How different is a Marauder and a CV grille ?

[hzemall]

Will a CV grille mount to a Marauder header panel ?

[fastblackmerc]

Use the search function.

[Zack]

No it will not.

[Embassy]

Will a CV grille mount to a Marauder header panel ?

Nope.:cool:

[hzemall]

Remotely close with some modifications ? Which one is bigger ?

[Zack]

Dont bother, they are not even close.
Its been tried before.

[offroadkarter]

Remotely close with some modifications ? Which one is bigger ?


MM/MGM grille is larger and different shaped. You would have to change the entire front of the car to get the grille to work. then you would lose the MM everything in the front.

[sanco]

wtf is the point in posting this on MM.net and crownvic.net?? llllllaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeee

[hot-rauder]

Marauder

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z302/blkmarauder/front.jpg

Crown Vic

http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showimage&id=10566&type=f&Picture.jpg

just look... its obvious

[hzemall]

wtf is the point in posting this on MM.net and crownvic.net?? llllllaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeee

Just to piss you off..............

Was looking for help from the people who know these cars best.............must be nice to be superior............:rolleyes:

[sanco]

Just to piss you off..............

Was looking for help from the people who know these cars best.............must be nice to be superior............:rolleyes:

no worries, you didnt piss me off, just think you are lame for doing it, no need to get your panties in a bunch...and yes it is nice to be superior, the view is great from here :D
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u232/sanco2k05/funny%20crap/motivator3249892.jpg

[O's Fan Rich]

Marauder



Crown Vic



just look... its obvious



Yeah... ones black and ones white... obvious!

[offroadkarter]

no worries, you didnt piss me off, just think you are lame for doing it, no need to get your panties in a bunch...and yes it is nice to be superior, the view is great from here :D



Welcome to superiority :D

[TAKEDOWN]

I say go with a badgeless grille from Zack!

[hzemall]

no worries, you didnt piss me off, just think you are lame for doing it, no need to get your panties in a bunch...and yes it is nice to be superior, the view is great from here :D


Why is it lame..................does everyone on here hang out there and does everyone on there hang out over here ??? I don't think so...............simply trying to get some help but anytime something gets asked some ******* tells people to use the search button (DUH !!!) or has to be a wise ass instead of just helping or not responding because they don't know the answer.........

It's that kind of bull**** that makes newcomers stay away..............welcome to grade 11............:rolleyes:

Beside............does it REALLY matter why I want a CV grille on a Marauder header panel ??? It's because law enforcement cars have the honeycomb grilles, not the marauder grilles..................and I really want the marauder head and park lights on my demo car for my law enforcement outfitting company..............same reason I wanted 18 or 20" steelies (ended up doing 18") so that it kept true to the law enforcement look while allowing me to have better performance plus something that isn't on every other car...............AND......... ..in the short time since I did the 18's on the car I had a local agency ask me how much it would cost to outfit several of their cars with the 18" for better handling.............

[Zack]

I attemted a honeycomb grill years ago and the best I could come up with is this:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x181/Marauderman1/100_4221.jpg

[TAKEDOWN]

hzemall, I think some people just believe it's a MARAUDER not a CV, so why switch em'? It's your car do as you please. I myself did not like the grille with the bright emblem on it, kinda reminded me of a zit/pimple on it's face, so I opted for the badgeless look from Zack. Boy does it look good!

[hot-rauder]

Yeah... ones black and ones white... obvious!


yeah shut up, very funny....

how's the O's doing??

Go Red Sox!

[offroadkarter]

If you have a CV, you can put marauder corners and get smoked CV headlights from ebay. ive seen them in person and they look great.

[sanco]

Why is it lame..................does everyone on here hang out there and does everyone on there hang out over here ??? I don't think so...............simply trying to get some help but anytime something gets asked some ******* tells people to use the search button (DUH !!!) or has to be a wise ass instead of just helping or not responding because they don't know the answer.........

It's that kind of bull**** that makes newcomers stay away..............welcome to grade 11............:rolleyes:

Beside............does it REALLY matter why I want a CV grille on a Marauder header panel ??? It's because law enforcement cars have the honeycomb grilles, not the marauder grilles..................and I really want the marauder head and park lights on my demo car for my law enforcement outfitting company..............same reason I wanted 18 or 20" steelies (ended up doing 18") so that it kept true to the law enforcement look while allowing me to have better performance plus something that isn't on every other car...............AND......... ..in the short time since I did the 18's on the car I had a local agency ask me how much it would cost to outfit several of their cars with the 18" for better handling.............


wow anger management... well let me help you on that too

headlights wont fit on a crown vic, the only thing that will work from a marauder on the crown vic are the side corners (with very minor adjustments). everything and anything else you need to replace the whole front end. the header panel has to be replaced along with the headlights, grille, and the bumper. now you can make a vic look very close to a rauder by taking a pair of headlights and baking them till the lense glue loosens and than you can gently pry it off, than just color the interior black, that with rauder corners looks sick!

good luck hazmat...er whatever :2thumbs:!!!

[gdmjoe]

The components that are not common between the 1998+ Crown Victoria and the 2003-4 Marauder (and would therefore need to be replaced) include ..... header panel.
headlights.
associated wiring harnesses / connectors.
grille.
bumper fascia.
The front fender, corner light openings are common though the mounting / attachment of the corner lights is different.

[gdmjoe]

offroadkarter - If you have a CV, you can put marauder corners and get smoked CV headlights from ebay. ive seen them in person and they look great.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/2206000-2206999/2206612_134_full.jpg

[hzemall]

wow anger management... well let me help you on that too

headlights wont fit on a crown vic, the only thing that will work from a marauder on the crown vic are the side corners (with very minor adjustments). everything and anything else you need to replace the whole front end. the header panel has to be replaced along with the headlights, grille, and the bumper. now you can make a vic look very close to a rauder by taking a pair of headlights and baking them till the lense glue loosens and than you can gently pry it off, than just color the interior black, that with rauder corners looks sick!

good luck hazmat...er whatever :2thumbs:!!!

Now was that so hard................

Thanks everyone .................I figured I would go with the OEM Marauder headlight because I have dealt with the cheap ebay crap and they are crap....poor lighting output and they fog up (it rains a little here in Vancouver)

How far off is the bumper ? Could it be modified ? I wanted the bumper, but it's a lot of money and a OEM one is hard to find, most off shore parts don't fit worth a damn....

I can put the honeycomb section from a CV grille into a Marauder one, so that isn't a big deal....I was just wondering how close they were as to what was easier to modify or change, the insert or the grille it self....

[O's Fan Rich]

yeah shut up, very funny....

how's the O's doing??

Go Red Sox!

... I make a funny and right away you gotta get mean and personal....
Typical Sox fan......

My comment had NOTHING to do with baseball, yet you had to turn it into an attempt to slam me, as you got nothing else..... just like neither you or I have any effect on how the teams we root for perform... but you are just a youngster, you'll learn.

[sanco]

Now was that so hard................

Thanks everyone .................I figured I would go with the OEM Marauder headlight because I have dealt with the cheap ebay crap and they are crap....poor lighting output and they fog up (it rains a little here in Vancouver)

How far off is the bumper ? Could it be modified ? I wanted the bumper, but it's a lot of money and a OEM one is hard to find, most off shore parts don't fit worth a damn....

I can put the honeycomb section from a CV grille into a Marauder one, so that isn't a big deal....I was just wondering how close they were as to what was easier to modify or change, the insert or the grille it self....

i was looking into that with a little more depth recently and well it can be modified but you have to hack off the grille groove off of a crown vic and mold it onto a marauder bumper (crown vics have a wider grille grove because our grilles dont exactly narrow down on the bottom), that is going to look like a hell of a hack job without some serious fiberglass work. i actually plan on modifying a crown vic bumper to look similar to marauder's...PM me if you want a pic of what i plan on doing...dont exactly what this floating around the net...

another problem is the cost of doing this, marauder bumper is going to run you about $400-500, so if you fwuik it up...yea ouch!!! where you can practice on a crown vic bumper and get as many as you want out of a local yard for as low as $30

[TAKEDOWN]

I got a better idea, I think Sanco & Hzemall should switch cars! :eek: :lol: :beer:

[hzemall]

Serious fiberglass work is a daily task at my shop, the problem I have is that I can count on one hand how many Marauders I have seen since 2003 up here in Vancouver, and never one up front.............so all I have to go by is pictures.....

Check out our websites and see what we do www.hzemall.com (http://www.hzemall.com) and www.garageplus.org (http://www.garageplus.org)

[TAKEDOWN]

Serious fiberglass work is a daily task at my shop, the problem I have is that I can count on one hand how many Marauders I have seen since 2003 up here in Vancouver, and never one up front.............so all I have to go by is pictures.....

Check out our websites and see what we do www.hzemall.com (http://www.hzemall.com) and www.garageplus.org (http://www.garageplus.org)

Hzemall... WOW! Badass! I like your style!!!

[hzemall]

http://www.hzemall.com/our_gallery/installs/1988_ferrari_testarossa/cover.htm

This is a custom front end we did a few years ago on a Ferrari...

[hzemall]

Marauder

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z302/blkmarauder/front.jpg

Crown Vic

http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showimage&id=10566&type=f&Picture.jpg

just look... its obvious

I might be able to take the two headers and make one.......hmmmmmmm............ .use the outer pieces of the Marauder one and the center section of the CV............would be able to make it fit into the opening of the CV bumper then......

[sanco]

I might be able to take the two headers and make one.......hmmmmmmm............ .use the outer pieces of the Marauder one and the center section of the CV............would be able to make it fit into the opening of the CV bumper then......


i would highly advise against that....there is just no way you can do it without making it structurally unsafe...

[hzemall]

there is no structual value to the car in that panel, it's in the rad support and bumper bar, it's just for mounting things too...

[larryo340]

there is no structual value to the car in that panel, it's in the rad support and bumper bar, it's just for mounting things too...

That would be correct.

It almost looks like a CV header might fit with the Marauder bumper cover. Where the header sits above the cover looks very similiar. It couldn't hurt to try if you have a CV header available.

[Marauder2005]

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/10/web/2206000-2206999/2206612_134_full.jpg






Now that looks good! :high5::2thumbs:

[hot-rauder]

I might be able to take the two headers and make one.......hmmmmmmm............ .use the outer pieces of the Marauder one and the center section of the CV............would be able to make it fit into the opening of the CV bumper then......

then your just looking for more work.... no offense but its not worth it.

[cvpiftw]

there is no structual value to the car in that panel, it's in the rad support and bumper bar, it's just for mounting things too...
In a crash there sure is.