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On 8/5/2019 at 6:33 PM, rheld68 said:

I discovered that the gloss black tim piece that is attached to the rear/back glass (positioned vertically on the outermost edges) has a hole in it and is cracked.  Not sure when or how it happened but it appears that it is simply stuck onto the rear glass with a two sided trim tape.  Seems like a simple fix......unfortunately, Ford appears to only sell them as an assembly with the back glass.  It seems silly to replace the entire rear glass for a simple piece of plastic.

 

Does anyone else have experience with this?  Is there a way to get the actual part I need?  

You need to be very careful this is a very heavily glued on part and you can scratch or break glass without being careful. I didn’t like the way it looked and took it off. You need a really long razor blade and a large size drywall scraper because if you use something too small you will crack it at the edge of your lifting device. If it has cracks you can just wrap it with auto vinyl that’s the same black color . Again I took. Mine off because I didn’t like it lol. 

If you want pictures hollar 

On 1/3/2022 at 4:38 AM, onyxbfly said:

 

 

Personally I prefer all season tires unless I'm in an environment that warrants dedicated winter tires. Where are you located?

I feel this is an important question

 having had snow tires on mine for most of the year

That makes sense. I have the engine block heater in mine and have never used it once haha. 

Assuming you actually removed the liquid and stain go to Costco and buy some the fabreeze clips for the air vents they work really well until the interior odor is lifted

Why did it take so long ? There should be a grommet on the drivers side 

I always did NGK but really feel like I have better times with the OEM. Was the OEM gapped at .032 I take it? 

What year are the liners for ? How much? 

On 11/10/2020 at 9:31 PM, omar302 said:

Good luck with sales. Suggest you change the title to A11 instead of A-II. When I read A-II I thought it was A2.

I’n addition I thought one you drive 75 miles it locks it up to that vin ? 

I have a custom Fiberglas tub for the speakers but kept the skinny tire. 
 

if you are one of the cool members who drives 300k plus imagine the fuel difference on that amount of driving?

the real reason is people don’t know how to change tires and want more space and better handling. The whole idea is if the spare is small and light it’s easier to swap out. 

you can do it as other members have mentioned but it will require modification it’s not just going and buying a full sized tire slap it in the trunk and be on your way.

https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/the-disappearing-spare-tire.html

Not going to lie... I put the dust cover on backwards for one of the assemblies. 
 

any ideas if it’s worth the trouble to take apart again? 
 

technically they are both on now. Still have cowling and hood accessories to put back together.

I got my new shocks this last weekend!

I installed one with my usual hand tools. My large 3/8 socket driver was down so I had a stubby and lost /stolen 1/2 sockets that where needed. So I used open ended his wrenches. My hand is bruised but it’s On. I used a boot kit from rock auto and bought all. Ew up top parts from a ford deAler. Had to get to the firewall to get the top off. Learned a few stupid things if notes are needed like break the top bolt with a through hole large socket and a 10mm baby socket but have to use a 7mm? Allen for the new one. 

They keep saying they are going to ship but I can’t even find the charge on my cc anymore o am wondering what happened or if it’s sept before it ships like mentioned...

I agree. I fully rebuilt a engine once and have no desire to go down that road again... Let alone add in transmission and I’m out! 
 

In regards to the sleeper if I fall asleep all the time does that count as a sleeper? Haha.

That makes a lot more sense now. Was wondering how you knew so much so quickly.  Very impressive! 
congrats ? 

Are you thinking you are going to have ZFG or JC or yourself Do the swap? Are you thinking a full swap or partial?

There should be some welding involved. There is one specific cross member that should change in addition to most of the obvious things. I will try to take a picture of it later tonight but on most models it seems to change. 
 
Can help with welding advice if needed although it’s been a few years.

i wonder about how the ECU accessories where split up in the CANs...?

On 8/3/2020 at 5:28 PM, Xtra said:

 I just ordered up a complete set of the Bilstein B6 shocks and struts from Shock Wearhouse for my 2016 Edge Sport. Bought the front struts for $116.50 each and the B6 rear shocks for $94.50 each. The discounts showed up in my shopping cart.

 https://www.shockwarehouse.com/index.cfm?mode=results&selected_model=523108&selected_year=2016  .

 Mabey someone can find a better price and link that. MSRP on these items is $145 each for the rear shocks and $ 177 each for the front struts. 

Oh, about that track-day I was going to. I have canceled, because of the large turnout there will be limited track time available and it costs $400 bucks. I decided to spend that doe on the B6 damper upgrade instead.     

When I did the rears they did not come with any replacement bump stops and the fronts shouldn’t either (un confirmed) I did order some generic bump stops with more mevo tech tie rod ends and sway bar links (already installed the sway bar stuff but am struggling getting the stupid bolt off for the Tie rod and haven’t had time).

They have been on for a while now and no problems so far

Oh https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/b/masterpro-strut-mounts-5778/shocks-struts-16482/strut-bumper-bellow-12652/2fa007539396/masterpro-strut-bellows/fm1586/5850999

sorry for the delay

That makes sense. The rear went well but I still haven’t got the front finished, still waiting on parts. Thanks special k and dad for doing that! 

7 hours ago, onyxbfly said:

 

What did you buy exactly?

3 hours ago, onyxbfly said:

 

 

Colin and Jim got some goodness coming our way.

I bought some last night based off there catalog they don’t really stock them most places was hard to find both. Will report when they get here and installed.

I took it out by the salt flats and it seemed better than usual but I’m fighting 60k worth of wear. Am planning on doing the fronts. It took about 5 miles for them to get worn in but after that it’s been smooth sailing ⛵️ I don’t do too hard of corners compared to extra. It doesn’t feel unbalanced to me but I’m not pushing crazy power either. 
I am curious if anyone has tried the front shock conversion to bilstein yet?

It’s been really nice. I have about 60k so they needed replacement anyways. I have only driven maybe 10 miles with them but only seem to loose grip in the front in heavy corners. I changed the bump stop height too. The cars stance seems a little higher in the back but when I do the front it should even out l. They have some on rock auto for my 15 but it looks more complicated and I don’t have a lift or garage haha ?