SalR

Thanks appreciate the compliment...the Grand Marquis is for my son, he starts driving this year so I wanted something safe to start him out, I figure whats safer than a full size body on frame sedan...lol...picked her up for $100 not running needing a fuel pump I believe, it was owned by an older couple, it was the wife's car and she passed away a couple years ago and the car has been sitting in their driveway ever since, the old guy I bought it from started it once a month until it wouldn't start anymore, he though maybe it ran out of gas...no such luck...not getting any fuel but starts up on spray, its only got 160,000 on the clock which is nothing on these cars, my '96 Town car had 329,000 when I sold it and the guy is still driving it! so this spring I'll get started getting her back on the road.

Sounds like a good Idea...I'd wanna practice on some junkyard mirrors first. Be nice to come up with a kit to do it with. You could probably pick up mirrors fairly cheap from a u pull it.

Idk if you ever got the dash fixed, mine is warped between the air bag and windshield also, I have an active recall for the air bag and I'm hoping the dealership can repair it while they perform the service on the airbag. We'll see...

The only thing I've found is a stick on LED light that I dont care for, I was researching replacement mirrors with the lights molded into them but haven't found any yet but I haven't sat down and really looked for them either. I like the lift arm idea, do they make a kit to retrofit them onto the car?

Not into the touchscreen HUs, I guess my "old school" is showing, it would be more convenient, but I have a Honda Pilot Turing edition that we use for "road trips" most of the time, that has full navigation, DVD player, 6 disc system from the factory, the Fusion is my personal car for me to customize the way I want. My wife drives the pilot most of the time but it's too pedestrian for me there is a million of them on the road. I like to stand out from the crowd, you don't really see any older fixed up Fusions on the road.

I was checking out the newer head units I found a pioneer FH-X830BHS I like. It's a double din, has HPF, LPF and sub control, 6 2V line level outputs and bluetooth.

That's a nice looking fusion, that's pretty much the look I'm going for, low and clean. I really like the halo projector lights and the billet grill look, I figure I'd gather the parts and do the whole job at one time (headlights, grill and side markers) I've been looking at Steeda springs and KYB struts the 1.5 drop looks good, how's the ride?

Yeah I agree about the underglo kit...I remember all the ball breaking by local law enforcement when I had them on my Honda back in the day, any of you guys ever drop one of these? I like the look but I'm afraid to screw up the ride, my Honda sat on Eibach springs and KYB struts back in the day, stiff ride but I was younger then and didn't care I was in it for the looks...I like the idea of upgrading my head unit, I bought the Pioneer because it was reasonably priced had HPF and a LPF with sub control built in. I would rather fill the entire factory stereo space with as double din setup instead of the single din and the pocket filler piece. As far as the clear markers go the set I'm looking at have an amber led that goes in them, so they will glow amber when on but will be clear when off. How hard is it to remove the front bumper assembly? I've researched replacement of the headlight assemblies and the grills and both require removal of the bumper ?

Appreciate the complements guys. Thanks for the info about the CAI, I didn't think it would make any sort power difference anyway, I would probably need to drop a lot of work into the engine to reap any benefit from it (I assumed it would mostly be aesthetics for an added "wow" factor when opening the hood), as far as the wheels go it's already sitting on factory 18s with VR rated tires, I think it would look really sharp with a 1"drop though, my other plans are a strut tower brace, halo headlights, clear front side markers and a billet upper and lower grill, maybe an LED underglo kit and possibly side mirrors with directional lights on them and Some under dash LEDs. Pretty much all the dumb crap we did back in the 90s which is the look I'm going after...lol

Thanks for the welcome! Well she's a 2008 Fusion SE With the 2.3L 4 banger & a 5 speed auto, Black with a black leather/cloth combination, so far I've tinted the windows and installed a Pioneer KEH150mp HU, I'm currently researching adding a Rockville 10" powered bass tube in the trunk, Ive also considered a set of Steeda 1" drop springs with some tower braces but with the crappy roads in Jersey IDK if I'm going to do that, she currently has 146,000 on the clock but is in 100% mechanical condition and very clean with the exception of the dash area around the airbag, I got a recall notice for the air bag and hope the Ford dealer can repair it, being she's used she has a few nicks and scratches (nothing major) I will be addressing in the spring when the weather breaks here, of course I'm looking to do a retro style 90s build with her possibly a body kit and wheel change, all my cars back then were super clean and had high wattage sound systems, as far as performance I'm leaning toward leaving her pretty much stock form for reliability purposes maybe adding a cold air kit, I just want a nice head turning sedan, if I decide to drop it I may go with a set of 20s on it. I've looked at a few body kits but haven't found any I like yet. here is a pic of the way she looks right now...

Hello I'm Sal, joined this forum to see what mods and customs are out there for the Fusion...been an avid car guy all my life and enjoy customizing my cars to suit my personality, being 52 I was involved in the early 90s car culture, at that time I had a custom Honda Accord coupe, I really enjoyed fixing her up and I'm hoping to do the same with the Fusion.