Samusss
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- City, State
- Willington, CT
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2017 XLT SAP
Greetings, everyone! After years away, happy to be back in another Explorer. The wife and I just picked up an all-gray 2017 Sport Appearance Pkg with only 65k miles. Only thing it lacks that we need is a rear hitch, but I really don't want one of those always-visible under the bumper ones and really love the way the factory tow package comes with the cover that hides it when not in use.
When I look at the bumpers of the non-tow pkg and tow pkg, they seem identical except for the middle insert area; am I correct to assume changing over to the factory tow setup means just replacing this middle piece of the bumper as opposed to the entire bumper? Or do you need the entire bumper replaced?
Back in the day, granted this is about 20 years ago now, but there used to be a gentleman on the forums who I believed worked at Tousley Ford and hooked up forum members on part purchases; he still around?
TY!
-Eric
When I look at the bumpers of the non-tow pkg and tow pkg, they seem identical except for the middle insert area; am I correct to assume changing over to the factory tow setup means just replacing this middle piece of the bumper as opposed to the entire bumper? Or do you need the entire bumper replaced?
Back in the day, granted this is about 20 years ago now, but there used to be a gentleman on the forums who I believed worked at Tousley Ford and hooked up forum members on part purchases; he still around?
TY!
-Eric