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Jesus....... did Barbie desgn that crap.

I've got all the mats weathertech offers. They fit great except for one of them, the front passenger mat tends to bulge away from the door sill some. It's not much but enough to bother me, I've also noticed it in pictures of other Edges with the Weathertechs. That being said I would still highly recommend them.

You'll see how the hitch pushes up slightly on the rear fascia, by about 3/4", and in the one shot you can see how I bent the heat sheild to bolt to the 3/4" plate rather than being sandwiched between the hitch/plate/frame. I wouldn't sandwich the heat shield between anything your going to be pulling with for the record, it will just cause problems later on in your vehicles life. The hitch is a Hidden Hitch for a regular Edge (and I believe the Draw Tite is exactly the same hitch), a hitch for the sport wasn't available at the time and I don't know if one is now. I also seen in another thread the poster was asking how the edge towed with the 22's, I think it tows great with the bigger wheels and the suspension seems able to handle the 350lbs tongue weight with little effort.

Each 22" tire is rated for 2039lbs. With 8156lbs total weight limit it's more than enough to take the edges weight, it's occupants/luggage and a 350lb tongue weight. Lower profile tires with a higher speed rating run cooler than higher profile tires with a lower speed rating, that = less blowouts.

My seats lose their memory too

I wouldn't hesitate to haul 3500lbs with your sport, it'll have a transmission cooler but will be missing the slightly larger rad and a engine oil cooler. You can monitor engine temperature easily enough, just add the class three hitch. I'm not sure if they've change the rear frame/exhaust/cowlings, but on the 2010 sport a class III needs to be spaced about 3/4" and it still pushes up on the ground effects a bit and requires some rubber grommets on the hitch because the mufflers rub slightly. I would show pics of mine but I had problems uploading files.

I wouldn't hesitate to haul 3500lbs with your sport, it'll have a transmission cooler but will be missing the slightly larger rad and a engine oil cooler. You can monitor engine temperature easily enough, just add the class three hitch. I'm not sure if they've change the rear frame/exhaust/cowlings, but on the 2010 sport a class III needs to be spaced about 3/4" and it still pushes up on the ground effects a bit and requires some rubber grommets on the hitch because the mufflers rub slightly. I would show pics of mine but I had problems uploading files.

A little late. WTF, shots won't download.

Hell, use a shopvac to put a vacuum on it and shine a utitly light into the lense to heat up the inner cavity. Like a a/c unit the moisture should disappear.

Your factory trans cooler should be more than adequate for towing.

The things that are going to give your brakes the biggest improvements would be 1) Pads, 2) Lines 3) Good brake fluid. Dependant on what your doing with your edge different pads will yeild different results and feel, a carbon pad typically needs heat; so if your racing or hauling loads through the mountains then these might be for you if your not getting heat into your rotors these are probably giving you poor real world performance. I would go with a pad that works well when cold and performs well when hot, pads and shoes are rated with letters on the sides of the friction material. The letters are an indication of the friction materials coeffeicent of friction when cold and hot. A pad mark eh would indicate poorer performance when cold but excellent when hot. The rating D is about the same as steel on steel and h is the best your going to get. So this is a helpfull tip if your in the autozone looking at pads, you can see their tested performance specs and get an idea of what they do cold/hot. Lines..... If your going to get a aftermarket steel braid line with a teflon tube make sure you get something thats dot approved and make damn sure your not buying a line with aluminum fittings. A process called galvanic action corrodes the aluminum sleeve and causes premature failure, these lines are bad news; don't put your families life on the line with them. Get a line manufactured with a stainless steel fitting or titanium (which has good anti corrosive properties). I like Hel lines and they make them to order whatever lengths you like. Good brake lines give beter feel at the pedal by expanding less than your typical rubber lines from the oe's. Fluids.... If your getting your brakes hot then you need to spend money on good fluids. Stopping heavy descending loads can heat your pads and rotors up to unbelievable temperature, I would imagine the oe's are still using dot 3 because of the cost and the fact that most people don't heat thier brakes up much to warrant a better fluid..... If your having brake issues then you need a good fluid, I believe dot 3 has a dry boiling point of 401f dry and 284f wet while some of the best dot 4 and 5.1 (not 5) is over 600dry and 518f wet. Wet temperatures are the ones to look at, most moisture gets into your fluid through the rubber brake lines and caliper seals; a wet rating is given to a fluid with only 3% water absorbtion..... so it doesn't take much moisture to affect the fluids boiling point. A good fluid will make a huge improvement in pedal feel and brake performance when your brakes are smoking hot.

I've got a set of Nokia Hakaapoliitta tires on my 2010 Sport for the winter months. Safety is a concern so accelerating is important after steering and braking, with the shorter stopping distances and better lateral control the tires are worth every dollar.

There's going to be less filter media inside. I noticed this too when I did the first oil change, the factory un-numbered filter was taller than the example I bought at Ford. I thought maybe it was to keep the filter out of harms way for a Edge equipped with a engine oil cooler.

You boys want bang for your buck.... go out and buy yourself a BMW S1000RR street bike with 184 rwhp, does 150mph + in the quater mile and 190mph wfo........ comes with full abs and traction control for less than half the price of a well equiped edge, you won't even be thinking about a lincoln when you roll in off the track. I've got to go to bed now I'm a little pissed up.

Vinyl would be a nice way to protect the paint and achieve a blacked out roof, I do think vinyl would be next to impossible to apply with the rib extrusions. I don't think blacking the roof out would hurt resale value as the Ford dealership warranties all it's paint like the factory does, but I've pretty well talked myself out of doing this for the time being.

The Steeda Edge is nicely done. Our sport is blue, now I think a all black roof with perhaps the platinum pearl would set the roof off nicely with the tinted side windows...... Kind of like the Vista roof does.

I bought our 2010 Edge Sport without a Vista roof, My wife doesn't like the glass and trouble but I like the look of the vehicles exterior with the black glass; it looks much sportier. I don't think painting the roof black will mimick the glass look though, maybe black with a platinum pearl? Any ideas on the color to achieve this effect, any nay sayers on the look?

I've got a 2010 sport, which has no trailer tow package available for it. I've crawled under it and it does have a factory transmission cooler. I would be surprised if all the edges didn't come with them. Look into it on your model before you purchase something that's already there.

Use the T-one 118430 by Tow Ready. I installed mine a couple days ago, did some changes as to how it was installed but it worked great. http://www.etrailer.com/p-118430.html They've also got a install video. http://www.etrailer.com/tv-wiring-install-2009-ford-edge.aspx You'll want to make a couple changes from the video though. 1) They drill a screw into the rear body light socket to locate the ground, when they could have easily used the ground post already provided inside a dry, salt free cabin; it's located halfway up the left side of the rear door sill. 2) They cut the light grommets for the tailights allowing moisture to get into the cabin, I cut the two wires on the left and one on the right and threaded them into the grommets with the stock wiring and retaped . This gave a perfect seal against moisture from entering the cab. 3) They routed the power wire under the frame for gravel to chew at it; I routed it with the O E wiring inside the cab like Ford does with their kit, extra work but produces a superior job.

Well if your going up to the mountains you'll need these...... http://www.mattracks.com/html/88_series_model.htm Here's a video.

I've read that the hitchs that are for the Edge but exclude the Sport need to be spaced down if you want them to clear the rear ground effects. My hitch showed up today, I'm working overtime but will probably install it by next Tuesday. I'll take pictures of the install and post about the fitment. I've ordered a hidden hitch for a non-sport, which is all they offered at the time. Monday, I installed the Hidden Hitch today which is the same as a Draw-Tite. I cut 2 pieces of 3/4"x3" flatbar and drilled 19/32" holes into them, I also drilled and tapped a 6mmx1mm bolt hole into the side to attach the heat shields. Hidden Hitch wants you to sandwich the shield between the frame rails, I think this will cause a shimming effect and possible problems in the long run. I also had to purchase 2 1/2" x 1/2" carriage bolts to work with the spaced hitch assy. The hitch now pushes up on the rear fascia by 3/4", it also touches the exhaust and requires putting 1/2" high temp rubber hose on the rail of the hitch to prevent unwanted noise. All in all it looks good and the rear ground effects/facia dosen't look displaced, you can notice it, but it's slight. I'll take pictures tomorrow.

I've ordered my class 3 hitch for my 2010 sport, there was no tow package available for this model from Ford and I'm wondering if it has the larger radiator and engine oil cooler like the Edges that come with the trailer tow packages. If not does ford sell a kit over the counter to recify this? With a 265hp engine you would think Ford would have made the Edge capable of a 5000 lbs tow capacity.

I got my weather techs in a little over 2 weeks, they do the best job I've ever seen of protecting the carpet and fit perfectly.

I hit my autos with spray nine and a good rinse when the engine is cold, A bit of caution should be used though, spray nine will strip greases out of things; so for head light adjusters and the like try to spray AROUND them. Then I polish things up with Plexus or a silicone spray.

I got the information from sources other than this forum, it's pretty obvious what you have to do just look at your picture you posted. Enjoy your lights when you get them working.