Sam I Am
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I don't see how that would be possible since the engines are in totally different orientations (North-South in the mustang, East-West in the edge).
Duh!!.........what the hell was I thinking!!.......lol
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For those interested, here is a link to the K&N product for the 3.7L
I noticed it said for the 3.7L Mustang, but do you think it will mount up properly in the Sport?
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Submitted my request a few minutes ago.
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I installed the spectre intake and tried both the k&n filter and the spectre filter. The spectre has and open end where you can run a ram air system and it sounds a bit smoother. Between the SCT tune and the cold air intake I can feel a serious difference in zip. Plus, I do like the sound. Didnt we buy the sport model for more than just the Bbdge and a different grill?
Where did you get your Spectre intake?
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I'd be interested in how it works. Let me know how you like it if you buy it.
Found an article that I thought you might find interesting, here is the link to it:
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Yes it was done by them. I dont know if they have for the 3.7 u can send them an email asking for it. But i guess that they do
Thanks. I just sent email to them, I will wait and see what they say, I am crossing my fingers.
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Youtube video
That tune that you have was done by More Power? Do they have a tune for the 3.7?
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I did a rotor upgrade to mine. Well I bought my 07 used and the rotars were shot so I did what any sensible person would do. Put the same amount of money into parts that fix the problem and make your vehicle look a little nicer.
As quite a nice surprise I found that I had added brake responsiveness too, they grab a little harder right at the start. Unfortunately the black surface wears down to a polished chrome look like regular rotars do. I bought these ones off ebay came with brake pads and overall were the same price as buying OEM replacements from the local auto parts store.
With your new cross drilled rotors, do see a faster build up of brake dust?
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Sam I Am, I want to preface my reply below by stating that this is the model in which I would like to proceed with in starting this venture and my procedures, statements, descriptions, etc. most likely will need to be tweaked in some way or another. To test the waters, I am floating this out there for you and other forum members to make comments, suggestions, etc. (geez, reading back my disclaimer above, I think I should have tried taking the Bar exam and become an attorney instead of getting into the engineered components business!)
Now, to your question, yes, installing just the Philips DRLs would be the easiest and would have the quickest turn around. It is also very easy for me to remove the single LED light bar in each fixture. I offer up two options concerning the handling of the removed light bars. 1) I can ship them back to you in the box with your upgraded DRL strip lights. If after a period of time, you think you would like to have the these original light bars re-installed over the DRLs, you can ship back your lights along with the two light bars. I will open up the lenses of the strip lights and re-install the light bars. I would also need to seperate the Philips DRL from the light strip housing and recess the DRL further into the light strip housing to allow for the light bar clearance. (I would need to charge some labor to reconfigure the light strips for the single light bars. We can discuss that offline, if that’s the way you need to go, PM me).
2) The second option could be that after a period of time, you decide that you don't want to use the light bars, you could mail them to me to use for research & development purposes and possibly improve upon the current light bar designs or to help me create completely new light bar configurations.
Concerning pricing: I haven’t calculated all of my costs yet (labor, components, shipping, inventory, etc.) .To start off, I want to confirm that there is truly a demand for these light strip upgrades and I feel the best litmus test is to get some upgraded lights into the hands of our Edge forum member to review, comment on, and hopefully promote. If the reviews are positive and demand becomes apparent, I will move forward by creating and posting a price list and begin taking orders.
Hopefully this thread will have enough visibility to get 2 or 3 forum members that are interested in having me upgrade their light strips to DRLs for free. I will not charge any labor. They would need to supply me with their light strips and the DRLs. I would like to standardize to a single DRL just for these 2 or 3 initial upgrades and I believe the Philips 8 LED DRL will be the easiest unit to convert the light strips to DRLs only. This DRL will also work the best in my dual light bar configuration. If I can find someone who wants to include the dual light bar upgrade, I would only charge them my cost for the components (light bars, two top mounted light bar LEDs and miscellaneous lower cost components.
I need at least one of the 2 or 3 members to go with the dual light bar DRL upgrade. I really think this a cool product that is absolutely unique to our Edge’s vertical light strip and the width dimension of the Philips unit should allow enough clearance for the DRL to slide in between the two vertical light bars bringing the DRL very close to the underside of the strip light lens. This will allow for a much more effective beam spread than a wider DRL that that cannot fit between the light bars. The DRL would have to be recessed further down into the strip light housing narrowing the beam spread and decreasing overall DRL light output. I still need to take some measurements and come up with a firm light bar configuration to best fit this DRL, but as it sits right now, there isn’t a better light out there that is as thin as the Philips and also puts out 460 lumens of light. That’s damn bright!
Here comes the C.Y.A. (Cover Your @$$) language again. I haven’t done exhaustive research on the Philips DRL, so I will leave it up to the 2 or 3 forum members to decide if they are good with using them. I read a lot of user reviews and almost every review has stated that this DRL is the brightest aftermarket DRL on the market under $200.00. (Again, I want you guys to make that determination, not me). Once I get a few of these Philips DRL upgrades under my belt and demand calls for other DRL brands and designs, I will consider these conversions on a case by case basis.
Please, I do not want to highjack frybel’s DRL thread, so if you want any specific information or to ask any questions relating to what I described above, please PM me. Do not post it here. Unless frybel objects, replies with comments and/or opinions would be welcomed. If I get a good number of PMs from interested members, I will begin a new thread specifically concerning my Light Strip DRL / Light Bar Upgrades.
Thanks, Dan
Hey Dan, I have to apologize, I work really long hours and read you post clearly but only had about 3 hours of sleep. Just started typing away without thinking. Thanks for all of the info will get in contact with you when I'm ready.
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Has there been any moisture issues with your light strips? Or did you totally seal it off?
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That is exactly what I am planning on doing... just the 8 LED phillips DRL with No Tubes//Bars/Strips or whatever we are referring to those as.
So it'll probably look close to the OEM at a glance during the day and really shine at night. Did you get the first set to seat well that there wasn't and shaking? Probably had to use some insane type of epoxy.
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I took these photos with my phone in a parking garage this weekend. These photos I took from my phone amazingly give the most accurate depiction of the true brightness of my new DRLs. They are quite bright, however with the DRLs not having the LED bulbs mounted directly at the back of the fixture, it does not give the visual "PUNCH" that I am looking for. My plans are to replace them with the Philips 8 light DRLs that many say are the brightest they have found. I don't have the ~ $150.00 at the time to spend, so I will have to wait a bit.
Would it be easy to use the Philips lights alone? And not use the the light strips on the sides, would that change the look and light output?
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I took these photos with my phone in a parking garage this weekend. These photos I took from my phone amazingly give the most accurate depiction of the true brightness of my new DRLs. They are quite bright, however with the DRLs not having the LED bulbs mounted directly at the back of the fixture, it does not give the visual "PUNCH" that I am looking for. My plans are to replace them with the Philips 8 light DRLs that many say are the brightest they have found. I don't have the ~ $150.00 at the time to spend, so I will have to wait a bit.
Those lights look great!! Nice job. I really want to see what they look like when you put in the Philips in there. Get back to me once you have those installed, I would definitely have you do mine for a reasonable price or I could get a set from the dealer and send to you so I won't be without lights.
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I'm not sure which manufacturer he used, as there were some relatively tough criteria to be met. I know it's Biolox Delta ceramic on a tantalum implant. It's also a 36mm. Does that help?
I'm 6'4", 240 lbs, and 34 years old, so I know he was very picky about the choices.
As far as the lights, I don't think they'll be more than an hour or two total.
LMAO.......you are too funny. Gotta love people with a great sense of humor.
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do you guys know what the stock spring rate is... vs say eibach or h&r.....
also a friend of mine has some springtech springs he said i can have.... does anyone have any experience with them?
When you say your car rides a little stiffer, does it have a feel like your in a VW GTI or a little softer or rougher than that?
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I just did a 1.75 f/r lower on my edge the other day, and the ride is VERY noticeably stiffer.... not to sure how i like it yet, but the wallowing around of the stock one I didnt care for either.
So I may add the rear sway bar, and see how much extra that stiffens up the vehicle and then decide to keep or not keep the lowering springs installed..
Does anyone here have the sway bar installed?
Did you use the H&R springs to lower your Edge? How does the ride feel now that you've had them in for a while?
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Did you guys hear? By the end of this week or early next week all owners with MFT will recieve a USB in the mail with the upgraded software.
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Ford is in the lemonade business and they use extra lemons.....,lol
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MikeCho, on another thread said he took it back to the dealer and they replaced the head liner for him and they had to order it twice cause the first one was defective.
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How does that slip by Ford? "Quality is job one"
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passenger side near the front windshield. i'd say closer to the a-pillar
That's exactly the spot I'm talking about.
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No quality control at the plant!!
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Oh. I keep looking for this place on mine, but mine's just fine.
Yours was probably one of them that had some quality control.
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Sam, just posted my HID install video and there's a clip in it where you can hear the shutter opening and closing when the brights are turned on/off and can kind of catch the fast motion of the shutter's shadow as it goes up and down. Here's the link:
http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/9216-hid-kit-retrofit-conversion-installation-video/
By the way also love your DRL's, you have more patience than me.....lol. I'm gonna hold my breathe and hope they just make an aftermarket kit like yours that's plug and play....lol
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That's so funny I was considering getting those Toyo's, now I just have to wait and see how to like them. Did you get them with the same speed rating?