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Discuss the Ford Panther Platform here:
Grand Marquis
Crown Vic
Town Car
Marauder (as if any of you poorfags own one)
My question to start off is what tires are best suited to this car? I have Michellin Defenders which are OK. They last a long time, but completely suck in the winter, so much that I had to buy snow tires, which transformed the car. When I go to buy new tires, what should I get?
On the plus side, the Michellin Defendes probably have 50% tread life left at least and I've got 40,000 miles on them. Running them as summer tires, I probably will never have to buy more. It is a 1999 Crown Vic in Michigan; it's not going to last forever. Does have very little rust though.
Also wondering what makes the suspension so robust ( hear so many panther owners brag about it)
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Pic related is of the Defender tires referenced in the OP. They are about $100 a piece for my car. That puts them about in the middle of the tire spectrum. They are a step above the Michelin Symmetry tires that came on many Panthers from the factory, but below something nice or sporty like Michelin Pilots.
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>Marauder (as if any of you poorfags own one)
I think there's one anon who has a red one, or maybe it was grey, I dunno.
>implying I want to fuck with the 4v's shit instead of being happy with the slow 2v outliving the known universe
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>>17374587
I thought Marauders only came in black.
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>>17374710
If I remember right, 2003 was black only, but 2004 had a couple other color options including silver and dark blue. Not sure if red was an OEM option at any point but I've seen it on a couple of them and repaints exist.
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>>17374587
Are 4 valves really less robust than the 2 valve version?
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>>17375189
The motors are finicky to get running to spec and expensive to work on. The chain guide tensioners are prone to slack almost out of the factory which is *just* enough to put the timing off and make the motor run poorly enough that you'll be chasing the issue for months unless you know what it is. There's a LOT of differences between years and cars with the 4V engines, and the B and L head versions, you can't just swap stuff around like a Honda motor.
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