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    hybridbear got a reaction from Toz in FFH Inside   
    And there's visual proof that the 2014 HyTi models do come with aluminum pedals!
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    hybridbear reacted to dalesky in FFH 1   
    Really nice! Send it to Eric at Ford.
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    hybridbear reacted to dalesky in front   
    Thanks man. Very common in my neighborhood.
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    hybridbear reacted to LASooner in LASooner 4   
    I started by putting in the toddler seat and went from there. But I had that stuff sitting around waiting for the car for many weeks.
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    hybridbear reacted to gadgetguy in 20130408 183918   
    Thanks! Yes I special ordered this because no one even remotely close to me had one so I ordered what I wanted. It is a stunning color in person. The pictures do not do it justice and i have had lots of complements!
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    hybridbear reacted to wailer in Driving LED Experiment   
    I got the lights here:
     
    http://www.ledlightsworld.com/95-inch-flexible-grill-led-strip-motorcycle-car-lights-24leds-p-122.html
     
    Be careful to be explicit about the length you order. I believe I ordered a pair of 21" lengths, and ended up cutting off the last six LED's from each. It took about 3-4 weeks for them to get here from China! But the price was right!
     
    These are the best I have found for automotive use as they are entirely encased in a rubberized silicone. VERY flexible and durable. In fact they are pretty much bullet proof compared to others that I've tried. The base is square which makes it convenient to mount them. They can be cut to size every 3 LED's (place a dab of silicone over the cut). I glued them to the upper lip that hangs out above the fog lights with clear silicone (tubes available at any automotive store), although a strong quality 3M double sided automotive tape would work. Silicone is easier to remove if you want to change things. I actually drove straight pins into the black plastic with a pair of needle nose pliers underneath the lights to hold them in place while the silicone dried. I decided to leave them as added support when driving over the bumps, since you can't see them!
     
    I didn't do the opposite "inverted L" as the light strip add on would be more visible when parked with the lights off. If you want to make them blend in further when off, paint the area between each LED flat black (but not the base that will see the adhesive), and they will virtually disappear and look stock. The downside I have found to doing this is that it limits the light output slightly. These are "noticeable" but not "Audi Bright" in bright sun. They really come into their own on overcast days or at twilight and into night.
     
    I pulled the bumper (directions from a Ford PDF for changing grills is on this forum somewhere), and pulled the housing for the parking light that I also changed to LED. I tapped into the wiring going to that light (positive to positive/neg to neg - make sure to test before buttoning it all back up. If they don't come on, reverse your wires. Recommend solder your connections and heat shrink them). These LED's pretty well match the 5-6000K parking LED, and will match the low beams and fogs once I convert them to HID with the same range bulbs. I did this on my Porsche, and the results were impressive. All lighting up front then matched!
     
    The LED's will throw no dash codes as they use so little power.
     
    ~Wailer
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