2012 New Ford Explorer

[macsd]

Just to share. Gas lid cover with lock available sa Ford Alabang for 1.3K.
Considering that the gas lid can be easily open from the outside, this help to
prevent intruders from placing unwanted elements into the gas tank or higupan ng gas.
This is more of safety gadget.

How to post picture , so i can show you mine?

[snoid_zero]

How to post picture , so i can show you mine?

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[macsd]

Thanks snoid_zero. Here it goes, picture of the gas lid lock. It protects the gas tank sa mga taong mapaminsala
o walang magawa.

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[apple5]

Is that Foresterx's Explorer?

Where's the plate base?

That mine, Deflector yun plate cover

[apple5]

Thanks snoid_zero. Here it goes, picture of the gas lid lock. It protects the gas tank sa mga taong mapaminsala
o walang magawa.

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paano ito bubuksan? extra key? manual right? thanks

[apple5]

Lift the corners of the bumper? Eh buo yung bumper di ba? I was able to take out the black plastic frame where you install the plate. I tried to install the Deflector cover (without the black plastic frame) since the holes are oblong so it can fit American cars. But ang problema ay hindi malagyan ng washer sa likod (para mas mahigpit for extra security) kasi walang butas sa ilalim ng bumper or anywhere to insert the washer.

Ako, I always put car plate covers in my cars kasi baka sa katagalan, mabura yung pintura ng plaka.

What other car plate covers brands are out there?

*3ple4 deflector yun gamit ko, kailangan itaas yun butas ng frame(black backframe) para di tumama sa camera.

[apple5]

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*3ple4 please check attached link picture of upgrade myford touch, newer version new inteface

[prostee]

Lift the corners of the bumper? Eh buo yung bumper di ba?

my bad, If you noticed, I said lift the corners (of the plate frame) OFF (from) the bumper

[prostee]

For those who haven't had WeatherTech liners yet, Husky Liners are good alternative.

Advantage Husky: Covers more of the carpet including the carpet leading to the edge of the door sill (yong weathertech hindi);
cheaper than WeatherTech

Disadvantage Husky: WeatherTech liners are made of better materials and made to fit specific vehicles better; WeatherTech liners also retain their form longer than husky (as per reviews I read); no official distributor in Ph

I saw an ad from sulit Husky for Ford Explorer

[Starex_Gold]

That mine, Deflector yun plate cover

I mean the black stage where you put the front plates.

[macsd]

paano ito bubuksan? extra key? manual right? thanks

That's correct, meron cya extra key.

[3ple4]

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*3ple4 please check attached link picture of upgrade myford touch, newer version new inteface

Haven't checked my version but looking at the interface, parang walang pinagkaiba sa akin.

Pwede mo picturan yung plaka mo with the deflector cover (erase mo na lang plate number). Coz after trying the Deflector cover, ang nakita lang namin solution is babaan yung cover para hindi tumama sa rear view camera. Paano mo pala kinabit yung sa harap? Tinanggal mo ba yung black plastic panel or pinatong mo yung Deflector frame sa black plastic panel?

My friend also recommened tempered glass to cover the plates kaso di ba parang mabigat? Haven't looked at acrylic but I guess shops like Ace Hardware, Handyman & Blade do not sell acrylic covers. Dapat ata sa Banawe ako pumunta.

*macsd: Ford Global claimed that the gas tank is seal proof and only the nozzles from gas stations can open the gas lid. So hindi daw kayang sipsipin yung gas. Or maybe they just didn't know what they were talking about

[apple5]

Haven't checked my version but looking at the interface, parang walang pinagkaiba sa akin.

Pwede mo picturan yung plaka mo with the deflector cover (erase mo na lang plate number). Coz after trying the Deflector cover, ang nakita lang namin solution is babaan yung cover para hindi tumama sa rear view camera. Paano mo pala kinabit yung sa harap? Tinanggal mo ba yung black plastic panel or pinatong mo yung Deflector frame sa black plastic panel?

My friend also recommened tempered glass to cover the plates kaso di ba parang mabigat? Haven't looked at acrylic but I guess shops like Ace Hardware, Handyman & Blade do not sell acrylic covers. Dapat ata sa Banawe ako pumunta.

*macsd: Ford Global claimed that the gas tank is seal proof and only the nozzles from gas stations can open the gas lid. So hindi daw kayang sipsipin yung gas. Or maybe they just didn't know what they were talking about

*3ple4 kailangan butasan mo yun backframe para bumaba yun buong plate cover, tumatama kc yun cover sa camera, sa front naman tinangal ko yun black portion, then saka ko kinabit yun deflector,

compare with old version, with additional rpm gauge, then iba rin dun sa myford touch

try ko kumuha ng pictures

[prostee]

share ko lang for those who hasn't bought WeatherTech yet, there is a private seller for Husky liners sa Sulit.com... search nyo lang

Cheaper sya and for the first row liners meron sya extra lip that covers the carpet at the edge of the door sill... Di ko lang sure about the quality compared to weathertech, tsaka parang mas makapal at mabigat sya.

[spynz]

share ko lang for those who hasn't bought WeatherTech yet, there is a private seller for Husky liners sa Sulit.com... search nyo lang

Cheaper sya and for the first row liners meron sya extra lip that covers the carpet at the edge of the door sill... Di ko lang sure about the quality compared to weathertech, tsaka parang mas makapal at mabigat sya.

I would still recommend weather tech. Di ako nanghinayang sa weather tech.

[macsd]

My friend also recommened tempered glass to cover the plates kaso di ba parang mabigat? Haven't looked at acrylic but I guess shops like Ace Hardware, Handyman & Blade do not sell acrylic covers. Dapat ata sa Banawe ako pumunta.

*macsd: Ford Global claimed that the gas tank is seal proof and only the nozzles from gas stations can open the gas lid. So hindi daw kayang sipsipin yung gas. Or maybe they just didn't know what they were talking about

3ple4, meron acrylic/flexiglass covers on those shops you've mentioned. No need to go Banawe. May be it just depend on the thickness or color shade that would vary.
Well those SA sometimes just say something out of their own mind. Sila na nga nagsabi, yung nozzle sa gas station lang ang pwede. What if i have the same nozzle & slide a hose into the nozzle, di ba pwede ng masipsip ang gas. Actually hindi yun ang pinamalaking problem that i can anticipate cause it's easy to refill a gas tank, though istorbo nga lang. I have a friend na nagloko ang auto, yung ba bigla na lang mamatay engine then after a while aandar uli. it took them so long to figure out the problem, until they removed the gas tank. Walla, inside the gas tank is a piece of soap. Soap does not melt on gas but it can go down & block the gas line paghigot ng gas pump. How the soap got in there is still a big question. So before any unscrupulous guy can think about it, better seal it up specially our gas tank can easily be open from the outside.

When i checked the auto wiper, sabi agad nila meron daw. They even showed to me how it set it up until they figured out themselves na wala pala. Pinagintay pa ako ng 15 minutes to consult mga mechanics nila to confirm wala nga. later they showed me the Exped that has such feature & it has a big black box attach on the windshield behind the rear view mirror, yun daw ang sensor at ang explo eh wala nun. The point is those SA are more often not technically sound , alam lang nila yung commercial aspect. Though some female SA alam din humiga to close a deal. hehehe...

[prostee]

What I haven't experimented is if you don't have the key nearby and the explorer is locked, can someone open the lid of the gas filler?.... Because if anybody can open that lid, then it's worth buying the gas tank cover lock. Anybody checked on this?

[snoid_zero]

Though some female SA alam din humiga to close a deal. hehehe...

experience mo ba Sir?...

[garyq]

not mine, i don't have my plates yet and haven't retro fitted my headlight. pag balik ko pa papa retro fit ang akin out of the country pa kasi ako.

btw garyq which would you recommend the OEM or aftermarket? i want better output but of course if the OEM is more reliable than aftermarket then i'd rather get that one.

The oem hid system of the your vehicle is d3S type, not very common for ballasts and bulb replacement. The first two units I did had oem bulbs and aftermarket ballasts with oem internals, i.e it is an a.c ballasts and the internals are the same as the matsushita ones that I sell. Personally if I have your vehicle, I would get oem bulbs, Philips 85122+ made in Germany and the aftermarket ballasts. In more than 2 years of doing this, the quality of these ballasts is comparable with the oem ones and it is very reliable. I have it in my Jazz 2009 and up to know hindi pa ako nagpapalit and not a single time that it did not fire up my bulbs.

3ple4: OEM is from Ford but actually Osram ang HID system ng Ford Explorer 2012. The bulbs and ballasts are Osrams. All others would be considered aftermarket. Very important lang to know what aftermarket units to install. The projectors that I use are aftermarket but the output is miles away from the stock projectors from Ford. From the looks of the oem projector, it looks like its European made, Hella or Bosch.

prostee: I make my own wiring harness for this package and it is oem in specifications. wire sizes, insulation type, etc. Walang puputulin sa stock harness mo. The stock elec syst is fully isolated from the hid system that I install.

The projectors are aftermarket but as I mentioned, it is far better than the oem ones which are halogen projectors with a lowering shield for the High output (parang bixenon na hid pero halogen lang), weird for Ford to do this. Will PM you.

I also have a hid fog projector package for this vehicle.

[macsd]

experience mo ba Sir?...

previously on my other cars but not on this one. napurnada ang game plan kasi yung SA na promote & moved to other dealership tapos yung manager nya lumipat naman ng ibang manufacturer. so ang pumalit, lahat boys na, malas!