do know Eibach has some stuff in the works, but whether it’s just springs or a complete package with sway bar(s) and maybe coil-overs, remains to be seen. I have Bilstein & Eibach struts/shocks/springs and the rear bar on my ‘03...

Yeah, with an IRS car, bigger is better…on the rear. I won’t waste my money on aftermarket bar for the front and am content with a larger one out back. The Steeda/AFE bar at full stiff is all you need, or on the inexpensive side, the PIU bar. If the rear shocks on the PIU’s are firmer, which I...

It’s not a bad “upgrade” - I have a new one coming since I’m taking off the Steeda bar (all rusted and needs to be re-coated). Any larger bar in the rear for an IRS vehicle is going to help with turn-in, so you can’t go wrong! Funny enough, the ST has the smallest front sway bar (34mm) compared...

Just springs. The PIU has struts/shocks that are valved differently (looking in to that now, out of curiosity). The PD sway bars are also slightly larger.

The ST’s rear sway bar has a diameter of 21.7mm…which is just about 7/8”. The next size up is 23mm, used on the police version.

Steeda still sells the Whipple intercooler. Judging by how my intercooler was packed, it does not look like a Whipple unit either, although that’s a simple perspective. Not a hard design to reproduce, and I’m thinking Steeda is making it in-house.

Actually, the factory ST/Aviator bar is slightly larger than 3/4” at 21.7mm. The next step up is the Interceptor bar at 23mm then Steeda & AFE coming in at 25.4mm. The smallest one is 20mm on the base models.

Don’t know. Steeda is pretty tight-lipped about that stuff. They might even be making them at their Valdosta facility, but I did ask Jason at CVF and he confirmed they are not the supplier.

Yes, it doesn’t take much to pump up the fun, for not a ton of coin. A good axle-back and an intercooler/tune kit like this is a great start. It handles pretty well on stock springs, but a bigger rear sway bar is a good add to cut down on some of the under-steer (going the really inexpensive...

The Steeda version is not made by CVF, but it’s still a quality piece.

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/new-ic-from-steeda.4532/ Skipped the BDX and went to the X4. Much simpler to use and update. The canned tune is quite good, as are several from other tuners that use SCT. Great package if you want to simply just update the fun factor for a daily driver.

Just listed a new set.

Gone.

For those of us that couldn’t care less about drag racing or wringing every tenth or extra bit of power, the X4 is a great bang for the buck if you just want to up the fun factor. An intercooler and even a canned tune work wonders, and definitely not as pricey as some of the others. The Steeda...

It is plug-and-play. The harness is a jumper off the OBD port - very easy install and works great. The front camera took about 20 minutes, and I’ll run the rear whenever the weather warms up in my state.