Yep, everyone I've known that skips the road hazard, blows a tire within 30 days. And we all know here that any tire made for a 20" rim ain't cheap.
So what did you do to your SHO today!?
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Ta2dResqr
SHO Member
From an ex-tire slinger, PLEASE mention the fix a flat when you drop it off. Always hated pulling a valve core and getting sprayed or popping the tire off the bead and wearing it.
Me, too. Bought new Blizzaks for my then 6 month old sho. The same week I ran over a piece of steel destroying the tire. Tire Rack replaced it. They're the only company that doesn't charge for road hazzard warranty.
RickyRecon
SHO Member
I told the guy yesterday when they ordered it, but I’ll be sure to remind them when I go to have it put on. Good to know, that would **** me off too haha
RickyRecon
SHO Member
I think after this I’m going to order all my tires through tire rack. I looked yesterday and they overnight to the discount tire near me, and like you said warranty for road hazards, and if I run into a situation again where this happens when my tires are worn more, they’ll have them shaved too. Cheaper than what I paid at ford for the new set, but at the time I figured screw it, they’d be covered and I was having other work done at the same time so one shot kind of deal
Ta2dResqr
SHO Member
Another awesome option is to see if you have a mobile tire service nearby. Tire Rack uses ASAP tire in my area. I shipped them to ASAP. They set up an appointment. Came to my work and installed the tires while I was at work. Drove in on my old bald tires, and drove home on my brand new tires. Never lost a minute of my time. Honestly could not have asked for a better experience from customer service to the actual performance of the installation.
Zpak
Es Aich Oh!
I love tire rack. I’ve bought maybe my last eight sets of tires from them. It’s nice to be close enough to drive to them for pick up’s or installs too. If you’re lucky on timing it’s cool to watch them testing on their road coarse.
RickyRecon
SHO Member
Nice. I will definitely look into that. I just left work to come have this one put on, so that would have been ideal.
I also live about 15 minutes from them. On weekends they usually have various sprots car clubs running on their multiple tracks. Free to watch.
Tire Rack and Discount Tire merged recently.
I worked at a tire shop when I was younger, some would put in the fix a flat then just let the car sit, then come in to complain they had really bad vibration, amazing how quick that crap can make one big solid lump.
Bluezone
Tailgaters will be prosecuted.
I decided to try my hand at putting a front lip air dam on my car. It's a 2010 SHO piece. Still have some straightening to finish.
YA or NAY?
I'm thinking about blacking out the chrome trim below the bumper as well.
Do you think Chrome makes it look fat? LOL
YA or NAY?
I'm thinking about blacking out the chrome trim below the bumper as well.
Do you think Chrome makes it look fat? LOL
Phat! Doesn’t look too shabby
Zpak
Es Aich Oh!
Smoked him!
Zpak
Es Aich Oh!
I always thought body color would look good on those bars.
I took advantage of the weather being in the 70's vs mid 90's and installed an XDI Evo HPFP and Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor. This took me WAY, WAY longer than it should have.
I watched Pete717's excellent XDI install video (not counting the speeling errors -
) and thought, looks easy enough..... I was wrong. I was so very wrong. This thing was a complete PIA.
My first issue arose after pulling out the stock HPFP. I was following Pete's video and noticed that I was missing a fuel hose. I was like WTF. So I looked up the official XDI video (
) and there again was that damn fuel line that I did not have.
So, I paused where I was at and came in and started researching if I was supposed to have a fuel line and what is the use of these two adapters, a small 45 degree AN fitting and AN-to-quick connect fuel line. I was convinced that I had received a defective product after waiting 2 months for it to come in. Needless to say, by this point, I was past the beer stage of working on things and poured a nice glass of Makers and while I went down the XDI SHO rut (because hardly any info on install). I looked for pictures or descriptions of what all is supposed to be included with the XDI Evo HPFP and found practically nothing that showed these two adapters I had and only had the missing fuel line.
Fuel line I thought I was missing but was able to reuse -
Everything that came with my XDI Evo minus a few stickers -
Then it happened. I came across another video that XDI had for 2015+ SHO's (
). I watched this video and my immediate thought was those adapters are the same ones I have. Maybe I can make this fit on a 2014 SHO. Sure enough, everything he did I was able to also do. Although, removing the fuel line from the stock HPFP (the part not shown in the video @ 3:47) was awful and took me about an hour. The main reason was I could not figure out how to get it off the stock HPFP and did not want to break it, eventually it just came off. Once I got that line off the stock HPFP I then reinstalled it and focused on getting the metal fuel line to line up with the XDI Evo HPFP, this part probably took me about an hour and a half. There were multiple times I thought everything had lined up correctly and started finger tightening only to get half a turn before it would get hung up and seem to start cross threading. I had to bend the metal fuel line down and towards the front of the car before having any luck. I ended up taking the stupid thing apart to rotate it probably 6 or 7 times before I finally got it close and then was able to finally finagle the thing to where I could finger tighten the connection. Thankfully, the Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor only took about 10 minutes to install.
To install the Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor, I connected one end of my GM ethanol sensor into the stock quick connect fuel line. I then had purchased a line specially for this from Ortiz and was able to connect it to the other side of the fuel line and GM ethanol sensor. After that, I connected the power and ground for the ethanol sensor and Fuel-it adapter. I got into the fuse box and used a fuse tap for the power and tapped into one of the fuses, not sure which one, I didn't care at this point, I just wanted it to work. While in the fuse box, I noticed that there are so many connections in the fuse box that do nothing, it could be half of it's size or less. Anyways, I used that for power and for ground I simply connected it to one of the chassis grounds near the battery. As mentioned, from start to finish, I likely had 10 minutes in installing the ethanol sensor and wiring up the power and ground. This part was super easy.
Anyways, just to get it out there, it is possible to install the XDI Evo on a 2014 SHO without their fuel line and I am wondering if they have updated things to only have this setup going forward.
Another note - I am still running the GH AO for this pump and have noticed no difference at all in performance or drivability. I will be running out my tank on this setup before switching over to the E30 tune.
I watched Pete717's excellent XDI install video (not counting the speeling errors -
) and thought, looks easy enough..... I was wrong. I was so very wrong. This thing was a complete PIA.My first issue arose after pulling out the stock HPFP. I was following Pete's video and noticed that I was missing a fuel hose. I was like WTF. So I looked up the official XDI video (
So, I paused where I was at and came in and started researching if I was supposed to have a fuel line and what is the use of these two adapters, a small 45 degree AN fitting and AN-to-quick connect fuel line. I was convinced that I had received a defective product after waiting 2 months for it to come in. Needless to say, by this point, I was past the beer stage of working on things and poured a nice glass of Makers and while I went down the XDI SHO rut (because hardly any info on install). I looked for pictures or descriptions of what all is supposed to be included with the XDI Evo HPFP and found practically nothing that showed these two adapters I had and only had the missing fuel line.
Fuel line I thought I was missing but was able to reuse -
Everything that came with my XDI Evo minus a few stickers -
Then it happened. I came across another video that XDI had for 2015+ SHO's (
To install the Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor, I connected one end of my GM ethanol sensor into the stock quick connect fuel line. I then had purchased a line specially for this from Ortiz and was able to connect it to the other side of the fuel line and GM ethanol sensor. After that, I connected the power and ground for the ethanol sensor and Fuel-it adapter. I got into the fuse box and used a fuse tap for the power and tapped into one of the fuses, not sure which one, I didn't care at this point, I just wanted it to work. While in the fuse box, I noticed that there are so many connections in the fuse box that do nothing, it could be half of it's size or less. Anyways, I used that for power and for ground I simply connected it to one of the chassis grounds near the battery. As mentioned, from start to finish, I likely had 10 minutes in installing the ethanol sensor and wiring up the power and ground. This part was super easy.
Anyways, just to get it out there, it is possible to install the XDI Evo on a 2014 SHO without their fuel line and I am wondering if they have updated things to only have this setup going forward.
Another note - I am still running the GH AO for this pump and have noticed no difference at all in performance or drivability. I will be running out my tank on this setup before switching over to the E30 tune.
dave stevenson
Member
did my 6 month oil change - ( only 1900 miles) ( 5w-30) fl500 filter can't believe how black the oil gets - thanks alot Direct Injection. unplug a sunroof drain last week- crap behind wheelwell splash shield - and a couple months ago - did a partial Mercon LV trans oil change . Motorcraft LV juice
SM105K
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The most nerve racking part about my HPFP install was the re-install of the hard fuel into the pump as well. Pretty nerve racking how hard I had to crank down the nut before it finally started to not leak. Lol.I took advantage of the weather being in the 70's vs mid 90's and installed an XDI Evo HPFP and Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor. This took me WAY, WAY longer than it should have.
I watched Pete717's excellent XDI install video (not counting the speeling errors -
My first issue arose after pulling out the stock HPFP. I was following Pete's video and noticed that I was missing a fuel hose. I was like WTF. So I looked up the official XDI video () and there again was that damn fuel line that I did not have.
So, I paused where I was at and came in and started researching if I was supposed to have a fuel line and what is the use of these two adapters, a small 45 degree AN fitting and AN-to-quick connect fuel line. I was convinced that I had received a defective product after waiting 2 months for it to come in. Needless to say, by this point, I was past the beer stage of working on things and poured a nice glass of Makers and while I went down the XDI SHO rut (because hardly any info on install). I looked for pictures or descriptions of what all is supposed to be included with the XDI Evo HPFP and found practically nothing that showed these two adapters I had and only had the missing fuel line.
Fuel line I thought I was missing but was able to reuse -
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Everything that came with my XDI Evo minus a few stickers -
View attachment 84304
Then it happened. I came across another video that XDI had for 2015+ SHO's (). I watched this video and my immediate thought was those adapters are the same ones I have. Maybe I can make this fit on a 2014 SHO. Sure enough, everything he did I was able to also do. Although, removing the fuel line from the stock HPFP (the part not shown in the video @ 3:47) was awful and took me about an hour. The main reason was I could not figure out how to get it off the stock HPFP and did not want to break it, eventually it just came off. Once I got that line off the stock HPFP I then reinstalled it and focused on getting the metal fuel line to line up with the XDI Evo HPFP, this part probably took me about an hour and a half. There were multiple times I thought everything had lined up correctly and started finger tightening only to get half a turn before it would get hung up and seem to start cross threading. I had to bend the metal fuel line down and towards the front of the car before having any luck. I ended up taking the stupid thing apart to rotate it probably 6 or 7 times before I finally got it close and then was able to finally finagle the thing to where I could finger tighten the connection. Thankfully, the Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor only took about 10 minutes to install.
To install the Fuel-it Bluetooth sensor, I connected one end of my GM ethanol sensor into the stock quick connect fuel line. I then had purchased a line specially for this from Ortiz and was able to connect it to the other side of the fuel line and GM ethanol sensor. After that, I connected the power and ground for the ethanol sensor and Fuel-it adapter. I got into the fuse box and used a fuse tap for the power and tapped into one of the fuses, not sure which one, I didn't care at this point, I just wanted it to work. While in the fuse box, I noticed that there are so many connections in the fuse box that do nothing, it could be half of it's size or less. Anyways, I used that for power and for ground I simply connected it to one of the chassis grounds near the battery. As mentioned, from start to finish, I likely had 10 minutes in installing the ethanol sensor and wiring up the power and ground. This part was super easy.
Anyways, just to get it out there, it is possible to install the XDI Evo on a 2014 SHO without their fuel line and I am wondering if they have updated things to only have this setup going forward.
Another note - I am still running the GH AO for this pump and have noticed no difference at all in performance or drivability. I will be running out my tank on this setup before switching over to the E30 tune.
Everything will be worth the troubles lol.
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