MikeKiloXrayOhNiner

What year Edge Sport do you have? Is it AWD? I was really interested in the Gibson cat back kit for my 09 at first but from what I've read, it doesn't fit the 3.5L 1st gen AWD models without modifications. I'm not sure exactly what needs to be modified on it though. Anyway, the Magnaflow kit would probably be alright and it appears to fit all models but it's pretty damn pricey and from the videos I've seen, it doesn't sound as good as the Gibson kit or even some of the custom routes people have tried. (Muffler swaps, straight piping, etc...) So I'm still on the fence about all that. Leaning toward messing with some custom options rather than buying a Gibson kit and paying to modify it because then I'd be paying Magnaflow price and I can't really justify that right now. For now, and this could change but I'm thinking I'll probably just start piecing together brake stuff for the next project. That way, when I finally get around to buying the wheels I want, everything looks good behind them. Good responsive brakes and lighter wheels are good for performance regardless. Still thinking Stoptech drilled sport rotors, Hawk HPS pads, stainless brake lines, and new caliper hardware kits are going to be next. We shall see. Going to take a while to buy all that stuff. I'm not really going to be in the position to do any car mods for a little while anyway. Once I got all that stuff and the wheels on someday, it'll be time for some "go-fast" stuff.

Handling and drivability improvements across the board in my opinion. Substantially reduced body roll. Takes curves and corners exceptionally well for what it is. I definitely recommend it to those who appreciate these kind of things in a crossover SUV. (Some people like the SUV characteristics more and wouldn't want it to drive more like a car.) It's a subtle appearance change for the better in my opinion but I see that as a bonus given the awesome handling benefits.

Tackled another minor project today... I know I said in my post above above that I wanted some 4" black exhaust tips but the best I could find that'd bolt right on to the Stock tail pipes were 3". I also didn't like how low the tips sat in the stock bumper exhaust cut outs which was part of the reason I wanted 4" tips. Well I put the new 3" tips on and they were still sitting low but even more noticeably. So I got three shorter than stock rubber exhaust isolator hanger thingies and replaced the stock ones in order to pull the whole rear exhaust assembly up closer to the bumper. They sit pretty high and tight now. See below: Before: After: Before: After:

Ok... here's some before and after the new H&R Springs pics as promised. The sun is in a different spot but I tried to replicate the "before" shot as best I could. Here we go... Before: After: BOOM!

Well it took a lot longer than I expected to find the time to get the H&R springs and new KYB shocks and struts installed. But it finally happened last night. The MKX's stance already looks a lot better in my opinion. I have an appointment set up for a four wheel alignment on Monday and she's getting detailed on Wednesday so I'll put up some new pics soon!

Took a 1/2" drive T60 Torx and ground some of the middle out like so... Put it on an impact driver and spun it over a bench grinder until we got the shap we needed. Hit it with a little black paint to keep the rust off it.

I'm interested if you still have these.

Ju got pics mane?

Super old thread... Lol Hey I'll chime in... I replaced our left rear wheel bearing last year. They're pretty notorious for going bad. I wanna say we had 65-70K miles when it started humming which gradually got louder over time until it turned into more of a grinding sound. They're kind of tricky to replace. We had to modify a torx impact bit to get it out and replaced.

Can't wait to hear the vids man! Let us know how it works out. I spent a couple hours listening to exhaust vids on YouTube tonight. I still don't know what I want to do.

KYB Excel-G's just showed up. Hoping to get this sucker lowered next Friday night or Saturday morning and aligned the following Monday after it's had some time to settle a bit. Can't wait!

Might be worth a try... I guess I'm wanting to make sure the end result is more like a V6 mustang and less like a fart pipe. That SHO sounds ok but it's a turbo car and it probably had better sounding mufflers from the factory than mine did.

Wellllllllll...... Yeahhhhh...,, But.....