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Old 11-10-2007, 02:25 PM
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83 mustang with bugeye headlights. I have a new hood and front end to change to the later fox body mustangs. All I need is the headlights right?
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Old 11-10-2007, 02:28 PM
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Old 11-10-2007, 03:07 PM
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you can not ever ask a four eyed pride mustang guy that question, and I do not know the total answer of what all is needed, sorry.
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Old 11-10-2007, 03:57 PM
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i wanted to do the same but i was convinced to keep it 4eye.
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Old 11-10-2007, 04:36 PM
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83 mustang with bugeye headlights. I have a new hood and front end to change to the later fox body mustangs. All I need is the headlights right?
No No NO nO no.......you just took all that was unique about a 4 eyed moosetang and defaced it.............[:@][:'(][&:]but if you have to do it like you said you need the hood and the entire front clip fom a 87-93 mustang lx if you don't plan to put the gt ground effects on
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Old 11-10-2007, 04:42 PM
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I'd do the exact opposite, heh. 90GT to 4 eye.
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Old 11-10-2007, 07:56 PM
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Bad Beat....dont do it.
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Old 11-15-2007, 09:06 PM
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Well, I was thinkin about changin the front end to the later models or changin it to a front end like the one on 86 5.0L's stang. The 83' front end just looks like **** to me. I had the parts from when my brother changed his LX front end to a GT, so i would have the stuff for free. All I would need to do to change it to a 86 is get the front bumper? or is that different?
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Old 11-15-2007, 10:39 PM
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for an 86 all you need is the bumper, according to my chilton manual everything is the same
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I have a 1979 mustang coupe with the 2.3 l 4 cyl in it. im wanting to convert the front end to a 86 mustang and swap it to a high output 302. is it possible to swap the front end?
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