I agree, for a vehicle that costs over $30,000 fully loaded it is awfully light on expected/nice to have luxury features............

~John

 

I really don't think the $30k price point is even remotely a "luxury vehicle" these days... heck, even our Ford F-150 Supercrew 4x4 pickup was over $30k, and that was back in '01 with nothing special except leather seats.

For luxury, you'd need to fork over the extra moolah and buy a Navigator or something -- base price $45,755 (for an '07).

 

Its not that fishy actually..... For makes less money on the hybrids profit wise..... Thats been reported somewhere... they use some of their normal profit to cover part of the extra cost because they didn't think the full cost could be passed on to the consumer.

 

Good point, I know what you're saying(I work in the car business)

There are plenty of cars available in the mid twenties that come with things like the outside temp mirror however. Heck, I sold an 07 Ford Taurus last week that had that feature + heated leather seats, moon-roof, lighted cruise buttons & a bunch of other stuff for under $20,000.

~John

 

[quote=jmorton10;107889]That was probably me, I added a console from a sunroof equipped Escape to my 05:

Console shown here

& an overhead DVD system with wireless headphones for my kids in the rear:


John, where can I find a console like that, and how does one get that installed with power to it?

Noel

 

I bought it off ebay, but it is a stock Ford console from an escape with a factory moonroof.

I ran power wires through the headliner from the existing dome lights.

~John

 

Hmmm. How did you run power wires thru the headliner? Did you have to remove the headliner? Sounds difficult to do n not ruin, but then again I haven't done much in the way of this sort of thing in the past.

So you are thinking it is a part I could possibly obtain from Ford?

 

All I did was remove the existing dome light & fish the wires to the front with a coat hanger(I didn't remove the headliner)

I'm sure you can buy the part from Ford if you want.

~John

 

John,
How do you plan to add the DVD player/monitor with the factory moonroof? Since ours came with the moonroof, I figured that I'd have to do headrest monitors in a few months when my son is old enough to appreciate TV like his daddy. I just couldn't figure a way to do an overhead unit as there will be nothing to support the unit except for the flimsy headliner and you can't mount through that to the roof b/c that is where the moonroof slides when it is open. I don't think there is much clearance inside the headliner so I don't even know if you can fabricate some kind of support within the headliner.

 

You're right Tim, this will be a bit of a challenge, I have a couple ideas that I think will work however. I will remove the headliner & fabricate a support to stiffen & support it, I'm pretty handy with this kind of stuff.

I agree, the headrest setup is probably the way to go for most people if they have a moon-roof but I'm determined to get that same roof setup to work again as I love the unit.

I will post the results after I get it installed, but I'm awfully busy at work so I'm not sure when that will be.

~John