Bendmac Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hello, fellow Edge inmates...hope this finds everyone hale, healthy and hearty! Just traded in our 2016 Edge SEL AWD in 2 Good To Be Blue for a 2020 Titanium in Burgundy Velvet. LOVE the color and am enjoying the upgraded features in the better trim package. Heated seats and steering wheel are proving popular with the DW and she loves the power tailgate since she's on the vertically challenged side. The rotary shifter takes a bit of getting used to but getting more comfortable with it. The list of safety features is downright impressive and am still learning those as well. The SEL was no slouch in the snow and on slick roads, but this 2020 simply feels more planted and sure-footed. I bought aftermarket rims mounted with Cooper dedicated snow tires (soft comp rubber with the "mountain snowflake" symbol, so in Oregon, they're classified as a traction control device, just like studded tires). Went down to the local car graphics shop and ponied up for a pretty comprehensive Xpel self-healing film protection kit. The cinders they use here in Central Oregon on slick roads can REALLY ding up the paint on the front and sides of the car, so this film protection should help, as well as keeping the headlight lenses from getting pitted. I had NO idea of what it took to do the film application but it is VERY time intensive...they had the car for two days! Wash, dry, wipe down, then clay bar, clean again, then film application. Overall, VERY happy with the new ride...be nice to get it out on a nice road trip once we get some miles on it and the weather improves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Welcome to the forum. Please let us see some pics of your new Edge. That film treatment sounds interesting. It's not something I've heard of before. Does it change the external appearance at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 XPel is good stuff. Congrats & welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXHoss Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Welcome, this is a great forum. I joined last year after getting my 2016 SEL. I am also in Bend, so I know exactly what you mean about the cinder! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendmac Posted February 18, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 So here's some pics of my lil Burgundy beauty in some Central Oregon sunshine (lol...between storms...another one coming in tomorrow). The aftermarket rims (Raceline) are a little "blah" but serve their purpose when it comes to swapping tires back and forth. No twice-a-year-all-day (or better) waits at the local Les Schwab store for tire changeover...takes about 45 minutes to do the swap at home. Since the car came with 20-inch rims, I went with 18-inch rims with a slightly taller tire. Bottom line is that the aspect is the same (29.6 either way), so it doesn't mess up the speedo or any of the built-in safety equipment. They installed new TPM sensors and "armed" them to the car, so everything works like it should. Got the car back today after the graphics shop did the Xpel self-healing film application. They did a nice job...all the painted areas across the front (including the headlight lenses), about half way up the hood towards the windshield, all four outside door handle pockets, the leading (rearward) edges of all four doors (what you'd crash into a car parked next to you if you weren't careful), and all four "quarter panels" (the areas behind each wheel that catches spray, etc.). Except for the hood, pretty invisible. Since it was dusty today, you can just barely make out a line across the hood where the film stops and the stock paint continues. Freshly washed and dried, hard to tell it's there. Spendy stuff (but a lot of that is the labor to have it installed) but I think it'll keep the paint in better shape. I ordered up a set of Ford OEM mudguards (courtesy of a vendor recommendation from here). Anyone else done that? If so, do you have to remove the flat deflector strips that are already on the car behind each wheel, or do the mud guards simply bolt on in front of them? They're stuck in weather somewhere in the Midwest so might be a week or so. Observations so far: I heard stories from some here that their rig was sold with no spare and no jack...first thing I checked and all is good. No plastic/foam engine cover or under hood "blankie"...reading on here from others, don't know if that was by some sort of design or simply Ford cutting costs. Not big deal for me right now. It's gonna take some time to get used to that rotary shifter! ? I have a F150 S/crew with a column shifter the the 2016 SEL we traded in had a console shifter, so it'll come with time. Autostop...don't quite know how I feel about it yet. We'll see...worse comes to worse, if I get tired of turning it OFF every trip, there are the dedicated plug-in units out there that do away with it, period. The rest of the safety stuff...the lane departure warning, the adaptive cruise control, the blind-spot monitor, etc....all nice stuff, just takes some getting used to. Our 2016 had the blind spot mirrors and that was one of the first things I noticed when sitting in this one...now I know why! Experience whispers to be to go get some stick-on ones but we'll try getting used to the BLIS and see what happens. LOL....makes me want to go out and get a new(er) F150 with similar technology so it's an "apples to apples" driving experience...NOT! ? Anyway, thanks to all who have submitted observations, tech tips and such... Bendmac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Car looks great. I like the interior. Nearly all the Edges here have Ebony interiors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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