If your hesitant about doing any of the repairs this is the guy you want to talk to.
GET THE HID HEADLIGHT KIT FROM THIS MAN!^^^ You will NEED an adapter to make any aftermarket kit fit your car! He makes the adapters himself along with modifying the kit to make it specific for your car. Other then that welcome to the forum. Cup holders are notorious for breaking. I'm just now diving headfirst into my front suspension. May want to check the "Does this look safe to drive" thread for part recommendations. Great looking car though man.
Thanks guys! ^^ I always appreciate kind words.
Hey man ... my parents live below Orangeburg so I pass through Columbia quite often when I head down to visit them. What are the details on the HID kit you offer??
Cool! You'll have to stop by some time. It'll be nice to finally have another board member somewhere close. Achesonm8 lives in Charlotte, and he comes down occasionally to work on his car too. I think it's like a 3-hour drive for him.
The HID kit I sell is a full plug-and-play kit that plugs right into the factory plug, and includes a set of adapters that I make, as well as a set of aftermarket HID bulbs and ballasts. I sell the adapters for $50 shipped, and the whole kit (including adapters) for $165 shipped. Although as mentioned above, if you have the Ford Halogen Retrofit Kit, you likely won't need the adapters. The other part of the kit would work for you though, since the factory plug remains.
Thanks for the welcome everyone. Below are pics of a few of the problems I'd like to fix somehow eventually.
Scratched up bumper .... looks like the previous owner bumped into something and pushed the bumper up/in a little bit.
Can't really help you there, but sometimes you'll be able to find one in the junkyard in decent shape for a good price.
Rear tail light trim sticking out a bit ... not sure whats going on with this
As was mentioned above, it may just need to be tightened up. There should be 3 nuts on the inside of the trunk behind the taillight beneath the trunk carpet.
Crappy rear window molding ... almost didn't buy the car because of this.
Unfortunately, there's not really a GOOD fix for this, short of getting a replacement window. Temple Performance sells a kit that might help you, and would be worth checking out. It'll help with the ripples, but if the rubber is dry-rotted, it won't work. Some people have actually cut the edge of the rubber off, with decent results, but it depends on how it looks as is.
The headlights look to be in really good shape, and if they are the retrofit kit headlights, then they're actually pretty rare/expensive. The last price that Ford sold them for (if there even any left) was $1900!! I've actually got a couple sets of them, one set is even brand new--never been installed in a car.
Anyway, an HID kit should work in those housings no problem, and it's something that we could do VERY easily.
No heat - I assume the blend door isn't working.
There's a very good chance that the blend door actuator is your problem. If you pull the glove box door all the way down, you should be able to see the little gray plastic arm and the metal linkage that goes to the blend door actuator. If you can move it back and forth pretty freely, it's the arm on the blend door actuator.
That's something I could help you with as well. I've done it many times, and the last time I did it, I had the old one out and in my hands within 45 minutes. If I didn't have some other stuff to do, it likely would have been done in an hour and a half. The dealership charges a minimum 8 hours to do it!
Pulls to the right when braking.
Could be a caliper sticking, or a suspension issue. I've never experienced it personally, but many people say that the lower control ball joint going bad could cause a pull like that during braking. A good inspection of all of the front suspension pieces should be done sooner, rather than later.
Driver seat motor works but seat doesn't move ... I guess the gears are stripped? I will post a video later.
Yep, fairly common. Another member on here posted a thread recently, where he disassembled the gear housing and actually swapped one of the worm gears for one of the other movements of the seat.
And last but not least, the cup holder is broken.
Another easy one. I have a whole plastic tote, full of cupholder assemblies, and assembly pieces. What color is your interior? Looks like either gray or tan from the pictures.
I'd also like to lower the car a bit but not really sure how to go about that. The previous owner said it has been converted from air ride suspension but I have no clue on the specifics. Hopefully I'll get some time to get her up in the air this weekend and peek around under the car.
It's a lot easier when it's on air. lol. You may be able to just find some T-bird lowering springs somewhere though.
I do all of my own work, and even make a lot of parts for these cars.
