Some details I have added to my car

[bigslim]

Here are some things that I have done to my car after the blower install. What do you think?

[Deebar]

Lookin' goooood slim! The front and rear badges look MUCH better, and the fender badges are a nice touch.

[merc]

Very nice slim :bows:

[bigslim]

I forgot the other ones I added.

[CRUZTAKER]

Old school badging...nice.

Wouldn't leave home without them. :up:

[SouLRioT]

nice touch. sets the car apart from the rest in a good way.

[AzMarauder]

Here are some things that I have done to my car after the blower install. What do you think?
I'm digging everything except the SVT... matter of fact... I might boldly copy your ideas if and when I get my S/C!:D

[LordVader]

:bows: :bows: Oh Slim...just too bad! Nice touches all the way around. When you get done with that money tree send it my way!

[ckadiddle]

Very nice! I particularly like the "supercharged" badge.

[CBT]

The dash sticker is a real nice touch.

[twolow]

Have you done a Dyno since adding the stickers and badges?

[bigslim]

Have you done a Dyno since adding the stickers and badges?
That is in this thread:http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17813

[Gunslinger]

Love the new front and rear badges

[NAVCHAP]

Looks great! Hope to see it up close and personal at MV III! -kjs-

[Bluerauder]

Here are some things that I have done to my car after the blower install. What do you think?
Very nice !!! :up: Are you the first to run the SVT badge on the rear?? :dunno:

[RoyLPita]

looks nice. Mine will say "special Edition"

BTW, I was expecting the steel belts to be showing from the rear tires.

[MENINBLK]

I have some mixed feelings, but this is just me.
Don't take them too hard.

The God Head rebadges are nice.
I like them and hope to do them on my Marauder.
I like the Trilogy Window decals too.
The Marauder S/C on the dash is a nice complement...

I don't care for a SVT Emblem on a NON-SVT vehicle.
It is not a SVT and never will be...

And leave the GM Supercharger emblem to the Regal please...

You should keep the exterior as clean as possible.
The Trilogy Decal says it all for those who know.
For those who don't they'll learn the hard way... :D

[bigslim]

Very nice !!! :up: Are you the first to run the SVT badge on the rear?? :dunno:
I had it on my black on too. MI2QWK4U has it on his too. I think we both them on about the same time. Here is picture of my old with my new one at the dealer.

[bigslim]

I have some mixed feelings, but this is just me.
Don't take them too hard.

The God Head rebadges are nice.
I like them and hope to do them on my Marauder.
I like the Trilogy Window decals too.
The Marauder S/C on the dash is a nice complement...

I don't care for a SVT Emblem on a NON-SVT vehicle.
It is not a SVT and never will be...

And leave the GM Supercharger emblem to the Regal please...

You should keep the exterior as clean as possible.
The Trilogy Decal says it all for those who know.
For those who don't they'll learn the hard way... :D
Thanks for imput. I did the SVT badges because I feel if SVT had done this car this is what it would have been. The supercharged badge is so no one will think about trying me. ;) This why everyones MM looks different from one another. This all I'm doing to it. When you see it person it all works.

[de minimus]

looks very nice....where did you get the dash decal?

[bigslim]

looks very nice....where did you get the dash decal?
That comes with the Trilogy kit.

[merc406]

Lookin good Darryl :2thumbs:

[bigslim]

Lookin good Darryl :2thumbs:
Thanks Larry.

[AzMarauder]

Thanks for imput. I did the SVT badges because I feel if SVT had done this car this is what it would have been. The supercharged badge is so no one will think about trying me. ;) This why everyones MM looks different from one another. This all I'm doing to it. When you see it person it all works.

Like I said earlier... I'm down with everything except the SVT badge. Not because I owned some SVTs either. It just seems like a "wanna be" badge. Sort of like the 6 cyl Mustangs that would put the Cobra snakes on their fenders. The MM (especially your S/C'd one) can stand on its own and handle most of the SVT lineup save the S/C'd Lightning and Cobra. So personally I'd dump the SVT. I will let you take me for a ride at the Woodward gathering! :D Even if you still have the SVT badge on! :run:

[Haggis]

Like I said earlier... I'm down with everything except the SVT badge. Not because I owned some SVTs either. It just seems like a "wanna be" badge. Sort of like the 6 cyl Mustangs that would put the Cobra snakes on their fenders. The MM (especially your S/C'd one) can stand on its own and handle most of the SVT lineup save the S/C'd Lightning and Cobra. So personally I'd dump the SVT. I will let you take me for a ride at the Woodward gathering! :D Even if you still have the SVT badge on! :run:
Nice Daryl, really nice. But, I agree with Kevin on the SVT badge. It is not a SVT vehicle and should not have the badge, but if you like it it is all that matters. Good job. :up:

[Bradley G]

I agree with all this,^^^ except the dash.

I did front and rear badges and IMOA sticker and s&s inserts,That would be it until the AA sticker and the Trilogy sticker.Those, I think ,;) I could make room for. great pics Darrell!
Bradley G


I have some mixed feelings, but this is just me.
Don't take them too hard.

The God Head rebadges are nice.
I like them and hope to do them on my Marauder.
I like the Trilogy Window decals too.
The Marauder S/C on the dash is a nice complement...

I don't care for a SVT Emblem on a NON-SVT vehicle.
It is not a SVT and never will be...

And leave the GM Supercharger emblem to the Regal please...

You should keep the exterior as clean as possible.
The Trilogy Decal says it all for those who know.
For those who don't they'll learn the hard way... :D

[Bluerauder]

Maybe just an "SV" ?? I think we would all agree that it is a "Special Vehicle" !! :D

The supercharged badge is so no one will think about trying me. ;)
Now what fun is that .............. ;)

[svtguy]

I did the SVT badges because I feel if SVT had done this car this is what it would have been... When you see it person it all works.I think this makes a lot of sense.
No its not an SVT but so what. It should have been.
Maybe Ford will some day get the hint if they see cars like this.
BigS, put some SVT center caps on it too if you want.
I think a few others have done that.
Just my 02.

[Bradley G]

I would have to see some correlation between a Marauder and Fords SVT lineup.

As I see, their is none.:confused:
Nothing wrong with the badge,just has nothing do do with a marauder.(yet?):coolman:
Bradley G
opinions ;just like the one I'm sitting on:D

[Mike Poore]

Darryl, you'll get as many opinions as there are folks to express them. It's your car, and it's what you want to do with it. I especially like the Trilogy window stickers.

Um perhaps instead of the Buick Supercharged one, you might want to try the SLK KOPMPESSOR badge. I think the real German word is VAPENFABRiBLOWENRACENRICENKOMP (obviously the shortened version works better) :rofl: I

[Shaft333]

I missed the SVT badge.... :rolleyes:

I do like the photographs. There is a cool style to them. And you can't go wrong with the MM as the subject.

[svtguy]

Not to beat this horse or induce flame but, I could agree with the "wannabe" comment too, if you weren't s/c'ed and killing Vettes and Porsches!
With the svt badges and a s/c you're not a wannabe, you're most likely "better than."
I know what the others are saying. Badges can get overdone quickly.
Theres a lot to be said about a nice clean badgeless sleeper too.
At least you can back up whatever badge you want to put on.

[bigslim]

Wow! I can't believe all the response I got for this post. The funny thing is I never got one comment when I had the SVT on my old black one.

[bigslim]

Becareful, They will probably turn on you too. ;)

[Fourth Horseman]

Nicely done! I'm with the others and not wild about the SVT badge, but everything else you did I like a lot. I'm surprised to say it, but I even like the Trilogy and Alternative decals on the rear windows. That looks sharp with your dark tint and all. If I ever get a S/C I'll consider something like that as well.
:up:

[DEFYANT]

Nice job Bigslim! We have yet another similarity sine I also put the same M S/C on the dash.

I am on the fence about the SVT badge. The MM should be SVT, but it aint. Did someone say GM (Chevy?) badges on your MM? Nah, I must have read that wrong. Awsome car regardless of stickers and badges!!

[AzMarauder]

Wow! I can't believe all the response I got for this post. The funny thing is I never got one comment when I had the SVT on my old black one.
But Big.. you asked ! :D If you had just put up the pictures... and not asked... I'd not said a thing!

Mine is just an opinion.. and one that was asked for. I really believe in the "you make the payments... it is your car.... do what you will!" :banana:

[Haggis]

Wow! I can't believe all the response I got for this post. The funny thing is I never got one comment when I had the SVT on my old black one.
You had badges on the black one. :eek: I never noticed at MVII, I think I might have been blinded by all the Marauders there.

[merc406]

Wow! I can't believe all the response I got for this post. The funny thing is I never got one comment when I had the SVT on my old black one.



Slim, that's the price of being different, being your own hotrodder takes more thought and balls, just wait till you put flames on her and see what happens :beer: ! LoL!!

[bigslim]

You had badges on the black one. :eek: I never noticed at MVII, I think I might have been blinded by all the Marauders there.
There were other Marauders there??

[seans]

I like it even the SVT Badge. It looks a lot better than the honda accords I see around here with the SS badges and stripes.

[Shaft333]

I like it even the SVT Badge. It looks a lot better than the honda accords I see around here with the SS badges and stripes.
Or Type-R badges? :cool4:

[wesman]

Damn fine looking Big, lot of custom touches.

[AzMarauder]

Or Type-R badges? :cool4:

Ewwwwwww......:help:

No matter what any of us think about Big's ride... comparing it to a Honda and type R badges....

That is low-rent...:D

[Captain Steve]

Ewwwwwww......:help:

No matter what any of us think about Big's ride... comparing it to a Honda and type R badges....

That is low-rent...:D
Hehe, hey Slim... how many HP did you gain with the stickers? (sorry couldn't resist)

I'm on the fence about the SVT badges too.

I think that the stock Marauder compares to a GM as a Mach1 compares to a Mustang GT. So adding the Eaton would make the Trilogy Marauder kinda compare to the GM as a Cobra does to a Mustang GT.

That said, the Marauder's a Mercury, not a Ford. It's like the honda boys putting Acura badging on their cars... in reverse.. kinda..

Mercury (if they removed their craniums from their solid waste orifice) should have their own high performance branding. My vote would be for "Quicksilver".

[Smokie]

Darryl, I absolutely love the personal touches, they make your car unique and it's not too much, your front and rear badges are the best I have ever seen. There is one item that in my personal preference I would leave out. You done a fantastic job with your car and most important it makes you happy...Congratulations. :beer:...:bows:

[AzMarauder]

Hehe, hey Slim... how many HP did you gain with the stickers? (sorry couldn't resist)

I'm on the fence about the SVT badges too.

I think that the stock Marauder compares to a GM as a Mach1 compares to a Mustang GT. So adding the Eaton would make the Trilogy Marauder kinda compare to the GM as a Cobra does to a Mustang GT.

That said, the Marauder's a Mercury, not a Ford. It's like the honda boys putting Acura badging on their cars... in reverse.. kinda..

Mercury (if they removed their craniums from their solid waste orifice) should have their own high performance branding. My vote would be for "Quicksilver".
Interesting points....

SVT is not a branding tho. SVT is a completely separate development effort or unit within Ford. From what I understand, they work with their own budget, and march to their own drummer. Of course problems do arise when they want mainstream Ford to do something to accomodate their designs. Example, when SVT went over to the IRS suspension... they had to build a design that would bolt into the existing Mustang chassis... as Ford was not going to build two chassis... one for IRS and one for Live rear axle. So SVT had to be innovative.

While we have motors that benefit from development done in SVT... our motors are not handbuilt ala the Cobra motors.

I don't know enough about the MM heritage or development effort to figure out how they compare... but I imagine, as you say, they are as the Mach I Mustang is. Ford builds the Mustang... then they have a team (Team Mustang I think) that does the specials... like Bullitt and Mach I. Then there is SVT...

So I got the impression the MM was built by a team that sort of huddled apart from mainstream Mercury and came up with some ideas that they managed to push to market. Closer to Team Mustang than SVT.

My opinions of course... any resemblance to fact is purely coincidental ! :D

[CBT]

Again, I love the dash sticker. Like the song says "It's your thang, do watcha wanna do."