Work continues on the taillights but I have the startings of the next major project. I bought a second set of headlights to use for the retrofit. Now just need to get the projectors and a few other items.
BTW I bought these from Amazon.com and test fitted them yesterday. They fit very well and sit in as good as any OEM set. I also took the opportunity to see what the light output was, and to put it simply, they are horrible and unusable as it. As you can see in the picture, they have glare everywhere especially at an upward angle where you really don't want it. Thank goodness I wasn't planning on installing them straight from the box.
If anyone is looking for plug and play OE replacement lights, I highly recommend looking elsewhere.
Taillights are tinted and it went really well. They aren't absolutely perfect but I really liked the vinyl and it did extremely well on the bulges. Installed pics will have to wait till I pull the car out of the garage again.
Taillights are tinted and it went really well. They aren't absolutely perfect but I really liked the vinyl and it did extremely well on the bulges. Installed pics will have to wait till I pull the car out of the garage again.
I went with Morimoto D2S 4.0's. The 5.0's would have been a better option from what I know but I decided to go with a set of 4.0's and take the savings to buy a second set for doing the duels. I haven't modified them in any way. I know you can modify the shields to eliminate the step up but I'm not sure if it's something I want to do on these.
Summer tread back on. Progress slowly continues on the headlights, but that's a long run project. Also working on the second iteration of the blank grille. That one will mostly look the same but have a better mounting system and no more bondo to chip and crack.
Productive weekend with a bunch of little things. Removed the red tint from the PS rear fog light that I never hooked up, wired it up as a reverse light, tinted both aux reverse lights with 20% vinyl, moved the Ecoboost badge to a slightly better position, dechromed the window trim with black Dupli-color Custom Wrap, and did a layup of the next blank grille.
Would of loved to see those Euro rear fogs working...
Do you know if the harness has connections at the back of the car and at the headlight switch?
I would think you'd need a Euro BCM VIN coded to your car as a start...
Would of loved to see those Euro rear fogs working...
Do you know if the harness has connections at the back of the car and at the headlight switch?
I would think you'd need a Euro BCM VIN coded to your car as a start...
I'm pretty sure there's nothing on the harness in the rear for the rear fog lights. It requires wiring to run outside the cabin area which the Escapes do not do (at least mine without any sensors, tow package, and auto hatch). As for the headlight switch, it's all a Canbus system so there's nothing to tap into there. Your probably right that you'd need a Euro BCM to do a truly OEM setup.
I haven't completely abandoned the rear fog light idea, but I'm trying to figure out a good way to keep the reverse lights along with a fog light option. Switchbacks are the leading candidates here but also thought about adding LED strips inside the lights. It's a low priority project right now so I'm letting it ruminate.
I'm pretty sure there's nothing on the harness in the rear for the rear fog lights. It requires wiring to run outside the cabin area which the Escapes do not do (at least mine without any sensors, tow package, and auto hatch). As for the headlight switch, it's all a Canbus system so there's nothing to tap into there. Your probably right that you'd need a Euro BCM to do a truly OEM setup.
I haven't completely abandoned the rear fog light idea, but I'm trying to figure out a good way to keep the reverse lights along with a fog light option. Switchbacks are the leading candidates here but also thought about adding LED strips inside the lights. It's a low priority project right now so I'm letting it ruminate.
Do they come in asymmetrical light housings? My RS Focus used reverse on one side and fog on the other. Since this was on my SVT Focus, I went with red on both sides (LHD cars in Europe had the reverse light on the other side, so you could effectively do 2 red or 2 reverse.)
Do they come in asymmetrical light housings? My RS Focus used reverse on one side and fog on the other. Since this was on my SVT Focus, I went with red on both sides (LHD cars in Europe had the reverse light on the other side, so you could effectively do 2 red or 2 reverse.)
Euro Kuga's come with both red fog lights while the ones I have are from a Ford Ecosport which are both clear. The guy I bought them from vinyled one red for me so I had one white and one red. I removed the vinyl to go back to both clear, but it look really good with the red.
I just got out from under my car. I was going to flush the coolant system. I embarrassingly could not find the drain/ petcock.
Can someone give me a heads up on where it is located? I'm thinking now it is attached by a "Y" connection to the lower hose.
Or does the front piece under the radiator...
I just purchased a Sync 3 system with Navigation, I have forscan downloaded and installed. Do i use my build VIN# on the sync 3, or do I need to find a New VIN# from not sure what year to use and write it to the sync 3. The sync 3 That I am getting is from a Ford Escape but it is not from a...
has anyone taken the doors off their third gen? I know that in the event of a collision the doors are integral to the structure but are they essential for driving down the road? will the body or frame warp without them?
cause I need some doorlessness in my life
I just got done changing the fluid in my rear differential The process is pretty easy but actually getting up there and doing it is a pain I'll include some pictures but there's a video on YouTube that goes over most of it They just don't do too many close-up shots of where you got to fill and...
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