cruise control installation

[dave]

Hello fellow friends and ETCG enthusiasts,

I have a 2003 Crown Vic CVPI with 82k miles. Car runs wicked awesome. I would like to install cruise control on this vehicle, but am not sure what all it entails, or where to purchase a kit. I have searched for 2 days but have yet to find anything that would work on a 2003. (for example, the ford cruise control store http://www.thecruisecontrolstore.com/ez-catalog/X380183/0014 only has a kit for the 2006 interceptor on up)

I am comfortable with air bag removal and steering column repair… installing a junkyard steering wheel with cruise control buttons would be quite simple for me. My main questions are: Do i have to go to a dealer to get the kit? will the kit be simply computer chip, re-flashing the computer, or do i actually have to install servos and throttle cables?

thank ya’ll in advance; any help will be appreciated. :side:

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[Daniel]

I don’t think I have ever encountered a Crown Vic that didn’t have cruise control. Is your’s just broken? It may have the cruise controls on the turn signal arm

[dave]

There are others like me.. it seems to be common among CVPI’s not to include cruise control. They want police officers to actually “work” for their money:

http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1219101

[EricTheCarGuy]

If it were me I might try and find a cruse control unit in a salvage yard and install that. That way you’d be sure it would work properly on your vehicle. Aftermarket cruse control units can be a pain to install and sometimes fail. That said I would try to find an OE unit to install.

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