yogregb

Hello to all, I stumbled across this post because I had noticed a LOT of water dripping from the bottom of my wife 2010 Edge doors after raining during the night. I am an Expert in Classic Muscle car Restoration and I have numerous complete restorations under my belt. I would like to point out that the Doors, Fenders and Quarter Panels all have water running behind them. They all have their own kind of "Weep Hole" that lets the water to run out. You DEFINITELY don't want to seal these weep holes up with anything. Especially Silicone which promotes rust on automobiles. Water does NOT run up wards and it needs a place to flow. As far as the rust, and it is definitely rust, go buy some rust inhibitor treatment and clean it up and apply it.

I will be pulling my door panels off and doing my own investigating soon. I'll keep y'all posted if interested.

TTYS, Ron

Thx for your post, I have 33 years experience as a truck and RV Technician. My vehicle is a 2011 and the area in question are NOT drains or "weep" holes. They are simple folds in the sheet metal on the leading edge of the inner door skin. As I stated,this area is completely exposed to outside water sources because it is UNDER the door's seal system and therfore water collects in that little crevice and rust develops there. Maybe the 2010 door construction is different, And I wish you luck in solving your problem. My solution works and I highly recommend sealing the area if you have a 2011 sport model....

Edit Carefully look at the pictures I posted, see those small neat SQUARE holes at the door bottoms?? THOSE are your weep/drain holes!

Love it so far, I made some improvements, see my sig.... the only problem I had was the nav system cut out once, I disconnected the battery for 30 minutes and it's been fine ever since. I think the cars have so many computers and electronics, it's probably a Good idea to re boot your car a couple times a year, oh and I did not loose my stations or seat memory either, which I expected, but didn't happen. I have 2.4 ver BTW... I get a lot of looks and compliments in this vehicle! Bought it on new years eve....

I had a mirror custom cut to fit the three bars which I removed from the grille. Ultra smooth, no pitting and you cannot get a better reflection. It looks very clean and bold. I think colored keyed grilles look cheesy unless it is a matte finish which looks much more sophisticated and clean.

Maybe I don't understand what you posted, but wouldn't that produce possible blinding reflections to other drivers'???:wacko:

Interesting... I like the unique badgeing, not sure on the blue leds....

Got my first free oil change.... I will be doing my own from here on out............................ I hate dealers Anyways, the reason I,m updating this thread is, I dis-connected the battery to re boot everything and guess what?? Nav works again! Plan on doing my own updates from now on as well...:happy feet:

I guess I can't help you guys because you don't list your location

Thought I 'd add a pic...

Here's a shot of my light strips on with ignitoin relay= D

I notice too that little lip on the front edge of the front door tends to collect water. That is definitely a design flaw. if it's not address soon we would definitely be seeing rusted out doors in a few years. I believe your solution of filling that lip with silicone to prevent water from pooling in that area should work as long as it is not another drain hole for the door.

It is definitely not some sort of drain... just the bottom edge sheet metal foled cver in the corner. That area is not protected from the elements, so water will collect in that small space, therefore cause rusting, I advise all owners to clean then seal that little open corner with silicone, I went one step further and added a seal to dress up the area, here are some pics...

seals added to underside of doors, completely seals sill area when door is closed, can't see seal unless you get down there and look. They are inset about 3/8 of an inch...stays so much cleaner down there!!

Sorry crappy photos, think I'm buying a Nikon SLR tonight!!!

I agree, It stands out too much, especially on black sport grill. That's why I am going to vht nite shades it, then clear coat.... on my to do list....:shades:

Im not really seeing the difference. is it very noticeable? Ill have to look at a picture of mine parked the same way and compare. I was never very good at those "whats different between these two pictures" games....

lol... you even sound like steve carell......

Maybe a mod on here can move this to the appropriate section??

me too.. I already have some 194's:hyper:

Hey, Thanks a lot....good info, as I plan on converting as much as I can to led's......:yup:

You gotta be careful what you buy. There are a ton of led light bars out there, but these are the first I've seen with the quality and brightness of the german cars... 150.00 a set and yes, plug and play...connect to battery,no switch, comes on when you start the vehicle easy peasy.....:yup:

I just remembered this was one of the issues i brought up with the Ford engineers. I suggested it be At least 4 blinks, maybe 5....

WOW!! Way cool!!! Can you report on the difference in ride quality??? thx...

I am interested in seeing what you did as I just noticed what appears to be some rust in my passenger rear door. I had it undercoated, but it either ran out on top of the undercoating or it is mixed with the undercoating. I am going to check it out better this weekend. Where did you put the silicone to prevent this and where is it coming from? Thanks

 

Dave

As I posted, that area is not sealed or protected from the elements,ie driving in the rain or washing etc... You'll see when I can get some pics up

:hyper:Is it me or is this forum a little dead... COME ON GUYS LET"S PICK IT

UP!!!!!! :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

Ok first off, the front vertical lights are not DRLS and I don't think they are even led, more like little neon lights. IMO.. they are not bright enough for DRLS I'm going to install some 7k 5 led strips in the lower grill like on my G37S check these out, they are mercedes bright...

http://store.ijdmtoy.com/Philips-Day-Light-LED-Daytime-Running-Lights-DRL-p/led_ddl_sku_7c.htm

Here's my baby...

Were these the chrome clad wheels? I didn't know they could be fixed! My wife curbed the first one, and then yesterday I did the second...ugh.

Sorry chrome can't be repaired like painted or polished...you will have to have the whole wheel re chromed:banghead:

Forged, really, good to know, that's why they are so expensive. There should be a huge weight savings then, anyone know:shades: how much???

Well, collected my 150.00 for participating... All the engineers were very interested in my ideas for improvements,... I discussed, Hid lighting,,led running lights, crappy interior door sill finish, rust spots, bubble in driver's seat bottom, no home link in sport, center console storage organizer, glare off interior vent bezel distracting on viewing of side mirrors..accidental hazard switch operation, and general delay in informant screen

commands... Did I forget something???

:stats:

At least that is easily repaired by a paintless dent guy....probably about 80.00 bucs or so...