2003 LS - are these orig wheels? CD changer, fog lights

[FordBoy33]

Thinking about buying a used 2003 LS. It has some chrome wheels which I would not have expected on it. Can anyone tell me if these are the "chromatic" (can't remember exactly what it was called) wheels that were available as an option on the car in 2003? The seller is telling me wheels and tires are orig (Contiental tires?).



How do I tell if the car has optional features (traction control, ABS)?

Also, this thing is missing the trunk CD changer. Sounds like an easy addition from what I see on crutchfield's site.... That so?

Finally, it's missing the fog lights (bumper replaced after front-end wreck). Are those easy to get?

Thanks.
FordBoy33

[Froze_Tread]

Never seen those rims yet and they dont look like ford.
The dealer or someone through those tires on thier they should be coming with goodyears if i remember right. mine did 2002.

[drdisque]

those ARE factory rims on many Sable LS's They're definitely the blinginest rims ford ever put on a Taurus/Sable. They also did come with Continental tires. All Gen 4's came with Continentals.

[mmatting]

I just did a CD changer install, ironically from Crutchfield - not a factory unit but built to spec. Crutchfield gives pretty good instructions and tech support is included if needed. There are usually some of them on E-bay as well. The wiring harness plugs right in and takes about 3 minutes once you get the pushpins out of the trunk liner. I mounted it on the ceiling of the trunk and it works well. Controls are easy to use on the control panel. It does not give the name of the artist and title of the track like some of the new ones do, but it does keep track of disc number and track number, and it sounds just fine. Whole job took about three hours from unwrapping the box at the start to reinserting the pushpins in the trunk liner at the finish. You will need a drill and drill bits and phillips screwdriver, but no soldering iron or wire connectors; there was one ground wire on the CD changer part of the harness but other than that the wiring was strictly plug and go. Good luck - let me know how it goes!