Can someone post some pics of 82-86 LX only noses. I'm converting to a 4eyed nose and what ideas of what looks like what. here is the pics i have saved already but not sure of the year of the car,so if you could name these off by year then thatd be cool!also i have a coupe and could i put 82-86 rear 1/4 windows in mine?
i really like these first 2 white ones best
peace
john
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Mr. John.... The idea of converting a aero nose car to a 4 eyed car (or vise versa) is simply ridiculous. Not only will the car never be right, it will always be a car that is half this/half that. I don't think anybody that comes up with this brillant idea of converting noses ever takes the time to think about how much money and time it actually takes to do the job. It seems like this subject comes up every other day. I made a list for yah of the parts you'd need just to change front ends to make them actually look right, and not like some child threw some parts together and called it good. Now, you can do whatever you like with your Mustang.
Conversion Parts
1. Front Bumper Cover
2. Front Bumper Impact support
3. Front Bumper Impact support arms
4. Front headlights/side markers/blinkers
5. Complete body mouldings(doors, fenders, rear 1/4 panels)
6. Rear Bumper Cover
7. Rear 1/4 windows and sail panels
8. Hood
9. Mirrors
10. Doors(i don't think you can put on the older '79-93 mirrors on '87-93 doors)
11. Spoiler(No 3rd brake light)
12. Fenders(If you car is '90-93)
13. Tail lights
Problems
1. Attaching the new headlights. Newer '87-93s only had 6 lights, '79-86 have 8 lights plus 2 more if you desire fog lights!
2. Non-matching interior/title
Now if you sit back and look at those lists and you realize, just how long would it take to do that conversion? I mean could you even find all those parts local? Or would you have to ship them all? That cost money these days. Then take in consideration the amount of money it takes to buy those parts. Let alone have them all painted to match and installed. Can you install all those parts yourself? Do you realize how hard it would be to take off your body side mouldings off the doors and not scratch your paint? Bc there not bolted on like the fenders, theres taped on. And they've been on there for a long time, i'm sure they don't want to move. Then think, is your car freshly painted? Or is it your orignal or old paint. Bc when you put a freshly painted hood on your car, it better be perfectly matched or those fenders you have will look terribly off in color.
You could probably buy and entire 4 eyed Mustang for the amount of money/time you will put into the conversion. Keep in mind that those parts i listed are only EXTERIOR!! You'll still have the wrong interior in the car amoung other things. Also you wouldn't have to deal with non-matching paint and amoung many other things. But hey its up to you!
Lesson learned today? Buy the car you want. Don't try to make it something its not.