Finally Picture-Worthy!

[Flghtmstr1]

Hello everyone. I'm happy, after owning my car for three years, to finally feel proud enough of my car to show it off on Stangnet. The previous owner had really abused the car in terms of paint, poor exterior and interior modifications, and choice of factory options (I'm the second owner). It's all okay, though, because I bought the car at a great price!

Anyway, here she is. My sig has an abridged list of what I've done to it, but I've listed all of the modifications below the pictures. Tell me what you all think!

Engine:
Underdrive Pulleys
BBK Catted X-Pipe
Magnaflow "Magnapack" catback
93 octane tune
JLT ram air intake
Accufab 75mm throttle body
Accufab 75mm plenum

Drivetrain:
17,000 GVWR transmission cooler plumbed inline with radiator
3.73 Ford Racing gears
Ford Racing traction-lok rebuild kit
Motive rear bearing kit
Ford Racing Aluminum drive shaft
B&M Hammer Shifter

Suspension / Chassis:
Hypercoated FR500 18x9" wheels with Sumitomo HTR-Z II 275/35ZR18 tires
Cobra steering shaft
Maximum Motorsports XL Full-length sub-frame connectors (welded in)
FRPP "C" Springs (front 650 lb/in linear, rear 200-300 lb/in progressive)
Bilstein HD Shocks/Struts
Maximum Motorsports caster/camber plates
Maximum Motorsports Heavy Duty rear lower control arms
Maximum Motorsports panhard bar
Cobra brakes (13" Brembo rotors, dual 43mm piston PBR calipers)

Interior:
Billet aluminum door switches and locks
Modified reverse-glow gauges
Bullitt gas, brake, and dead pedals

Exterior:
1999-2000 style side scoops
mach 1 grille delete
14" shorty antenna from mustangtuning
decklid wing delete
Bullitt fuel filler door
Silverstar headlamp bulbs
“GT” vinyl appliqué on hood (will be changed soon)
Hood scoop painted black (ditto)

P.S. No flames about my lack of exhaust tips. I have the Magnaflow tips, but the hangers are defective. As soon as I find the time to grind them down so they'll fit into the tips, I'll put them on.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

hammer shifter FTW. Nice stang

 

[old_blue]

looks bad a$$, usually peeps go for the 18X10 rears. like 9's better? looks good to me.

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

looks bad a$$, usually peeps go for the 18X10 rears. like 9's better? looks good to me.

ever buy 295 or 315/18's? Friggin expensive as chit

 

[screamin gt]

wheres your exhasut tips?? j/k I saw

are those pics before or after the "c" springs? looks higher than I would have thought. looks sweat though

 

[CobraRed_96_GT]

wheres your exhasut tips?? j/k I saw

are those pics before or after the "c" springs? looks higher than I would have thought. looks sweat though

looks after to me. I like the c-spring stance, although i dunno what hes talking about progressive rates

 

[Flghtmstr1]

looks bad a$$, usually peeps go for the 18X10 rears. like 9's better? looks good to me.

I like 18x10s better, but the 275s are much cheaper (as CobraRed said), plus I can still rotate my tires (important, because it's my only car and daily driver).

are those pics before or after the "c" springs? looks higher than I would have thought. looks sweat though

Those pictures were taken yesterday. I didn't get any good pictures of the car's stance; I was mainly taking pictures of the paint.

 

[Flghtmstr1]

looks after to me. I like the c-spring stance, although i dunno what hes talking about progressive rates

Ford's "C" Springs are progressive in the rear. At least according to stangsuspension.com:

http://www.stangsuspension.com/store/springratesarticle.asp

 

[old_blue]

ever buy 295 or 315/18's? Friggin expensive as chit

yup, just curious if that was the reason or not.

 

[LaserSVT]

Wow that is one clean ride

 

[NobleHdwe]

Nice ride. I like the earlier side scoops. I agree with the removal of the hood stripes though. Just don't look right. Other than that looks like a really sweet ride, and one you can be proud of.

 

[Flghtmstr1]

Nice ride. I like the earlier side scoops. I agree with the removal of the hood stripes though. Just don't look right. Other than that looks like a really sweet ride, and one you can be proud of.

Yea, one of the things the original owner had done was painted the stock '01-style side scoops black. I thought they were hideous, so I bought some Laser Red takeoffs from a '00 for $5.00 shipped on eBay

As for those hood stripes, I'm worried that if I just take them off, I'll still have "ghost" stripes from the paint weathering differently. Therefore, I'm saving up for a '95 Cobra R hood from Cervini's. That and a Mach 1 chin spoiler will complete the exterior mods, at least for a while.

 

[Dr Jay]

Nice work Looks like your doing a really nice job at recovering the stang. I really like your wheel choice, thinking of the same for mine.

 

[EPIK]

Nice...Looks very clean, & I cant really tell its ever been abused. U must have put some hard work into it. I like the choice in suspension mods ...All the mods listed were good choices...

My only suggestions are to put the tips back on ( I know you said u were gonna do that anyway), & I would get some 1/4" or 1/2" wheel spacers in the rear to push those 9's out a bit more....

 

[old_blue]

I dont think you would have a "ghost stripe" per se, something that may be able to buff out.

 

[ran260gt]

Lookes GREAT !

two ?s , did you have any problems getting you hammer shifter to fit , I was going to get one for myself !
and how did you get the drive shaft to fit , I was told they only work with the 5 speed ?

 

[Flghtmstr1]

Lookes GREAT !

two ?s , did you have any problems getting you hammer shifter to fit , I was going to get one for myself !
and how did you get the drive shaft to fit , I was told they only work with the 5 speed ?

I didn't have any problems getting the hammer shifter to fit. It was a straightforward, although tedious, install.

As for the driveshaft, just swap your stock yoke onto the new driveshaft, and it will fit.

 

[ran260gt]

I didn't have any problems getting the hammer shifter to fit. It was a straightforward, although tedious, install.

As for the driveshaft, just swap your stock yoke onto the new driveshaft, and it will fit.

Thanks for the info !

 

[Flghtmstr1]

Thanks for the info !

One of the many things I've learned here. :SNSign: FTW!

 

[Jacob_Royer]

Put the damn spoiler back on and it would be sweet!