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It turns out the HID headlamp assemblies bolt right in, er, well, sort of. The bumper has to be dropped. The electrical connectors all fit without modification, however, there is a hang up. The igniter/ballast must appear to be open circuit because the HIDs just blink on for a split-second...

I meant the whole headlamp assembly--sorry for my poor choice of words. With the LS (late models), the whole assembly can simply be swapped out to go from halogen to HID. Only a very minor modification is required to the connector keying (easily accomplished with an X-acto knife). I'm hoping...

Hi folks, My LS is getting turned in for an '08 MKZ soon (Dark Blue Ink/Dark Charcoal). With my LS, I was able to simply replace the OEM halogen headlamp units with the HID ones with a simple modification to the connector. I was wondering if anyone happens to know if it's similar with the MKZ...

Finally took it in for its first (5,000 mile) service. Told the power train guy about the crappy part-throttle kickdowns. He ended up applying TSB 03-15-08 (listed for the 2003 model year, although I have an '06) and the part-throttle kickdowns and overall operations are much improved...

Licensed to Thrill.

I'd gladly take just 85 naturally aspirated HP per liter (a la Infiniti G35 et. al.) for around 330 HP out of the 3.9, nice and easy to live with. I figure that unless you're just pointing the car (as opposed to actually driving it) if you can't go fast with 300 HP, 900 ain't gonna help...

Man, I had forgotten all about that model--thanks for the memory jogger. We're the same age and my dad had a '69 Olds 442 that was a blast to drive...until I broke 3 valve springs in it about 6 months after I got my license. This is when I learned just how mad my dad could get without actually...

I called around until I found a service advisor that didn't just tell me "bring it in and we'll look at it." He told me that he was familiar with the complaint and there are other TBW profiles they could load into the ECM based on a customer's preference (I hope this is true!). He also knew that...

Yes. I turn the key to off, open the door and the radio turns off. The fuses are all still hot.

I have an '06. With the ignition off, power was still available from all fuses marked with switched devices, such as Moonroof, Navigation, Rear Seat Heater, etc. There are 4 fuses and corresponding relays labeled SSP1, SSP2, SSP3 and SSP4. I didn't check these--does anyone know what these are for?

Oh well, so much for that idea. None of the mini fuses back there are switched between the battery and the fuse. There's a common 12V rail and everything is energized. To clarify what I posted before, the slots for options not installed have no contacts for the load-side of the fuse. The...

Got it at Pep Boys. For anyone following along and thinking of doing the same, the "mini" size is needed vs. the size shown in post #5.

You're right, thanks! All I'll need to do is crimp on a spade lug and jump it over to the (now empty) load-side of the console socket.

This is what you're talking about, right?

Just a Delphi Roady2. Thanks for the tip on the fuse clips. If I understand you correctly, I would pull the fuse for the always on console power point (and leave it out) and jump the power point-side over to something switched (like a 20 Amp-er and ensure the draw is through the fuse) with this...