Nick Halstead

Probably not. Would probably need the whole knuckle and then you would have to make sure the rims cleared them

80 degrees and rain everyday. Im pretty sure mine are fogging up daily. I have only caught it on its own twice. Though I recreate it everytime I wash my car in the afternoon. I also foresee a lot of taillight issues popping up when some of these colder climates get warmer weather.

My 13 started having that issue on the previous update. It did it probably 4 times in less than a year. Just unplug the battery and then plug it back up. No wait time. I tested waiting and now waiting.

Actually, I'm wrapping all the chrome/silver to 3M Dragon Fire Red.

HIDs/LEDs in halogens kinda do the same thing with creating more foreground light instead of shooting the light where you need it

You're not gonna really a notice a difference when driving with a 21 or 20in rim. A 19 and 21 yeah. Personally I wanted the 21s and AWD but I wasnt waiting for one to get shipped to Hawaii.

Not a problem, Here's a good source of material to look at on your own time also, an amazing lighting company http://www.diodedynamics.com/store/research-1.html

Each bulb type requires specific reflective properties to aim the light. Halogen works best in Halogen reflective lighting, HID works best in HID housings and LED in LED housings. People assume that their HIDs are brighter than there old Halogens when they swap because the bulb characteristics have changed and the housing cannot properly aim them and usually create a ton of foreground light. This makes the swap seem brighter because honestly, it is but it's not putting the light down the road where you want it. I call this the "flashlight in front of face effect" because everything is focused right in front of you with no distance. As far as Halogen bulbs, Philips Xtreme Vision and GE Nighthawks are highly recommended in the retrofit community A visual of "flashlight in front of face"

I can manually recreate this myself while washing my car though it generally evaporates as quickly as made it happen too

I swapped in a 2015 interior... Kidding, i was doing my thorough cleaning. I have since upgraded to a 15 sport

Thanks for understanding. Lighting is a touchy subject and people think just cause things plug in, that they will work the same and it doesn't work like that.

Thanks guys. Now there are better halogen bulbs on the market but usually the better the bulb the shorter the life.

Does your doork lock by touching the lock part of the handle?

could be affected by different temps the turbo is at..etc

just start unbolting things. It's not really hard, I honestly can't walk you through it but the 13 is a lot easier than my 15!!

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yeah Foreground illumination is a false sense of lighting to the unknown. Those who put plug n play kits in and are like. My lights are 10x brither now!!! No buddy they just focus the light directly in front of the car now instead of throwing it down the road where you need it.

Was going to post this in my vinyl thread but didn't know how many people would actually see it anybody have a diagram or can make a video of removing them? They do pull out a little but it seems like there is a bolt holding them behind the airbag cover and I don't want to go yanking things out and break more stuff.

Well if you have seen the gallery or are a member of the FEWW facebook group, then you know I'm wrapping all the chrome/gray pieces red. Today I started the tear down.

wish I saw this before I started, though DO NOT PULL THE 1ST TRIM PIECE LIKE HE DID! his has already been removed so it comes off pretty issue, it will snap if you pull it like he did...lol. Don't ask how I know!

Part # will be on the part. I haven't dug into the ford parts website yet but it should be under the bumper section

FWD here, simply cause well...awd isn't that big in Hawaii. neither are vista roofs.

That looks horrible. You shouldnt have such prominent hotspots with HID. The objective is to evenly spread the light not focus it on 2 direct spots. Granted thats something you can't fix without swapping to a HID projector.