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broke up with my town car

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Posted by: Nakoa

and fell in love with a cadillac.

im in love with this thing. the towncar was nice, it was the best crown vic ive ever driven, but the deville is so much more car!

01 deville

just ordered the oem wood/leather steering wheel

getting the dhs/dts grille and painting it to match
front license plate filler
oe bose cd player(if it will plug up and work with no mod. i do have the 8 speaker system.)
if i dont go with the bose ill more than likely go with a pioneer avic in dash.

Posted by: 02V8Sport

that is nice!

Posted by: NYC LS8

I'm a big fan of the DTS, it's just a shame they're FWD.

Good luck with the new car.

Posted by: Nakoa

the dts was nice, i just dont like the floor shifter. and the dhs had all the options i wanted, but i dont like the analog gauges, i wanted digital. when im done with mine, it will look like a dts/dhs. im debating on whether or not i want to paint the new grille to match the car, or do it black for some contrast. ill leave the top strip chrome.

the front wheel drive isnt so bad. i forgot it was fwd when i test drove it. no torque steer. car handles really well too. its so nice to not wish everytime i see one of these drive by while driving a town car.

ill add heated seats myself.

Posted by: Nakoa

bump for wood wheel install pic.

next is the grille

Posted by: Nakoa

this side of the forum is dead.

Posted by: LORENZOCHICAGOLSC

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Originally Posted by Nakoa

this side of the forum is dead.

Dont worry, im gonna change all that! Been part of these forums for awhile with my Mark VIII. I currently own a 00 Deville with 30k Miles, Just converted it from a column shift to DTS floor shift, Put a set of 07 DTS chrome wheels, and more to come...

Post some instructions on the steering wheel install.

Posted by: LORENZOCHICAGOLSC

ill add heated seats myself.[/quote]

How??????

Posted by: mark0101

Yes I would Like to know that too. I would love to do it on my Mark VIII.

Posted by: Nakoa

they sell the inserts online, you have to take the upholstry off your seat to put them in, then do a little wiring. doesnt seem like too hard of a job.

heres a pic of the dts grille i just put on. i started working for the cadillac dealership out here, got one of our painters to paint it for me.
ill take some better pics soon. i thought it was too much with the big crest and wreath on the grille and the hood ornament sticking up, so i took the hood ornament and put a smaller crest and wreath on the hood to cover the hole up.

i love this car! its entirely too fun to drive and very powerful.

Posted by: Nakoa

Quote:

Originally Posted by LORENZOCHICAGOLSC

dude post pics! id love to do this, especially since i work for cadillac and can get the parts asap.

Posted by: LORENZOCHICAGOLSC

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nakoa

dude post pics! id love to do this, especially since i work for cadillac and can get the parts asap.

I will post some pics soon, when I can get out and clean it!

BTW did your dts grill come with the emblem??

Posted by: LORENZOCHICAGOLSC

When I first got it! Looks way nicer now especially with the rims!

Posted by: glanga

Nice car welcome to the Cadillac side of Lincoln

vs. Cadillac

Posted by: LORENZOCHICAGOLSC

Column
Floor
Very big job to do to make this work but worth it

Posted by: Nakoa

in looks killer!!!

the grille didnt come with the emblems, if you get them from cadillac theyre going to run you about 20 a pop, since the crest and wreath come seperate. i got mine from one of our body techs who had them from an old job and never put them on. dts grille will run you about 260, you could probably get it painted for 50 bucks or so somewhere.

Posted by: The_purple_lincoln_slayer

You have sinned. poor lincoln

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

your attitude here is completely unwanted
you give Lincoln owners a bad name
i pray you leave soon
if not ill ask Joey to "leash" you

Posted by: Nakoa

getting my dts analog dash cluster soon. will post pics once its installed. i didnt like the analog clusters at first, b ut i drove a dts at work the other day and it changed my mind.

also upgraed the badging to the 03+

next up

painting the rocker moldings/ bumper moldings to match.

Posted by: ALBUNDY

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nakoa

getting my dts analog dash cluster soon. will post pics once its installed. i didnt like the analog clusters at first, b ut i drove a dts at work the other day and it changed my mind.

also upgraed the badging to the 03+

next up

painting the rocker moldings/ bumper moldings to match.

You need to change the cams. ETC knows what I'm talkin about. Hummmm....

Posted by: CadillacETC1997

lol
and tranny gearing

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