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The rotors look nice!! But I would just get some just slotted or even plain rotors, since the holes and slots in these rotors actually gives you less surface area for the brake pads to grab on to. The drill rotors are good to have with racing pads to prevent fading from heat, but do not really work better than plain rotors on regular roads. I would try to find some high carbon plain rotors or slotted if you really love that look and some carbon pads, that will be powerful braking combination. High carbon rotors applies more friction to pads for quicker stops and the carbon pads resist fading so they can keep up with the high carbon rotors since regular OEM pads will fade sooner when paired with high carbon rotors. FYI, I think that your Edge may only have the 11.8 front rotors since only the AWD models and Sport models get the 12.6 front rotors. I would look at your front and rears rotor and see if they are the same size(or if the rears are larger since Ford changed brake design in 2011), if so then the you have the 11.8 front rotors.

I found this product here that requires the control board be swapped to add Nav to a Mytouch system. There are three video total that explain the whole installation.

I feel your pain. I would buy a replacement wheel but I know that an accident will just happen again so I may just remove the covers on the current wheels and have them powdercoated or PVD coated for a chrome look so it will be easier to repair in the future.

Well I did it !!! It took about 10 minutes to do the install. The only problem is that the white plastic mounting tab is kind cheap and mine had a piece break off but it still works. The visor screws are Torx 20. Here is some pics and quick how-to. First I removed the cover with a panel tool to expose the two screws for the visor mount. Next I pulled the driver side pillar off. Then I removed the two visor mount screws with a torx 20 bit. Next I pulled down the weather stripping around the door opening. Then I pulled down the left section of the headliner to expose the green visor power connector. Next I pulled the glued green visor connector free from the headliner and unplugged the old visor and then plugged in the new visor. Checked the vanity mirror/home-link buttons to make sure it has power/function. Then I reinstalled everything in reverse order. Last I cleared the home-link memory(pressing the two outside buttons at the same time) and programmed the unit. Done.

Yes pictures would help if you ever get time to take a few. On my Edge an exhaust flex pipe and metal bracket prevents my from putting my hands near the drain plug. I tried but the only way for me to reach my drain plug is to use a extension and feed the pump hose up pass the exhaust pipe. The job is doable that way, but I can foresee a mess and gear oil dripping on the exhaust flex pipe. That will stink for weeks until the oil burns off. I will just unbolt the exhaust pipe at the manifold and move it to the side when I change my PTU fluid to make my life easier.

Correct, not the entire head liner. Just the area around the A-pillar has to be pulled down to access the visor plug. I should have typed remove the A-pillar and pull down a part of the headliner to access plug.

Nice job!!! Your install look very OEM and clean. Not bad for only $40.

Yes.

What engine do you have in your Edge? On my 2011 Edge with the 3.5 I do not have much room to access my PTU drain plug without moving the exhaust pipe it seems. I can use a long handle socket I suppose, but it looks like it would be a very time consuming and messy affair trying to doing without just moving the exhaust to the side on my 2011 with the 3.5 engine.

LOL. I remember what happened when I posted about using the same type of dry filter in my Edge. A certain moderator tried his best to discredit it. I can wait to hear the different if any between an oiled performance air filter and dry performance air filter in the 3.5.

Weird about the Home-link option or lack of. Ford is funny like that as my car has automatic rain sensing wipers, blind spot monitoring, panoramic sun roof, premium My-touch sound/display,AWD, parking sensors, etc. but no home-link device. Well that problem will soon be solved. The hardest part will be pulling down the headliner to get to the green power connector for the visor it seems from what i read on the job. Thanks for confirming that it is plug and play.

Thanks for the information. I was looking at retrofitting a transmitter from a another car(mirror or visor) or cutting the sun-visor and mounting a universal unit, but just decided to wait for a OEM one since I like having a clean OEM look to my accessories. I am picky like that. Plus, i hate dealing with cutting and stringing wires into things that are very visible since I am very picky about flaws I have not considered that. However, i do charge my car batteries every month so i should be ok. .

Next week I will be installing a Home-link visor in my wife's 2011 Ford Edge SEL. Our Edge is loaded, but did not come with an Home-link installed. Home-link seems to be only available on the Limited and maybe Sport models. So we have been using a garage clicker clipped on the visor, since a new Home-link visor from Ford cost nearly $400.00. It took nearly a year of searching Ebay, but a used Home-link visor from a 2012 Ford Edge finally became available for a little over $100.00 and it is in very good condition. So I will be installing it next week when I get some time. For what I read it should be a simple plug and play install, so we will see. I will post some pics and instructions for anyone else who may what to also install Home-link in their Edge. Here is my visor I got in the mail today.

Not to insult you or anything, but what cylinder do you think is cylinder #4 on your engine? You may have swapped the wrong plugs if you got your cylinders wrong, hence why the engine is till misfiring.

I could be from the drive-shaft if the other posted possible problems are not correct. It may just need to be lubricated in the joints with grease or at the worst maybe you have a leaky drive-shaft seal which is causing the drive shaft bearing to go bad hence the humming noise. It happens because Ford engineering is the worst of all the automakers. Just kidding before someone locks this thread.

Thank you for the information. I read on a Dodge forum(they have chrome wheel covers as well) that you do have to have the wheel polished to remove all the epoxy. The wheels on the Dodge look like crap with the covers off until he polished them. I assume ours will look the same. http://www.ramforum.com/f41/crome_clad_covers_glue_removal-7343/

How hard is it to remove the plastic covers? My wife curbed one pretty bad and the plastic is bent up a bit. I looks horrible. I would just pull all the covers off and go with the painted finish, but I am scared on what I find under the covers or if it will be too much work to get the plastic chrome covers off without damaging the finish underneath.

Darn, I keep thinking that the PTU failures are a thing of the past. Well i hope mine last as long as I own my Edge.

Well if you have some good information to share, do so by all means. I just used that link as a quick reference that the Ford F150 Eco-boost was not the best example for the member to use as Ford's banner of product perfection just because they added a splash shield, since many other serious problems is still tarnishing the brand and model. That is why we have this forum, so we can trade information or share it. My point is that these posts can go on and on when it just become a trade-off of opinions with some article linked here and there that really do not provide any hard proof or concrete facts that disprove one side or the other.

What you say sounds good. However, if Ford really designed every part on the vehicle to last 150K miles on the Edge(or any recent vehicle over the last several years since you mention the practice have been going on for a while) then some engineers need to be fired because they are not correctly testing the parts for real world durability (wheel bearing, power steering hoses, brake booster,PTU, AC condenser,etc). My AC condenser failed at 22k miles!!! Well Ford maybe considerate enough to add a $5 metal shield to prevent a cracked manifold, but they still are having problems fixing existing problems with the Eco-boost in the F150. http://ford2015car.com/common-problems-ford-ecoboost/ However, i never stated that Ford do not care at all, just not enough to spend more money than deemed acceptable to correct issues that happen later in life on the car pass 5 years/60k miles. Now, before we go on and on with this, i really do not work for any automotive company so I really do not know how much resources go where in any company. This is just my opinion I am posting , like yours unless you are a CEO or key member of management in the Ford Motor Company. So lets just have our own take on the matter instead of trying speculate our way to victory here on this forum.

LOL. I know that they care. Any business cares about subsequent markets and product demand. My point is that Ford do not care enough to design its components just to appease used car owners. Any designs Ford make to its cars is focused more on the new car buyer, and most components are designed to last through the warranty period at the least. If lucky, the parts will go longer but the standard I believe is the warranty period. I believe this because it costs Ford money to repair cars under warranty and those repairs have a better chance of reducing the demand for their products. So yes, Ford cars about used car owners, but not as much as attracting and keeping new car owners. Plus, you have to remember if old cars lasted longer it would drive down the demand for new cars and reduce the revenue from replacement parts and repair services done by the automakers at their repair facilities. So Ford, and other cars makers know what they are doing when it comes to designing components and their lifespans. Sometimes, the parts fails too soon and cost them money when it fails during the warranty period. In which they are quick to find a solution, like with the early PTU seals on the pre-2011 Edges, which costs Ford a lot of money due to having to replace the whole PTU on cars under warranty before the new seal was developed. If the same PTU seals failed at 100k miles, then owners would be still complaining about needing a solution I believe. Profit and losses is what automakers really care about, not much else.

No. Higher demand equals higher price, less demand equals less price. So yes a higher demand on used cars would bring lease/new car prices down, but Ford may not have an price advantage since demand/preference usually determines price(supply/demand also come into play). Therefore another maker may be more preferred to Ford and sale more cars which means that they can sale their cars for less money than Ford(KIA for example) since Ford still has to make enough profit to keep running. Amazon and Walmart are prime examples of selling quality products cheaply at large volumes less than the competition. Overall, If anything used car sales bring in less money than a new car in our current market. You have to factor in depreciation and sales volume into your question when comparing profits from used cars sales vs. new car sales. Most used cars are value nearly 50% of what they were valued when new, especially American cars made by Ford. So in theory it would take two used five year old Ford Edges to equal the value of one new Ford Edge sold. The lease is even better because Ford will gain two sources of profit from the transaction, the lease(including fees) and the sale of the return car either as CPO or at the auto auction. I agree that if Ford sales the used cars then it has more interest in the used car market prices(any business would), but ultimately Ford only have a small interest(prices and demand) in the used car market conducted outside it facilities I believe. But not enough to make the Ford Edge components last longer just to appease used car owners, like the topic was originally intending to address.

So true. Many owners like myself do make assumptions that everything will be covered if it is connected to the engine or transmission, but that is not the case with power-train warranties. Some manufacturers cover more than others with broader coverage and some are very specific like Ford.

LOL. I was talking about used cars sales overall. Yes, Ford and other car manufacturers resale leased cars returned to them usually under the CPO program like i mentioned in an earlier post and at auto auctions. However, Ford do not care or profit from used car sales done at privately owned dealerships(Carmax for example) or personal sales conducted by owners. No matter how you try to flip it with your excellent attempt of marketing terminology usage, the automakers main focus is on new car sales /leases not the used car market. I never said that they do not have any interest in used cars, however used cars do not create the large profit gains that is generated by new cars sales/leases which include financing and interest profits . Since I am not receiving any cash dividends or profits from any auto maker I will let you have your opinion on the matter. If you really feel that Ford and other automakers highly value used car sales outside their facilities and prices of the cars sold in private transactions,so be it. I believe otherwise. Well, maybe automakers do value the free advertisement of having older cars with their brand-name driving on the road, which helps create a reputation of durability that help attract customers which causes a demand for their product. I took a few economic/marketing classes (micro and macro included)in college way back when as well.

You are right about Ford and their power-train warranties. I was lucky to have bought a extended warranty when I first bought my used 2011 Ford Edge, because Ford blamed my leak on transmission cooler/AC condenser unit, which is not considered a power-train component even though it is part of the transmission. I would have had to pay over $1000 to replace it myself, if I did not have my extended warranty. So again, I agree that Ford do have some crappy ways of getting out of repairing cars under their power-train warranty. Even Nissan repaired a leaky power steering hose under the power-train warranty coverage on my old 2006 Murano, which my Ford dealership told me was not covered under the power-train warranty coverage when i asked what was covered specifically after I was told that my transmission-cooler was not. So used car buyers beware, Ford power-train warranty really only covers the internal engine parts, internal transmission parts and internal differentials/transfer-case parts . Good news is that the PTU is supposed to be covered though, just not any thing outside the unit. http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/catalog/owner_guides/14frdwa3e.pdf