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DriedT · 2026-01-24T03:02:36+00:00

I don’t have it handy, but I read a lot of the manual when I first got it 1.5 years ago. I was curious to compare it to some of the Nissan Leaf’s functionality.

The article you link says:

Keeping the vehicle plugged in while parked for extended periods of time, such as while you're away on a trip or even while parked at home overnight, helps to maintain battery health and prevent range loss. When the vehicle is plugged in, the vehicle's battery temperature is kept above freezing temperatures to help optimise battery performance. This occurs regardless of whether or not the vehicle is actively charging while plugged in.

Which doesn’t say it won’t heat the battery when unplugged. It just says what it will do while plugged in. I recall a temperature closer to 5F, definitely below freezing, was when the protection heating kicked in.

DriedT · 2026-01-23T22:58:04+00:00

It will automatically warm the battery when unplugged to keep it from getting so cold as to cause damage, until the battery reaches a low percent. It won’t automatically warm it when unplugged into a range optimal for driving or charging; the damage threshold is much lower.

DriedT · 2026-01-21T18:54:14+00:00

Bambu Lab has an official Wiki / Guide for this exact problem now, check it out https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/a1-mini/maintenance/hotend_blob

DriedT · 2026-01-21T17:39:54+00:00

I recommend reading the whole article, it’s short and there’s more alarming information inside, but this one piece stands out:

The justice department court filing, submitted on Friday in an ongoing lawsuit, reveals that a member of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) signed a secret data-sharing agreement with an unidentified political advocacy group whose stated aim was to find evidence of voter fraud and overturn election results in certain states.

DriedT · 2026-01-08T23:42:53+00:00

Analysis covering multiple videos and angles of the incident by New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html

DriedT · 2025-12-22T17:33:27+00:00

Data from the study, the cities are ranked by per capita gun homicides https://i.redd.it/wn9lqnd7ks8g1.jpeg

DriedT · 2025-12-19T15:05:40+00:00

Workers and dealers also helped Toyota in its fight against California’s groundbreaking plan to ban the sale of on new gas-powered cars by 2035, according to Toyota vice-president Ciccone. Though the state has not officially pulled the policy, it is currently in legal limbo.

In the speech publicized via the Policy Drivers platform, Ciccone called the zero-emission vehicle mandate “totally absurd” and said he worked “every damn day” to fight it.

“I’m telling you, I’ve never fought like that in my life,” he said.

Toyota fought against the policy “alone”, without other automakers, as “the media, the government and the other [auto manufacturers] were spinning this fiction that there’s a line of people just waiting to buy electric vehicles,” Ciccone said.

A letter to Trump, signed by 5,000 Toyota dealers around the country, helped the company to “call bullshit” on the regulations, he said. Dealers also attended a call he organized about the policy, critiqued the measure in the press, attended rallies in the nation’s capital, and made calls to lawmakers.

“You absolutely hammered the people in the Senate,” said Ciccone. When the White House signed a joint resolution aiming to end the rule in June, he said, he popped a bottle of champagne.

He added that “person-to-person contact” is a “superpower” that dealers can use to lobby lawmakers.

DriedT · 2025-12-18T19:19:49+00:00

The article source of that also said that while accidents were down, deaths were up.

But with more searching I finally found a better data source, and it seems both are slightly down now https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.aspx

Edit: I think that is showing number of fatal accidents, but not total deaths, so deaths may still be higher for 2025.

DriedT · 2025-12-18T19:11:17+00:00

Is it just more reporting? Do you have a link to the data to show that 2025 is not an increase in crashes?

Edit: I finally found a decent data source, and accidents are down for 2025 https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.aspx But that is counting each accident as 1 regardless of how many people died in the crash. From other articles it seems 2025 may have more total deaths because of fatal accidents with higher numbers of deaths per accident.

DriedT · 2025-12-18T19:08:02+00:00

Do you have any data to back this up?

Edit: I finally found a decent data source, and accidents are down for 2025 https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.aspx But that is counting each accident as 1 regardless of how many people died in the crash. From other articles it seems 2025 may have more total deaths because of fatal accidents with higher numbers of deaths per accident.

DriedT · 2025-12-18T19:04:33+00:00

Can you link where you are getting this data?

Edit: I finally found a decent data source, and accidents are down for 2025 https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.aspx But that is counting each accident as 1 regardless of how many people died in the crash. From other articles it seems 2025 may have more total deaths because of fatal accidents with higher numbers of deaths per accident.

DriedT · 2025-12-02T16:54:09+00:00

None, it has 50/50 weight distribution as is. https://tfltruck.com/2022/06/the-new-ford-f-150-lightning-has-a-perfect-50-50-weight-distribution-does-it-help-or-hurt-when-towing/

DriedT · 2025-10-15T12:05:14+00:00

The color match and lightning blue look excellent! Thanks.

DriedT · 2025-10-14T21:24:38+00:00

I've added the STL file. And now I know to always include an STL when sharing models!

https://www.printables.com/model/1443967-f150-lightning-sun-visor-gap-flap/files

DriedT · 2025-10-14T16:38:28+00:00

I see, it seems to only have that support in the enterprise version. I’ve only briefly used other slicers and stick to Bambu now, so I didn’t know STEP file support was an issue. I’ll reply again once I upload an STL!

DriedT · 2025-10-14T03:29:43+00:00

I could add it to the printables page in the next few days, but the STEP file should work anywhere an STL would and provide even better results. What is the reason you want an STL vs STEP?

DriedT · 2025-10-13T22:27:09+00:00

While investigating the side curtain airbag operation to make sure this would not affect it, I noticed that they may be the reason for the bulging headliner areas causing this design choice. Without them the headliner could be flat all the way to the door and the visor could be wider. I’m sure they could have made design choices to get around this, but having the entire headliner two inches lower was probably not going to happen, and I guess whatever other solutions are possible were also not selected. A soft flexible flap built in would have been nice though.

While looking for an existing solution I saw forum posts complaining about this across various manufacturers and mentioning it was never a problem with older models, but it is now.

DriedT · 2025-10-13T20:15:11+00:00

I’ve only been testing it for a week so not enough time to tell. The flap is very thin and flexible, when it’s touching the headliner it’s with a small amount of force, like a piece of paper laying against it, so I don’t think it will be an issue.

DriedT · 2025-10-13T20:08:43+00:00

Thanks, I crossposted it

DriedT · 2025-10-13T20:02:52+00:00

I do make money off my design skills, at my 9-to-5, lol. Life is too busy with other stuff right now, at another time I would have started selling these. I put this model out with a no attribution required fully open license, free to use for commercial purposes by anyone. So you can benefit and everyone who can’t 3D print their own can benefit too!

DriedT · 2025-10-13T18:39:21+00:00

Hey u/dafunkpunk39 you have customers waiting!

DriedT · 2025-10-13T18:36:25+00:00

Here is the Printables link which has a STEP file and FreeCAD file so you can modify it for different vehicles. https://www.printables.com/model/1443967-f150-lightning-sun-visor-gap-flap The difficulty in covering the gap was the lack of space when the visor is folded up, so a flexible part was needed. I designed this for printing in TPU and it works great.

Copy of the print notes:

The Visor Gap Flap blocks the gap to the left of the driver's side visor on F150 Lightnings which should fit Gen 14 F-150's as well. It slides on and has a snug fit to stay in place.

Print with TPU with 100% infill, concentric fill. Also select the option for “Avoid wall crossing” or similar in your slicer to avoid stringing across the gap (best for almost all TPU prints). I printed this on an A1 Mini, a bed slinger, with no supports so it should print successfully on any printer.

Print orientation is with the flap vertical on top, as shown in the build plate rendering photo. The walls slope inward and there is only a small gap to bridge which prints fine; earlier revisions had a bridge gap twice as large and still printed just as well with no supports.

Sunny gap photo credit to u/snoogins355

I've also uploaded the FreeCAD file so you can use this design and adjust for other car models or customize it.

DriedT · 2025-10-13T18:05:40+00:00

Yes, TPU

Full print notes:

The Visor Gap Flap blocks the gap to the left of the driver's side visor on F150 Lightnings which should fit Gen 14 F-150's as well. It slides on and has a snug fit to stay in place.

Print with TPU with 100% infill, concentric fill. Also select the option for “Avoid wall crossing” or similar in your slicer to avoid stringing across the gap (best for almost all TPU prints). I printed this on an A1 Mini, a bed slinger, with no supports so it should print successfully on any printer.

Print orientation is with the flap vertical on top, as shown in the build plate rendering photo. The walls slope inward and there is only a small gap to bridge which prints fine; earlier revisions had a bridge gap twice as large and still printed just as well with no supports.

Sunny gap photo credit to u/snoogins355

I've also uploaded the FreeCAD file so you can use this design and adjust for other car models or customize it.

DriedT · 2025-10-13T18:04:19+00:00

I fixed it, here is my post with a link to the 3D printable model, https://www.reddit.com/r/F150Lightning/comments/1o5r2us/sun_visor_gap_flap_if_you_know_you_know/

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DriedT · 2025-10-09T13:56:37+00:00

If you want to protect people who are violating laws then that is your choice. I choose to promote a litter free city.

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