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True story.

I think he only swapped the gearbox and got stuck with electronics. Brits do crazy swaps all the time but it always seems to be full running gear from a donor Focus/Mondeo/Fusion including the looms and ECU, mount and half shaft fabrication. I've seen V6 and I5 swaps reported as well.

All Gen2 wheels are compatible.

oh wow, I stand corrected.

I don't think there were any installed.

Gen1? No.

ELM327 canbus adapter and ForScan:

You mean turn signal repeater? Which year? Older versions are organge, newer are dull clear in Europe as well.

I know that you need to convert red turn signals to amber when importing to Europe (1996 models and onwards). If there are no amber/EU-spec OEM clusters available or sometimes people are just cheap they drop amber bulbs in reverse lights, rewire and add separate reverse lights and rear fog to meet the requirements but I think the only thing you need to convert for US spec is disconnect the rear fog light? There's no DOT spec beam to worry about like for headlights.

The top middle brake light did not as it was offset from center originally but what could be illegal about the tail lights to your knowledge?

The easiest way would be just getting generic individual connectors for all wires. Well insulated, naturally. I've always wondered why did Ford send old style tail lights to the US models while European models of the same years coming from the same assembly line were equipped with new style clusters. Perhaps overstocked old clusters dumped on a new market region. Europe needed a freshup but the US buyers were not aware of it.

They don't even connect to pre-facelift European models directly. You'll need the plug and hook up the wiring to it. For some reason the US got the facelift version (2010-2013) with pre-facelift tail lights (-2009)

The 1st Gen Connects are made in Turkey. The clamping method you describe is widely used in Europe. Not that Turkey would be in Europe but the Connects are designed in Europe..

The guy I mentioned does all kinds of conversions, even from the basic radio to Sync3 and everything between. He posts about it periodically in the facebook group.

There's a guy in Britain doing these conversions (Sync2/3) and it's expensive, to the level of the best aftermarket units.

Do the bolts look like they'd been cut?

I have had alloys on Mk1 Connect, the bolts were long enough. How much does the thread extend from the seat when the wheel is in place?

It could scratch the interior panels.

Love the G20 ❤️

Not mine.

Can't have amber lights facing forward in Europe apart from turn signals. Other than that, side only. Fog lights can be white or yellow.

No, I have a TC, I know where the switches are located, I mean is your turn signal stalk "ON" when the car acts this way?

Turn signal stalk switched?

Not necessarily. My friend just experienced this in his Accord. Went to limp mode every time at 80 mph, no other symptoms, no noticeable clutch slip but it still turned out to be just that.

Could be something as simple as the clutch slipping.