dave5711 Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Local paper did a write up the suspension work. It's vague, but still cool. The guy says we'll do a full write up on it, when it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 That's cool, but I had no idea there was a bolt in front suspensions to fit a PH? Too hard to read the article on my iPhone to get the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted May 25, 2012 Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Looks like a Crown Vic front end... 48D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave5711 Posted May 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2012 Yup. Crown vic. I had to put some channel onto the frame to make it wider. It's fairly simple:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Could you give me some more details on what you did, and model/ year of crown Vic etc... Wouldn't mind knowing incase I break down and go for the smoother ride! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave5711 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Sure. The crown vic suspension is totally self contained. It is relatively flat where it goes under the frame rails, has a power rack and pinion set up, sway bar etc.. If your frame was the right width, you could just bolt it straight on. The pilot house frame is too narrow. By about 1 3/4 on each side. Bear with me here. SO if the frame was 2 pieces of channel like this [ ] I made it more like this ][ ][ or more accurately this I I. I bolted channel to the outside of the frame to do that, then ran the bolts through the frame/channel. When I bolted the channel on, I referenced some of the existing mounting holes (for the trans mounts etc..) on the frame to the channel, Then drilled the pieces for both sides at the same time on the drill press, so they were exactly the same side to side. I had to make some brackets at the rear of the control arms too,but that was fairly easy. I will try to post a better picture tomorrow. As for years, It was early 2000's to end of production. (2010) I'm going to guess at 2003 as the first year they were like this. I was told this one is a 2004, by the guy who sold it to me. . With this one, even the lower control arms are aluminum. I thought this was a police model feature, but it turned out to be a year thing, as the newer ones had stamped steel lower arms. I don't know when the switch to steel arms was. 2006 maybe? It's still the same otherwise, and still has an aluminum cross member etc.. It's a pretty sweet piece, but takes up some space in the garage prior to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave5711 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Looks like a Crown Vic front end...48D Dude, what year/model of truck is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiftyFifty Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thanks for the info!! Love to know how it works out for ride quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave5711 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 (edited) No problem. It was a ford guy who turned me onto this. He puts them in a lot of old ford trucks pics You can see the parts I added at the rear, so the control arm would have a spot at the rear to bolt up Edited May 29, 2012 by dave5711 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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