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This is a pictorial exercise on how to guarantee that your Fox body car will be “worth less“ than you paid for it.

Dude...stop.

What you are doing to this car is equivalent to watching a crusher smash it into a square mass of steel.
The stuff you do is best left for the Honda Civic that you shoulda started with...Somebody coulda saved that car...You have guaranteed that it needs to be shot in the middle of the forehead.

And buried in a shallow grave.

Foxslider said:

Hang on..... Hold the fck on... No im not laughing. This is from the guy who put a 2JZ in a ford right?

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That is correct sir.
To clarify...
It looks like you are more than capable of doing this stuff on your own, which deserves merit. At the same time, it also looks like you are not afraid to jump right in and do it. And yeahhh theres that “ it’s your car, and it’s your money” thing too, which entitles you to do what you want with your time and money.

But when it comes to doing stuff to these cars, most wanna see something positive come out of the effort.

When you painted that car, I said to myself that for a first time effort, that didn’t look too bad, so again,..I thought it was a positive thing given all of the rust you chose to fix.
But...
Taking a sawzall to a front fender and then slapping on a fender flare to make a tire clear because you simply would rather run the wrong offset wheel, or building a plywood skyscraper wing, and a 59 pound rear diffuser for a car that‘ll probably never see an aero benefit from either, while both mods are more than likely going to fall off while traveling down the road ( because of your self-admitted zip tie method of attachment) are the equivalent of doing sht the wrong way.

Look around here for a minute..No parking lot drifters, nobody building external aero mods out of plywood or mdf, nobody butchering fenders with a sawzall.
There are some guys that do road race here though,...cars that see real speed where something intended to add downforce better be well built, and equally well attached or otherwise, the wind that works to add that downforce would just rip that sht right off the car. Those same guys are running 9” wheels up front under stock fenders with 275 width tires. ( yours are what?...like a 7-8“ rim with a 215 stretched onto it?)

Bottom line for me is always the same. If you don’t want input from someone don’t put it out there. There are several ways to do things to a car, a lot are good, some are exceptional, and just as many are just wrong.
Im quite sure you coulda made that car better had you chose to, I think you’re capable.

Just because some cultures think its acceptable to boil live cats before skinning them alive and eating them doesn’t make it ok everywhere else.
Stop boiling the cat.

Still rockin the zip ties? You could have bought real hardware instead of stickers...

And now all you need for the “fisher price my first cliche car” is a stuffed animal hanging off the tow hook.

Don’t you wreck this car a lot drifting? Why the cosmetic stuff now? Maybe driver mod first?

I gotta admit I cringed when I saw what you did to that front fender.....

I probably would have found a way to come through one of the openings already in the bumper for the tow strap, rather than cutting that up........ but again....... your car, so have fun....... and post vids!!

General karthief said:

You look at it
You drive it
You enjoy it
And you don't need anybody to hold your beer.

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Did he put a cool cup holder in while I wasn’t looking?

A spoiler.... Spoils areo dynamic lift... It basically resists the force that wants to rip the car into the air.

Down force is created by using a proper front valance and air damn to create a vacuum under the car.

a91what said:

A spoiler.... Spoils areo dynamic lift... It basically resists the force that wants to rip the car into the air.

Down force is created by using a proper front valance and air damn to create a vacuum under the car.

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You’re trying to convey scientific theory to someone who doesn’t see the problem with body parts attached with zip ties. It’s like trying to get your pet potato ready for med school.