Aftermarket mods?

[HotrodLinkin]

What have you guys done to your Corsair regarding personalizing ideas?

 

[syl]

Nothing yet, though I do have ideas. We got ours made to order so it's really already quite nearly exactly as we would want it. We flipped around the head restraint on the passenger seat. Does that count as customization?

It's a standard and I would like to have the fog lights from the reserve, (with the correct lighting control panel that entails) so that's likely to be the first to get done. I'd also like a set of rear seat release buttons near the trunk lid button on the lighting control panel. That's going to require at least a little creativity, but I think it's doable. Some speakers in the cargo area would be nice but I haven't yet figured out how I might do that.

Oh, and a "Striped Tomato" stripe along the sides, but my S.O. is drawing the line on that one, so that might not happen... ;-)

 

[HotrodLinkin]

Wow, some challenging ideas there! Do you have the service manual to tackle opening up the components? I wouldn't know where to start....

Got the weathertech liner... fits perfectly. I might do a pin stripe, car is black on black so just about any color. I want that sinister look!

 

[bbf2530]

Wow, some challenging ideas there! Do you have the service manual to tackle opening up the components? I wouldn't know where to start....

Got the weathertech liner... fits perfectly. I might do a pin stripe, car is black on black so just about any color. I want that sinister look!

Hi HrL. Not sure what types of "Aftermarket mods" you are thinking about. Just keep in mind the Warranty ramifications of "opening up components", if you should have a problem with that component or related systems later.

As an example: if you add the fog lights or rear seat control buttons and later have any sort of electronic/electrical issue that can be even remotely connected to the modification, Lincoln would be within their contract rights to deny a warranty claim.

Lincoln/Ford Warranty the vehicle exactly as it came from the factory. So any modification may/will have warranty ramifications if it can be connected to a problem/issue later. Not saying this will always happen, but it is something to keep in mind.

Not trying to discourage you from modding your Corsair. Just making the information known so you can make educated decisions.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

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[syl]

Wow, some challenging ideas there! Do you have the service manual to tackle opening up the components?

Yes, I do have the service manual, and it certainly helps in identifying where things are, and how to get to them. I also have the Ford diagnostics software, which can be licensed by the day for a rather reasonable price, so if I need that for anything I won't be stuck.

bbf2530, I'm not concerned about warranty just yet. I haven't even started gathering components, so it's going to be some time before I make any changes at all, and as I note above, I do work from the service manual, so I'm not just arbitrarily cobbling things together, or hacking them apart. I have some idea what I'm doing. Cars have been modular for decades, and this won't be the first car I make mods to. And no, the manufacturer won't warranty items I've modded. I won't be changing the crankshaft or modifying the transfer case.

In fact, I'm not sure any mods will be made at all before next summer, at which time I'll have been living with the car for most of a year, I'll have done some maintenance on it a couple of times, and I'll have had a chance to determine how much of an undertaking any of these ideas might be. (for example, for the fog lights, is the correct wiring harness already there? It was on my last car; All I needed to do was buy fog lights and a different turn-signal switch, where the fog light control was, from a dealership, and plug them all into existing wiring in the car. There was no warranty on those fog lights, but they worked fine for me for most of 16 years, and I hadn't changed anything that affected warranty on the car.)

 

[HotrodLinkin]

Excellent. Regarding the 'stop/start' feature, that PAC harness interface installs behind the center of the dash according to the other thread on this forum. Searching your manual, can you tell if the bezel pulls off with a pry tool, or are there threaded fasteners? I suspect the former as the steel wedge clips are the rage now. Thanks!

 

[syl]

Are you talking about the "Autostop eliminator" device in auto stop eliminator ?

According to the installation instructions on the web site, you install it to a harness just behind the OBD connector, not behind the dash. Most of the trim panels in the footwell area typically come off with trim (pry) tools, but I haven't checked my manual for this car specifically yet for that. I can check later if you still want.

Honestly, I don't understand why people are so stuck on eliminating this feature. I'm quite pleased with it, and have established a routine with the car that permits me to have the car started just a moment before I'll need to be moving again. If I'm in "stop-and-go" traffic, where it's harder to predict when you need to go, I reach over to the driver aids button below the center screen, and disable auto-stop, but I don't *live* in stop-and-go traffic, so most of the time I'm happy for the peaceful silence when the engine stops. Peaceful silence is one of the main reasons I bought a Lincoln.

 

[HotrodLinkin]

Got it, I am getting used to it.... Had the car less than a week now. I'm coming from a corvette, so I am not affected by exhaust note of a 2.0l power plant!

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[syl]

I'm coming from a corvette, so I am not affected by exhaust note of a 2.0l power plant!

Had I come to this car from a Corvette, I sure would be affected by the sound of the 2.0 ... The Lincoln is about comfort and relaxation, after all. In my own case, every car I've owned has been 4-cylinder, and this one isn't even the smallest engine I've owned (though it's the smallest I've had since 1991), so it isn't that the sound *bothers* me, so much as the ability to not have any sound is really desirable to me. In fact, for a small 4-cylinder, I find the 2.0l ecoboost is actually quite quiet as it is.

 

[felixmendel]

I added a Dashcam. It was easy to route the wires under the glove compartment, hide them in the door trim, hide them in the front pillar, then hide them in the windshield-roof joint.

 

[HotrodLinkin]

I added a Dashcam. It was easy to route the wires under the glove compartment, hide them in the door trim, hide them in the front pillar, then hide them in the windshield-roof joint.

Any pics? Right now mine is dangling across the windshield

 

[felixmendel]

Any pics? Right now mine is dangling across the windshield

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[felixmendel]

Here is a video on how I routed the cable for my Garmin dashcam.

 

[syl]

Ha! We might be neighbors! I take it this video was done in the parking lot of a strip mall, possibly not far from where I live!

 

[HotrodLinkin]

Here is a video on how I routed the cable for my Garmin dashcam.

Really clever, I like it. I run mine on the glass way to the right and as close to the top of the dash as possible. So, I can use your idea to that point. It is not in the way of anything at that location. It works great aimed just over the hood. Keep your ideas coming!

Jerry

 

[Macsterguy]

Are you talking about the "Autostop eliminator" device in auto stop eliminator ?

According to the installation instructions on the web site, you install it to a harness just behind the OBD connector, not behind the dash. Most of the trim panels in the footwell area typically come off with trim (pry) tools, but I haven't checked my manual for this car specifically yet for that. I can check later if you still want.

Honestly, I don't understand why people are so stuck on eliminating this feature. I'm quite pleased with it, and have established a routine with the car that permits me to have the car started just a moment before I'll need to be moving again. If I'm in "stop-and-go" traffic, where it's harder to predict when you need to go, I reach over to the driver aids button below the center screen, and disable auto-stop, but I don't *live* in stop-and-go traffic, so most of the time I'm happy for the peaceful silence when the engine stops. Peaceful silence is one of the main reasons I bought a Lincoln.

I simply do not like auto stop anything...

The Auto Stop eliminator does not function properly. The owner of the company is a very nice guy and was nice enough to allow me to beta test the auto stop eliminator for him. He sent me four versions and only the first one worked but only partially. I decided to keep that one which does in fact eliminate the auto stop but you cannot turn it back on without removing the device. He was going to keep working the problem and had even gotten a corsair on his end but still wasn't able to get it working the last time we spoke...

The other company who knocked the Stop Eliminator product off called "Auto Start Stop Eliminator was the first one I tried and it never did work. I returned it. He was selling the same one used for the Ford Escape and it simply did not work in the Lincoln Corsair...

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[ForgedCrank]

Here is a video on how I routed the cable for my Garmin dashcam.

You really should consider a hardwire kit for that to completely fix that.
I have them in my cars and you can't even see the wires since they terminate on a fuse tap under the dash, none of that parasite USB console cable stuff in the way.

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