lexington1

Not sure if I did it wrong, but my HID's (low beam) work when my highs are on. I used the Flashtechs from Cbrenn and they are sweet. I went with 35W 6,000K. I'll post up some pics soon. Cheers P.S. on the Flashtechs, I had to trim down the tabs slightly with a razor to get them to fit into the housing. I've heard that other manufactures have this same prob. Not a big deal at all. Just need to be aware.

Yowzers. About time we see a little emotion! Reminds me of the Harley Davidson forum that I'm on. Nothing against the other guy but I've found your feedback very helpful on here Lex. I was thinking about starting a thread about "things we would change with the Edge" but might have already been done. Plus I don't want the pissed off PTU peeps to take it over.... not that I don't sympathize with them, what a bummer I'm sure.

Saw the thread on tails, missed it. Sorry about that.

Thats a sharp looking kit. I'd like to find a piece that matched the brushed aluminum a/c radio panel to put on the center console. Think it would look so much better. Anyone ever seen that done?

Right on Lex. Yeah mine got beat up with my method. I forgot to mention that I cleaned them up prior to re-attaching the pieces together with a razor/box knife. To re-attach I used epoxy, which filled any gaps or rough edges. I think the bulb I showed/used was purchased from http://www.superbrightleds.com/ but I believe they are also available from the vendor you used at http://stores.ebay.com/US-Home-Direct . I think the USHD store has many more options. Oh yeah the color of the bulb was "cool white". Are you using a different color? Would have been fun to experiement with other colors, but I didn't want to buy 8 different bulbs. Thanks for all of your help Lex. Next mod up... HID kit.

Ok, sorry for the delay. Had to wait for the lights to arrive and find a spare moment. I was able to complete the mod as planned tonight. It looks great and now matches all of the other LED's inside and out. Getting the lens off isn't easy and I don't even really know how to explain how I did it. Basically got a small, sharper screwdriver in and slowly pried it off. I didn't go with a dremel as there is a small lip on the clear lens in the inner part of the fixture. I also removed the reflector so the LED would fit better. No need for it as the LED is direct lighting. Here are some pics: (hopefully I do this correctly) Pic of the open unit and stock bulb, new LEDs in units with reflector removed (notice the not so clean edges of the fixtures from lens removal), final install pic didnt work well, but you get the idea, :

Testing

Hey Lex, yeah, breaking the lens was just plain dumb luck i guess. who knows what would happen if i tried the same thing on the driver's side. i did pull the bulb today from the broken unit and it is a festoon type about 32mm. Not a size available from superbrightleds.com but the the other lights changed in the interior weren't exact fits either, so i might be able to make it work. So, since I broke one, I might as well screw around and see if i can make your original plan work. I'll let you know.

Thanks Lex. After I posted, I couldn't let it go and promptly went out and broke the lens off the passenger side puddle light.... doh. I should be able to repair with some good ole' american glue/epoxy etc, but now that I have it off...... I need to take a closer look at the setup in there. Wondering if it can just do a straight swap for an LED like inside the car. I undersand the closed piece to some degree (I live in seattle). But all the other lights interior/exterior or relatively painless to replace. Seems they could have engineered a better setup. What if one goes out, are you supposed to replace the whole mirror unit? Ouch. I'll let you know what I come up with. Cheers

Anyone have any luck changing the puddle lamps to LED's? I saw that lex did custom install, but I think he has an 07 (I have an 08). Seems that it has a screwdriver slot to remove the lens, but dont want to break the thing if its sealed. I just changed all of my interior bulbs to cool white LED's and looks pretty good. Would look better if the puddle lights matched :yup:

Haha. Funny about the gas. Well, probably funny now, not then. Looks good man, also like the fog light surrounds black. Did you paint right over the grill or did you scuff up with a high grit sand paper...or....?

Thanks Lex and DJ I love the Edge standard grill. I thought it would look cool in a gloss black on my black limited. Same style with the wide horizontal grills. I saw an explorer that had that look recently and it was pretty cool looking. I'm probably going to put black and chrome wheels on it too when I get the $$. Should look good. I'll post some pics when I get my tails tinted. Cheers

Hey everyone, Just bought my 08 Limited Black last weekend. Just got the front windows tinted, working on getting tails tinted (from user on this forum). I think the edge would look bad@ss with a gloss black grill on mine. I saw the "murdered" edge, which looks sweet, but my wife wouldn't be down with me totally blacking out ours. I'm into the black and chrome look (but want the grill black). The guy that murdered his used a vinyl film, which looked great but was flat black. I wish it was chrome plated metal, then I could get it powder coated, but don't think that will happen. The only custom options I can find are the skinny billet-types out there. Suppose I could paint the current grill, but think that I'd be touching it up all the time. Any thoughts?

Hey there, Just picked up my 08 Limited last weekend, but have been kind of watching this thread for a while. I LOVE the look and the quality that you are showing is like nothing I've seen to date. Not sure if there is a current list of people waiting, but I want to get in on the next rotation. I can assure a quick turn around as I have to do it on the DL as my wife will kill me if she sees me working on mods for the edge. (Constantly tweeking a Harley I bought too). Put smoked lenses on my HD and look great. Let me know what I need to do. Live in Seattle area, looking for medium tint. I think that would look good on a black edge but have only seen dark. Don't want to mess with the PD (or my wife) so need to be somewhat conservative Cheers

Sorry not sure on your questions, but would love to see a pic or two of your grill painted black. I'm surprised I don't see more blacked out edges. Looks like I'm getting an 08 Limited tomorrow.