Fresh paint, almost done

[97stscaddy]

Crappy camera phone pic... Doesn't do it justice at all. I dunno what kind of clear the guy used, but I swear this thing is shinier than the car.

I'm having a hard time finding pigtails for the new fog lights, and one of the fog lights had a crack in it so Lincoln warrantied it and the new one will be in tomorrow. Then all this crap should be on my car by Sunday. Ill get some better pics when its on.

 

[LS_Monk]

There are lots of cars that use them just call a local junk yard and tell them the number of the bulb its for. They got mine within an hour.

 

[Frat-man-du]

I think the Mustangs use the same connector...

 

[97stscaddy]

Well I held the new light up next to the old connectors on the car and they're similar enough that they'll work with some slight modification. Ive had to Dremel just about everything else to make it fit, might as well do those too. Just have to cut out a tab between the contacts and cut some slots in the sides of the outer casing.

 

[97stscaddy]

Nope I was wrong. The contacts on the old connectors are further apart. Scratch that Idea.

 

[97stscaddy]

It's finally on! I spent 4 hours yesterday evening in cold and on/off drizzling rain getting everything just right. I had to order fog light sockets off Ebay since that was the only place I could find them. Once they get here everything will work the way its supposed to.

It wouldn't have taken so long, except that I had to make a few last minute alterations to the bumper which I didn't plan on having to do, but it was worth it. The headlight gap that everyone has so much trouble with I managed to get probably as minimal as it can possibly be without Bondo or filler being put on the bumper.
It looks absolutely great! Ill have some pics up hopefully tomorrow, and I'll do a little writeup on the swap and how I closed up that gap.

 

[xarruda89x]

Nice work, I'm too dumb to do stuff on my own .. haha i have all my friends do it, they're like pro's when it comes to body work and engine problems.