1982 Ford LTD-S 351W Police Car

[Brown_Muscle]

I decided to put 1" spacers on to fill out the wheel wells better. It was a good choice visually I think. It also made the handling, steering, and even the ride a little better as well... who would have thought. The last picture doesn't show the stance as accurately, but I thought it looked good there.



Speedway had some "garage sale" aka open box 175 rear springs for cheap, so I bought them. Now that the rear wheels are further out, it just doesn't look right with the wheel well above the top of the tire. I figure they are easy enough to swap, so I'll see how i like them. If handling doesnt suffer and ride quality gets better, I'll count that as a double win.

[DerekTheGreat]

Cool car, slick tops are groovy. Brown just makes it ultra sexy.

[packman]

Those wheel spacers make that car look better. Very nice! Is the (Acura?) behind it your daily?

I left the spacers on my Mom's CV when I temporarily put the old American Racing slot wheels on there and I am liking the look.

[Brown_Muscle]

Thanks! These cars definitely look better with the wheels a bit wider. I'm not a huge fan of the tucked in style they had for years and years

The Acura is my "winter beater", i generally daily it 3-4 months out of the year, otherwise the LTD is my daily driver.

[packman]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^smart move! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Brown_Muscle]

I noticed someone on here installed a front lip...and then i saw it again on facebook by someone else. Decided to go ahead and do it for $37 shipped.



I think it looks okay... there are so many random protrusions on these cars that another one doesn't look terribly out of place. It doesn't seem any more stable at 70-75, however after a 20 minute highway drive my TPS is about 1% lower when cruising...so perhaps i can eek out a bit better gas mileage. I'll be sure to see on my next larger trip.

[87gtVIC]

Is this the chevy truck font lip type?

I was heavy into doing one (with fog lamps) but never ended pulling the trigger.

[sly]

That MPG mod yo!

[Brown_Muscle]

Is this the chevy truck font lip type?

I was heavy into doing one (with fog lamps) but never ended pulling the trigger.

Yes it is, I got it on Amazon. Figured it was worth a try for the price. Since I have smooth bumpers I decided to go with the smoother version

Hopefully pick up some MPGs!

[Arquemann]

Looks pretty good! Especially from the front it looks like it could belong there, not so much from the side.
That's why I did this very quick paint edit. Crude but maybe you can see my idea of how it ties together way better?

[Brown_Muscle]

Looks pretty good! Especially from the front it looks like it could belong there, not so much from the side.
That's why I did this very quick paint edit. Crude but maybe you can see my idea of how it ties together way better?

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100% agree! I was thinking of something similar, but going straight instead of angled upwards. I like your design better after seeing it though. The tricky part will be curving it inwards behind the lip

[Brown_Muscle]

So i got inspired...it was a bunch of work, and i only got one side done. but i think it'll look good

[Arquemann]

Well that was fast! All colormatched it'll look perfect.
That piece is way better than anything I would've imagined. Getting the bends on plastic sheet might be way harder.

[slack]

That looks fantastic! Really fits nicely.

[87gtVIC]

Make a good template of that and I am sure you can make a couple of bucks either selling the template or even manufactured pieces. That is going to be really nice Phil.