2006 Mercury Grand Marquis Build thread

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jamespate73

Ole Blue Hair
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Here is my build for my 2006 Grand Marquis. Aquired this car after my grandmother passed away and left the car to my parents. I use to daily my 2003 Silverado but tore it apart to lift it and this became my daily.

Current list of mods

Full LED swap inside and out
LED Mercury door lights
2012 19" Mustang GT Premium rims
Ford Racing 1.5 Mustang lowering springs in the rear
1 full coil cut in the front.
Marauder spoiler
Kenwood flip out headunit
2 15" l7 in the trunk.
30" light bar behind the grille.
Factory crown victoria dual exhaust with stainless works Marauder tips.

On to photos

From the beginning

IMG_4453-2 by James Pate, on Flickr

IMG_1551-2 by James Pate, on Flickr

IMG_1547-2 by James Pate, on Flickr

IMG_1539-2 by James Pate, on Flickr

1937078_10153211145817793_3793641599719946622_n by James Pate, on Flickr

13895068_10153659711732793_1594433401284115078_n by James Pate, on Flickr

Had 16" daytons for a little while

Daytons by James Pate, on Flickr

Daytons by James Pate, on Flickr

IMG_2211 by James Pate, on Flickr

IMG_2205 by James Pate, on Flickr
 
I'm not a major fan of landau roofs in general, but the combination of blue and white is really nice. I'm torn between whether I like the current wheels or the gold Daytons better.
 
RF Overlord said:
I'm not a major fan of landau roofs in general, but the combination of blue and white is really nice. I'm torn between whether I like the current wheels or the gold Daytons better.
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I agree, I was thinking 20inch chrome Daytons with the most meaty low profile tires you can mount. Yeah, I let the East Hialeah (Miami) come out of me on this one. Ssshhhh maybe even chrome 22z 150 spoke 245/35/22. Still a nice/classy GMQ especially with that blue w/white top. Im digging the urban back drop :beer:
 
RF Overlord said:
I'm not a major fan of landau roofs in general, but the combination of blue and white is really nice. I'm torn between whether I like the current wheels or the gold Daytons better.
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SOSA03 said:
Sweet ride
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Joe Walsh said:
Mike Poore would be jealous!
He had the original 'Pimpmobile'.
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Gerry24 said:
I agree, I was thinking 20inch chrome Daytons with the most meaty low profile tires you can mount. Yeah, I let the East Hialeah (Miami) come out of me on this one. Ssshhhh maybe even chrome 22z 150 spoke 245/35/22. Still a nice/classy GMQ especially with that blue w/white top. Im digging the urban back drop :beer:
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Thanks guys! Loved the daytons but they the front would rub the top of the fenders over bumps and I ended up cracking one knock off so they came back off. I love the look of daytons and wire wheels. This one is a Miami local

37689216_2231472337139412_1634439969017692160_n by James Pate, on Flickr

BAD MERC said:
..............fix the cigarette lighter.
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Ya lost me here lol But I will if ya let me know.
 
Well drove the car to Orlando last week. Good trip over all until today when I was planning on leaving. Moved the car on my friends property and my brakes felt squishy but hardened quickly after a few pumps so I didn't think anything of it. Well got to the main road and heard a weird noise that I couldn't figure out what it was. Was coming from driver rear part of the car but the car drove fine so I didn't think anything of it. Switched lanes and heard a clunk so I immediately pulled into a parking lot and looked the car over. Somehow my rear driver brake caliper had somehow came off. Not sure when I lost the bolts that hold it on but they came out and the noise I heard was the caliper dragging on the ground. Thankfully nothing was damaged and all I needed to do was get new mounting hardware and rebolt everything up.

The other day

LRM_EXPORT_142977618672636_20180924_194310006 by James Pate, on Flickr

LRM_EXPORT_142982111670967_20180924_194314499 by James Pate, on Flickr

Cleaned up.

2018-09-26_01-36-44 by James Pate, on Flickr
 
That's why brake bolts always get torqued to spec and use Loctite Blue.

If the caliper was actually being dragged, I wouldn't trust the hose anymore. Get a new one.
 
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