Finally Got me A Mustang!!!

welcome to the "club"

did the previous owner do any modifications to it?

congrats on the car! have fun with it. As far as taking care of it, as long as you change the oil wash it and wax it, general maintainance, you should be good to go. I don't know about the roll bar. The light bar the everyone gets is for looks I believe, and that's up to you whether or not it's worth it. good luck

Nice! what color? How many miles and how much if you dont mind me askin?

A vert in nice weather

Congrats! 1996 is a good year (no matter what anyone tells you!). I've never owned a Vert but I'm sure that are a couple draw backs i.e. louder road noise, colder weather, yada yada yada.....but y'know what? The positives SERIOUSLY out-weigh the negatives. When summer hits you'll be looking for a reason to drive! Just wait till the horsepower bug gits ya! Welcome to the club!

-Mike

99- verts need subframe connectors stat! that's the first thing you should do. if the previous owner installed some make sure they are full lenght and are welded in.

also front strut tower bar is needed, and rear is pretty good to have, but with the rear you would lose some trunk space

i used to have stepped subframe connectors welded on my vert and it was stiff and nice... now that i took em off i can definately feel the difference... i heard good things about the strut tower bar too!

Welcome!

Atrius said:

I got my first car last week, and once the seat is replaced I can get it either tomorrow or thursday. Its a '96 Mustang GT Convertible. And waiting to drive it is "driving" me crazy. This is how I feel right now like struttin.

Are there any downsides to having a convertible though, and is it worth it to buy a roll bar?

And does anyone have suggestions for how to keep good care of it?
The guy i bought it from has kept really good care of it already so I dont want to let it go downhill.

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You've now entered into a realm that is compared to being a drug addict. A Mustang will consume your every thought, and every dime. It will only get worse as time passes. You will not be able to stop. Your money will not be "money" anymore, you'll count it as how many mods and accessories you can get. You'll spend way too much time on Mustang forums all accross the internet. You will begin to skip shaving. You will begin to get within just seconds of being late to work or school. You will begin to look at everyone at stop-lights in a new way. The Mustang is like the Devil and it will not stop until it consumes your soul. You will begin to use mod and motor jargain that no-one else will understand. You will find ways to give rides to people you know, only to find that you already have and just forgot. You will find yourself cruising to the local grocery store to get things that you already have, at 3 in the morning. You will find that you take care of it and worry over it as if it were a child. She will make you laugh, and she will make you cry. Your life as you know it is about to change forever.

But other than that, congrats, and welcome to the Stang Gang !!

Tarch,

Why did you take the subframe connectors off your vert? If you weld them on, how can you get them off? Did you cut them off? Or did you unweld them? I don't know if there is any such thing as "unwelding" subframe connectors off a convertible Mustang.