Coupe or Convertible. Which is stiffer?

[00BlackBeautyGT]

Global West (tubular) or Maximum Motorsports (Square)? Which is best for a Vert?

 

[PDubs]

Whichever ones you get, make sure you have jacking points on them.

 

[NasaGT]

Did the MM Subs make a big night & day difference in your vert? Did it feel like it made the car new again?

Yeah, it was a completely different car. My wife rarely drives my car, but she recognized it was different almost immeadiately. All of the twisting and flexing is gone.

 

[DevilSun]

Stock for stock, the coupe wins in stiffness. I've never had my 2000 top leak, and with the Griggs subframes, MM STB, and 4 pt rollbar, I'd have to say that ...

Coupe is stiffer no matter what you do to the vert, except if you weld on a hard top... and even then the coupe will be stiffer...

is not quite true, because I've rode in a few coupes, and they're slushy compared to my stiffy (vert) But stock was a different story...

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

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[VetteKilla03]

I had an 01 gt coupe, and now own an 03 cobra vert. Coupe is way more stiff and u can absolutely tell the difference. If u r lookin to attract the ladies go with the vert. If u r lookin for a stiff ride to mod like crazy i would definitely go with the coupe.

 

[FastRedPonyCar]

If u r lookin to attract the ladies go with the vert.

Uh oh, better not tell the girls who know me that! They might ditch me. I guess it's the color that gets em

 

[john_324]

Think about this way...the Mustang has unibody construction (i.e the body and chassis are integrated), so chopping off the top to make a convertible is like removing a big part of the bracing stucture.

If the Mustang were body-on-frame, the difference between coupe and vert wouldn't be as dramatic...

 

[VetteKilla03]

Uh oh, better not tell the girls who know me that! They might ditch me. I guess it's the color that gets em

Haha.....well we all know ANY mustang brings in the ladies, especially one with plenty of mods!