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dcstang67 · Jun 21, 2009

Side Stripe Poll and 99.9% Finished Pictures

Just finished my custom console and I dont have pics of this yet, but I will have them soon. I am still waiting for my Vanity plates to come in from the registry. It turns out they lost them and I have been waiting 3 months now. They have been ordered again with a rush order and I should see them in a week. The plates I ordered are BLWN67

I am undecided if I should put on Silver GT side stripes to match the LeMans stripes. If I do I will make a custom stripe with a running horse cutout instead of the factory GT badge. What is your input on this?

Red5oh · Jun 21, 2009

Very nice... where did you get that cowl stiffener that cleared the EFI intake? I have one that has adjustable ends, but it really needs the third point. Thanks

dcstang67 · Jun 21, 2009

I ordered it from Laurel Mountain Mustangs and I had to modify it to fit like you see.

tx65coupe · Jun 22, 2009

That is nice!! It looks great. What color did you go with? I voted for no side stripes. It would take away from the car I think. Also, that steering wheel looks completely out of place. It should be black.

dcstang67 · Jun 22, 2009

The color is 1997 Ford Royal Blue.

Red5oh · Jun 22, 2009

did you have to extend the front portion in front of the shock towers to get it to clear or explain? Thanks. Mark

jcode68 · Jun 22, 2009

Car looks really great, congrats on a nice build. Regarding the side stripes, I think if you are going to keep the lower molding, then don't do the stripes. I think it's one or the other, but not both.

dcstang67 · Jun 22, 2009

It just fit horrible. The holes on the shock tower brackets didnt even match up to the bolts on the towers. It definitely didnt clear the intake and the main bar was resting on the distributor. I ended up cutting it apart at each weld, bending the bars to clear the distributor and intake, reaming out the holes on the tower brackets, bolting the brackets back onto the car and then I welded it all back together again.

68 & 00 GT · Jun 22, 2009

sweet ride

I just got mine back from paint in 03 True Blue kinda similar but darker.

I think you shoud do what I'm planning on. Paint the rocker panels blue to match the car then put the side stripes on. It will look nice but not too busy down there.

couple photoshops of my ride...but I'm going to use a dark silver or gray color for my stripes.

68 & 00 GT · Jun 22, 2009

like this for me...

Red5oh · Jun 23, 2009

I started a new one on the strut tower brace... now post pictures of that custom console you made, so I can look at it and decide whether or not to do one also!

shatter · Jun 27, 2009

jcode68 said:
Car looks really great, congrats on a nice build. Regarding the side stripes, I think if you are going to keep the lower molding, then don't do the stripes. I think it's one or the other, but not both.

+1

Bullitt · Jun 28, 2009

dcstang67 said:
It just fit horrible. The holes on the shock tower brackets didnt even match up to the bolts on the towers. It definitely didnt clear the intake and the main bar was resting on the distributor. I ended up cutting it apart at each weld, bending the bars to clear the distributor and intake, reaming out the holes on the tower brackets, bolting the brackets back onto the car and then I welded it all back together again.

Glad to hear this feedback, I had been considering getting one of those braces, but was concerned about the distributor clearance.

Think I might look elsewhere for one!

tx65coupe · Jun 28, 2009

dcstang67 said:
The color is 1997 Ford Royal Blue.

I think that color is awesome. How long did id take you to get the car to where it is now?

dcstang67 · Jun 28, 2009

It took about 2 years completely torn apart to where it is right now.

10secgoal · Jul 1, 2009

dcstang67 said:
It just fit horrible. The holes on the shock tower brackets didnt even match up to the bolts on the towers. It definitely didnt clear the intake and the main bar was resting on the distributor. I ended up cutting it apart at each weld, bending the bars to clear the distributor and intake, reaming out the holes on the tower brackets, bolting the brackets back onto the car and then I welded it all back together again.

Ours fit pretty bad also. It's a Maier piece. Called them up and had them ship it to us unwelded and fixed that problem

rc4mike · Jul 1, 2009

dcstang67 said:
It just fit horrible. The holes on the shock tower brackets didnt even match up to the bolts on the towers. It definitely didnt clear the intake and the main bar was resting on the distributor. I ended up cutting it apart at each weld, bending the bars to clear the distributor and intake, reaming out the holes on the tower brackets, bolting the brackets back onto the car and then I welded it all back together again.

I got the same type of strut brace as yours, but mine has a removeable monte bar. Had to modify it to fit around my mass air meter....but it had no problem missing my efi intake and dist.

Red5oh · Jul 2, 2009

rc4mike said:
I got the same type of strut brace as yours, but mine has a removeable monte bar. Had to modify it to fit around my mass air meter....but it had no problem missing my efi intake and dist.

And who's did you buy? Details.... Thanks

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