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  1. Got new Pirelli P7 CInturato All Season Plus tires put on the car Saturday morning and have driven about 250 miles so far. I only have about 15,000 on the car but I've had it with the OEM Goodyear Eagles. Every time it rains or especially snows those tires are a nightmare. I have the 18" luxury rims on the SE (235/45). The new tires are expensive and I had a good bit of tread left on the Goodyears, but I am absolutely thrilled I made the switch. PROS: Handling is a night and day difference. Way way better in any conditions, but it's very noticeable in the snow. We had an inch or two of snow/ freezing rain / slush yesterday in NJ, and the tires handled it no problem. Not a single skid under normal conditions. I tried to test them by jamming on the brakes from about 30mph a few times and while they do certainly skid/ engage ABS, I'd say my stopping distance is about 1/3 that on the Goodyears and I skid much less often. Getting going in an unplowed driveway gave me no problems either where I've had serious problems moving with the Goodyears before. Today now that roads have dried out a little bit I've noticed a difference in dry handling as well. The car overall just feels firmer and sturdier. The tires also have a 70,000 mile tread life warranty. CONS: Not too many. I do feel that if I step on the gas to get up to highway speed maybe there's a little more resistance than on the OEM Goodyears, but the tires are still better once they're up to speed. They're not low rolling resistance and I don't expect any improvement in gas mileage. Overall I'm extremely happy with the switch.
  2. Steeda makes this one: http://www.steedafusion.com/parts/ford-fusion-ecoboost-cold-air-intake-555-3174/ and K&N makes this one: http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?prod=63-2585 Not sure how well they work. There's a couple threads about them over at 2gfusions.com
  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FFO97rQZs Saw this when browsing through Fusion videos on Youtube and thought it was pretty cool. It's also from my dealer so I guess I need to watch out if this is around me :eek5:
  4. That's a beautiful car - If I had a 2014 I would have had Dark Side Titanium so I have to say I'm a bit jealous. One thing - you mentioned worrying about green - I thought dark side was a dark blue?
  5. Thanks for the video - I'll definitely be using it when I have to replace mine. Now for the all-important question - did it fix the smell?
  6. Having not initially wanted the sunroof this is like my worst fear
  7. I keep meaning to ask about this but never remember by the time I get home. How long does your A/C take to actually blow cold air out? Mine takes 30 seconds, and during those 30 seconds is actually blowing out very hot air, which seems like something's off to me. My last car ('05 Altima) took maybe 2-3 seconds. It's most noticeable when it's hot
  8. The front end looks styled after the Taurus SHO. Be interesting to see the powertrain options - it'd be fun with the 3.7L in the MKZ. And yes, the quilted leather is god-awful
  9. Reviving this thread because I'm experiencing this too. I'll be calling for an appointment tomorrow, but if anybody is interested the TSB is here: http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/pubs/content/~WT/~MUS~LEN/3598/tsb13-05-24.htm
  10. I have the 18" luxury rims - I ordered a wheel brush off of Amazon and just use the same wash bucket from the rest of my car. Maybe there's something terribly wrong with that but it works pretty well for me
  11. accessories.ford.com listed $52 for installation at my dealer which was a price that I'm sure they couldn't do. I didn't ask for the sills but I'm basing this off of a family member's experience with having reverse sensors installed on an escape - Installation quote online was about $90 and they said no way its a three labor hour job. They didn't charge three hours of labor on that job but they didn't do it for the ford quote either. Maybe its something I could have pushed but oh well. For me I enjoy working on my car, so I chose to do it on my own as a challenge. Yes, its nerve wracking working on a new car but I like being able to look at them and say that I installed them
  12. Installed the Illuminated Door Sill Panels from Ford Accessories today. Total install time was just over an hour. Standard disclaimer - I'm not responsible for whatever you do to your car as a result of these instructions Ford's instructions are pretty good, but there are a couple places where I differed from them. Most notably, I used squeeze connectors from Radio Shack instead of soldering the wires. These are much easier (IMO) and at $2.50/pack you can't go wrong. Tools Needed: 10mm socket/wrench, pliers, razor knife, plastic putty knife, splice connectors (see pic below, for 18-22 gauge wire), zip ties (included) Splice Connectors: The steps below correspond to the steps in the Ford instructions. Changes I made are in bold with an asterisk * 1. Disconnect the negative battery cable. I'd like to meet the SOB at Ford that decided to bury this under the cowl, but it is what it is. You want to do this any time you're working with electronics, and there's so many airbags in this car I just feel safer. 2-5. Start pulling panels as shown in instruction manual. They come up pretty easily and the clips are pretty well spaced. In step 5 you'll have to give the Xmas tree peg at the base of that panel a pretty good tug *6*. I didn't remove the A pillar completely. Just pull it straight out (towards the steering wheel) and let it sit there. You'll see why later. 7-10. Repeat on passenger side. Note that you don't need to remove the passenger side A-pillar Completed passenger side disassembly: 11. Be very careful here. Remove the overhead panel. The corner clips that it warns you about are incredibly fragile, especially in the back. I'll probably end up having to put some glue in there because I think I broke a tiny piece of one. This is the hardest panel to remove - what I ended up doing was getting the front loose first and then slowly working my way back but I couldn't seem to avoid a big tug that finally got it free Try not to separate the two pieces like I did here: 12. Remove the main harness connector. This is what you'll be connecting to. I also removed the secondary connector on the side to completely remove the panel and set it aside 13. The cable runs to the left edge of the headlinerpanel and loops back to the center, glued the whole way. Just work your finger under it and eventually it will come up so you can fish it back behind the headliner. 14. You're going to want to cut the black wrap back as far as you can 15/16. There are two gray-violet wires. Make sure you get the one that's in the position marked in the guide. This is where I used the squeeze connectors. There are two channels in them. One goes all the way through, so this is the one that you slip over the wire in the car. The second only goes part way, so run the wire from the sill kit into this end. Make sure both wires are centered in their channels, then squeeze the connector shut with your pliers. Both wires should be in place. Once I tested them I wrapped them in electrical tape. The second wire from the bottom (the gray/violet one between the violet and yellow-green) is the one you want to connect the red lead to, the black wire is on the top (black to black): Both wires connected: Connect the negative battery cable here and test to make sure the lights go on. Then, you can fish the harness back into place, reconnect it (after disconnecting the negative battery cable again), and put the overhead panel back into place 19. I just ran the wire down the inside of the A-pillar. There's no need to zip tie it in and this saves you from struggling to get the pegs on the A-pillar out (they're stubborn). You'll have to force the wire in between the weather stripping and the base of the A-pillar with the plastic putty knife. Wire run so far: As soon as you run wires through a point, you can start putting panels back in as directed in the instructions 21. I had to pull off the center console trim pieces on both sides to fish the wire through. For zip ties, make sure you run them around the steel frame behind the knee airbag, not the airbag itself. Zip tie location (cut the excess off): 22. I pulled a carpet peg out near the door and ran the light cable through there, then used the same peg to anchor it back in place. Final cable run on driver side: Now you're just replacing panels. As you replace them, they tend to go over the weatherstripping. I use a plastic putty knife to fix the weather stripping and force it back over the panels where it belongs. I'll post more pictures of the final result later once I get a chance to go out at night
  13. Has anybody ordered directly from Ford (accessories.ford.com)? How long did it take to get? I put in an order a week ago for dealer pickup and still haven't been called that it's in
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