hey everyone! i am new here and just picked up an 85 sedan deville last night. I just got back from dropping it off to start being worked on! I have lots of plans for this baby ;) anyway does anyone know where i can get a rolls royce grille that would fit it as well as a chrome steering wheel? please let me know if anyone can lead me in the right direction for aftermarket parts :)

hey everyone! i am new here and just picked up an 85 sedan deville last night. I just got back from dropping it off to start being worked on! I have lots of plans for this baby ;) anyway does anyone know where i can get a rolls royce grille that would fit it as well as a chrome steering wheel? please let me know if anyone can lead me in the right direction for aftermarket parts :)

:welcome: Congrats on the car. Be sure to post some pics of yoursel.., er, um I mean your car, ya that's it. ;)

LOL LOL ya know alot of you guys are curious about a girl around. so here i am :)

LOL LOL ya know alot of you guys are curious about a girl around. so here i am :)

:worship: So what else do you plan to do to the Caddy?

OH boy lots of things :) right now it is like a brown with tan inside. but like i said i brought it to the shop this morning, to get painted. it will be purple with ghost patterns all in it and i am putting a full carriage style roof on it! then the inside will all be re done as well. it will be different shades of purple leather. i am having the head rests made bigger to fit some tv's in it. a plexi-glass system will be in it. i already have the rims ordered as well, wires of course! and the last thing will be the hydro's! this was kind of a last minute thing. me and my dad had been talking about getting one for quite some time but like a 67. well we saw this one yesterday and couldnt turn it down. for $1200 it was the best deal i have ever come accross! i think that's about all i want to do to it. Oh and the front end rolls royce style! after it's all done, its play time for me and the caddy! i have to think of a name for her now though. it will all be done by december the latest. that is the deadline. and i forgot this morning to take pics of it before any work was done. so i will have to go back and get some before he starts on it. once i get them i will have to take pics all through her makeover!

oh the only thing wrong with the car is that the gas thing dont work i dont think! i filled it up last night and it still says E. ???????????????????????????????? any ideas?

oh the only thing wrong with the car is that the gas thing dont work i dont think! i filled it up last night and it still says E. ???????????????????????????????? any ideas?

Maybe the sending unit? I'll do some checking.

Ralph, you're not flirting are you. :devil:

Ralph, you're not flirting are you. :devil:

:shhh: Don't tell Natasha. :p


Just trying to be helpful. :want:

LOL ralph never posts in the techie sections... He saw GIRL!! Remember what I said!! ;)

Have you chekced our sponsors for the grille...... Id see if they have it, we have a nice lineup of people to get stuff like that from.....

And yes, it is the sending unit... its possible maybe the connection is bad or something, but it may be the actual float on the fuel pump.....

LOL awww he was just being nice, not flirty! don't pick on him LOL! thanks for the info on the fuel thing, where would i find the sponsor things, for the grill??? thanks again everyone :)

On the main forums list, youll see a list of supporting vendors.. there will be a description of each and what each provides.....

One nice upgrade is getting 2000 and later rims and vogue tires, especially with that new paint job. :)

LOL ralph never posts in the techie sections... He saw GIRL!! Remember what I said!! ;)

You be nice to the poor little polite Canuck. :crying: It's bad enough that I have to deal with all you angry Americans because yer all tense about the upcoming elections. :D :hide: , eh? ;)

LOL! I havent picked on you in a while ralph, you were getting used to it!!!

i finally posted before pics of the car in my newbie here thread in the new member intro. well i will make it easy, here is the link :p
http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=146248#post146248

nice...here, this may give you some encouragement.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/569881


please enjoy.

jeez how many different ones do you have? and whats with all the skeletons and stuff? lol sorry just being nosey. :p

nice...here, this may give you some encouragement.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/569881


please enjoy.

Awsome Mike! Have you had any problem with paint peel on the plastic part of the air cleaner assembly?

paint peeling and flaking is not a big problem as it is high-heat paint. however, if you leave oil and other fluids or nic it with a tool, there may be some flaking. the skeletons are just part of my rather strange personality. (probably caused the ex - insert "kiss of death" here - girlfriend to run around with some guy with the bmw). oh, BTW, did i mention how much i hate bimmers?

ps. thanks for the nice replies.

Nice Caddies Illumina...how many have you owned total? Yea man, those skeletons are pretty creepy.

but not as creepy as this 'skeleton'!!

Creepier 'Skeleton' (http://www.frailart.net/members/z0mbi/skeletor_gay.jpg)

Nice Caddies Illumina...how many have you owned total? Yea man, those skeletons are pretty creepy.

but not as creepy as this 'skeleton'!!

Creepier 'Skeleton' (http://www.frailart.net/members/z0mbi/skeletor_gay.jpg)


funny............................................. ...................................... :hmm:

ok now i understand the skeletons now :) very understandable actually. but there are plenty of fish in the sea :p you know you asked me what i look like and i showed you, so what do you look like? what do any of you boys look like?

ok now i understand the skeletons now :) very understandable actually. but there are plenty of fish in the sea :p you know you asked me what i look like and i showed you, so what do you look like? what do any of you boys look like?


dont worry, im rather ugly. see my avatar? that is close to what i look like.

lol oh ok

ok now i understand the skeletons now :) very understandable actually. but there are plenty of fish in the sea :p you know you asked me what i look like and i showed you, so what do you look like? what do any of you boys look like?

Fair is fair I guess. You would have to pm me your home addy, then I can send a pic of me because it's on disc and for some reason I could never get those upon this site w/o help from Wes and and Sandman.

well hun, i hate to burst your bubble but your'e heading for disaster, i have a candy and flaked 85 coupe with a e&g grille, i was going to juice it but there are a few problems, number one being that the front struts will have to be made exactly right, if it lifts too high, your c/v joints will pull right out of the tranny, i mean you could get around this by welding chains in to limit suspension movement, but who the hell wants to hear jingly ass chains rattling all the time unless you have it locked up

the other problem is in the rear suspension, its simple to juice but you will end up with bent a arms and really bad camber, so you will have to have custom ones made, and well thats just not cheap, trust me, i have homie who went through 4 sets of rear a-arms in two years, no matter how you reinforce them, they still bend, these were done in 1/4 inch plate and they still bent, i wouldn't lie to you, its just a warning, i'm going to bag mine cuz i love a cadillac ride, and its a simple bolt in project,


here's my coupe http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/shredder130/my%20car/c37e01d3.jpg
good luck with your project, :D :welcome:

[QUOTE= what do any of you boys look like?[/QUOTE]

me chilling at my homies crib

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/shredder130/my%20pic/Img_0178.jpg

Nice Caddies Illumina...how many have you owned total? Yea man, those skeletons are pretty creepy.

but not as creepy as this 'skeleton'!!

Creepier 'Skeleton' (http://www.frailart.net/members/z0mbi/skeletor_gay.jpg)

this is even creepier!

theambiguouslygayduo.gif

shredder- thanks so much for the info! we recently decided on bags instead of hydro's. with the look that we are going for, it would make better sense anyway :)
illumnia- LOL thats a funny pic, but it doesnt look anything like your avatar ;)

Hey Purpledeville, I have a 93 Deville and a 73 Buick Electra 225, and I want to put Bags on both. would you also send your info on thos bags you are getting. I'm in NJ and it seems to be impossible for me to find a shop who would be willing to work with me.

if you just want to raise and lower it, here is very cheap made basic kit

http://airbagit-store.com/product.asp?returnURL=default.asp&ID=69922

hey! thanks for the info. i am waiting to hear from a friend that gets them at wholesale to see if he will be able to get it for me. i will let you know how i make out jugrnaught69 :)

My Girl!!!! I'll be checking back for that info. Hey did you ever get that Grille?

Good Looking Shredder130. Great Site... Both of my rides will be on elevators soon.

hey! no i didnt get the grille. the one i want is way to expensive for me. i would rather do other things to the car ya know. but i am thinking about going with just a billet grille maybe.

Same here... There's no good ones to fit a Deville on Ebay. They are all for Fleetwoods and Eldo's... I want a new grille bad, but even the billets are hard to get for the Deville... I'll let you know if I see anything.

yeah please do because especially if i can get these bag kits at wholesale and share with you, you will owe me big time lol lol ;)

Hahaha Yes I will...

When is the paitjob going to be done?

my brother in law is doing it for me but he is working on another car now, thats hould be done in a week or so, so right after that it's going in. i think i am going to get the interior done first though. i picked out some stuff yesterday that i like but am not 100% in love with it, so i have been looking on the net but have a hard time finding anything. if you know of anywhere just let me know.

are you looking for this style grille ? E&G has it for 800, but you can usually nab one at a junk yard for around a hundred bones
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/shredder130/my%20car/101ff7a9.jpg

please excuse the wetsanded roof, i was getting ready to mold the rear window in and shoot the roof at that time

YUP that's what i originally wanted. i dont want to spend 800 on a grille though. shoot if you know a junk yard where i can get one at for 100 i want it!

The Grille is HOT shredder

shredder- thanks so much for the info! we recently decided on bags instead of hydro's. with the look that we are going for, it would make better sense anyway :)
illumnia- LOL thats a funny pic, but it doesnt look anything like your avatar ;)


uh, no that is NOT me!!!!!!!!! i found it on the web!!!!! im not that ugly. :D

i'll tell you what, i'm going up to that junk yard soon, if they have one ..... i'll let you know how it goes... if i don't cop it as a spare :lildevil: :devil:

oh ok purple deville....just so you dont think that other pic is me, here...ugliness in the flesh. i even broke out the "belt buckle" and the fbi hat :D

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SEE YOU ARE SO NOT UGLY! but why you hiding you face with the hat. that is not fair lol.

I like the brass

RB, i think those are supposed to be 10 second cars. those stickers may give more than 50 to the wheels. ive seen guys that claim 200+ in stickers!!!

Damn, i gotta get me some of those, Bring some life back to teh blazer. Maybe a nitrous sticker. oooh im gettin a little too excited, better go to autozone...

oh ok purple deville....just so you dont think that other pic is me, here...ugliness in the flesh. i even broke out the "belt buckle" and the fbi hat :D

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Damn Mike, you look like Vanilla Ice when I saw him on that reality show a couple of weeks ago. :hmm:

Neat sig RB.

Damn Mike, you look like Vanilla Ice when I saw him on that reality show a couple of weeks ago. :hmm:

Neat sig RB.

well, you know it's me because of the FBI hat... :coolgleam

OK PD, I finally figured out how to do this....thanks to WES for putting it in the "Post Your Pic Here" thread, because for some reason it wouldn't work from the disc. :rant2:

Thank GOD he resized it... THE HORROR!!!!!! :D

Canadian + pink caddy= :golden:

Thank GOD he resized it... THE HORROR!!!!!! :D

Canadian + pink caddy= :golden:

You will excuse me while I reach into my purse and cry into a kleenix. :crying: Mean Yanks. :crying2: :shhh:

Besides, I didn't want everyone to see my nose hairs! I did NOT say that outloud. :hmm:

Haha Ralph! Just dont leave like last time because we called your caddy fake! :D

All but love for my favorite pink caddy canadian!!!!! :thumbsup:

pink caddy


:hitstick: <----WES


:littlewes

Thats "LIGHT ANTELOPE FIREMIST METALLIC" TO YOU wes. :D

LOL! You just foud the part where I said PINK CADDY!!

Honestly, I dont know any antelope that are pink!!!!!! :D

I dont know any antelope that are pink!!!!!! :D

Oh ya, eh, we got those up here, only after a six pack of Molson eh? :drinker

Damn front wheel drive phoney car. :p Guess I'll have to buy a V now. :shhh: (Maybe in Canada, I can special order a p i n , er um, I mean a firemist color)

:golden: :gnome: :rose: :littlewes

LOL LOL you guys are too funny! i am having a very bad day today! i was supposed to get the rims that i bought last week. well it gets shipped to the wrong address and gets sent all the way back to cali. and now i am still WAITING! and the ups tracking thing is stuck or something. it has said sacramento cali for 3 days now. then i heard that they arent going to fit on the car. i dont see why they wouldnt fit. i have asked some people and they say yes. then i hear from some guy today that the biggest you can put on the car is 17's. I SAID NO WAY, THATS INSANE! so i really am praying that they will fit!

I believe 17s are about as big as you can put on those models. My 87 has the cup for the spring that looks like it will interfere with the larger wheel. Unless you use a hell of a spacer to get the wheel farther out.

yes but if you remember right she is bagging it, most likely she will have air cylinders so she won't have to deal with that spring cup :rolleyes2 :lildevil: :suspect:

Guess what???????? Due to the hurricane the car won't be done for a few more days now! last week i stopped by and saw it and it was all primered and just about ready to go! everything was on schedule and was supposed to be done yesterday, but NOOOOOOOOO because of stupid frances it had to get put off. and now we have ivan coming our way! but now i am kind of hoping that it wont be done until after that this way she will stay in the garage where she could be safe. there is no room in my home garage for her, my parents care are in there and i dont blame my dad for not wanting to put his truck outside!

Guess what???????? Due to the hurricane the car won't be done for a few more days now! last week i stopped by and saw it and it was all primered and just about ready to go! everything was on schedule and was supposed to be done yesterday, but NOOOOOOOOO because of stupid frances it had to get put off. and now we have ivan coming our way! but now i am kind of hoping that it wont be done until after that this way she will stay in the garage where she could be safe. there is no room in my home garage for her, my parents care are in there and i dont blame my dad for not wanting to put his truck outside!

I wonder if your autobody shop will be backed up because of any other vehicles damaged from these storms? Did they say how long it might take? Remember, new paint shouldn't be washed or waxed for at least a month (or so I've read) because the new paint needs time to breathe and "cure." I hope that if it get placed on your driveway soon, that it won't rain for a while.

well my brother in law's brother is doing it for me on the side ao i am not worried about it taking longer due to cars getting damaged by the storm ya know. he does body work, restoring cars, painting, etc. at a shop but he also does it on the side so that's the way i went since i trust him and all. i dont even know what the ghost patterns are going to be of, i left that up to him. i just said i DO NOT want flames, so we shall see. he just did a complete restoration of a car it came out sooooo nice. it was the front of one car and the back of another and he ripped it all apart and just re did the entire thing, so the wait is worth it with him, but i am just so excited to get it already.

DAMN ! i thought it was done already .....

Where is it on the suspseion and rims ?

been keeping my eyes peeled in that area for 3 days now ...go figure why i hadnt seen it yet ......

LOL LOL the rims are at mancini's on ridge road. i am waiting until its done being painted to have them put on! they were supposed to be done first but i had trouble with the guy that sold me the rims so it took longer. once its painted and the rims are on then it is getting the interior done so it will be away from me for another week! then the air bags are getting put on last! the system is already done though :)

read through some of the posts in this thread... saw one about teh fuel data center saying "E" even though you filled the tank... dont know if you fixed it or not...

had this happen to me, and it was simply because i had a fuse out. check all your fuses... not sure which one protects the sending unit.

hey! no the a/c is not fixed yet :( but that is another thing i need to get done. i dont even kn ow where the fuses would be located at to take a look at them???????

under the dash/steering column on the left side. there's a panel that comes off easy. it has a diagram of what each fuse does.

Depends where the maxi fuses were for 1985. (not the regular fuses) Mine are on the firewall, engine side behind a black plastic panal on the passenger side.

PD, maybe tell your brother-in-law to look for them if he has time.

Hey Purpledeville, Stay dry and be safe... Hopefully, Ivan doesn't harm that new paint. because I know myself and the rest of the members, will take the chump THUNDER STORM out if it messed up this paint before we get a chance to check it out.

Can't wait to see the pics of this when its all finished, but....

then i heard that they arent going to fit on the car. i dont see why they wouldnt fit. i have asked some people and they say yes. then i hear from some guy today that the biggest you can put on the car is 17's.

I thought you were going for an old school look, you should go no bigger than 14's on it

well that was the original plans but i changed my mind. actually me and my dad did! he wanted to mix old school with new school so thats what we are doing!

I am going to check on the caddy tonight. may dad went to go see it and he found out what kind of ghost patterns he is putting on the car! oh my goodness, oh my goodness! i am soooooo excited! it is gonna look SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and since ivan is going a different direction i think the car should be done some time this week :) YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH!