Foxmustangman's Progress Thread

foxmustangman · Apr 8, 2009

^lol. Yup. The trim, drivers side fender, and hood scoop are all slightly lighter. Fresh Oxford white doesn't exaclty match 18 year old faded Oxford White. Most of the time you can't tell, but in some pictures the difference is really annoying.

foxmustangman · Jun 1, 2009

Yeah, So the 'functional' hood scoop really didn't go through, so I just scrapped the idea. For now it just cools the engine down, which is fine with me.

Onto the real news, I finished my dashboard and drivers side door panel. All I need to do to finish now is the back seat panels, dye the carpet black, and recover my seats.

^I can't seem to get my computer back into the wall of the car!

blackened88lx · Jun 1, 2009

25thmustang · Jun 2, 2009

Skip the dyed carpet, my brother tried it and I did not work out. Go ahead and spend the $120 or so on a new carpet.

IMO of course.

bentley429 · Jun 2, 2009

brraaaaaap BRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAPp ZINGADALINGDINGDING!1!!!1

foxmustangman · Jun 2, 2009

I'd heard that someone painted their carpet and it turned out fine. I just really don't want to dissasemble that ratchet shifter to get the carpet out. I think I'll try it and if it doesn't work out (which it probably wont) then I'll just buy some new carpet.

But seriously no one likes the new interior over the old?:

1991notchbackLX · Jun 2, 2009

foxmustangman said:
I'd heard that someone painted their carpet and it turned out fine. I just really don't want to dissasemble that ratchet shifter to get the carpet out. I think I'll try it and if it doesn't work out (which it probably wont) then I'll just buy some new carpet.

Wait, so you're going to "paint" the carpet while it's in the car?

Disassembling the ratchet shifter will be the least of it if you swap to a new carpet. The entire center console has to come apart and out, along with the sill plates, kick panels, seats, seat belts etc... not to mention wrestling the old carpet out then cutting all the new holes in the new one. It's not a huge job but it's a tedious PITA for sure.

Do it right or don't do it at all, that's how me and a lot of the guys on here with the nicest cars work. The proof is in the pudding.

foxmustangman · Jun 3, 2009

alright, i'll just buy new carpet then.

25thmustang · Jun 3, 2009

I did new carpet, and it wasn't so bad. Had two of us, a razor blade and some patience.Short of seats, seat belts, kick panels, 1/4 panels, sill plates and center console I don't think anything else had to come out??

blackened88lx · Jun 3, 2009

Are you getting white carpet? That would be hot

MAC'n89Blckstng · Jun 3, 2009

I like your car before you did anything to it. Not diggin the hood scoop thing. Your going with black carpet right?

An the reason your paint is flaking is because of poor adhesion, not because you didn't use primer.

Cobra912 · Jun 4, 2009

I like the white trim, wheels and hood scoop, but I would do away with the hose however. You WILL NEVER notice a difference other than you having to worry about it all the time. Been there done that. Plus it takes away from the cleanliness of the whole package. Anyways I like the changes.

foxmustangman · Jun 8, 2009

Yeah, I got rid of that hose. I kept trying to convince myself that it would work, but yeah, it just looked stupid.

Yes, I'm going black carpet, not white.
And, MAC'n89BlckStng, are you talking about the bumper paint? Yeah, it was because of poor adhesion, really poor. I recoated it in just black paint after some cheerleader hit me ( just a few months after i got my car. And of course being a neglegent 15 year old i didn't sand or prime, or use an adhesive promoter. i just wiped it down and sprayed it on. Then a few months after that i painted it white (using just a white rattle can) and then yet again only wiping it down and spraying it. One more time a bit after that using the correct color and the same process which is when it cracked. Since then I have sanded it all down back to the yellow plastic base, used primer and adhesive promoter and now it sticks like a champ. My friend leaned up against it and i freaked thinking he had cracked it, but it holds up fine.

foxmustangman · Jan 22, 2010

Well as you know from one of my other threads (and my sig, lol) I now have THIS!:

Which resulted in this:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/801226-sc-302-a.html

So I'm tearing down my block to see if its reusable, if not I'll have to get another one to rebuild. So far plans are for a 347 stroker kit Patriot Performance heads, and i haven't decided on a cam yet.

1990Coupe · Jan 22, 2010

Blown headgasket? that sucks mang! Still i want a KB.. How did you like it before she went boom?

NIKwoaC · Jan 22, 2010

foxmustangman said:
Patriot Performance heads

Your money is best spent elsewhere.

foxmustangman · Jan 24, 2010

Are they not a very good head to use?

And I only got to enjoy it for about 5 mintues before the gasket blew, so yeah it was fun while it lasted lol

Tanus · Jan 24, 2010

love the wheels
I have Holley heads, but Im kinda shopping for new ones, the RHS are looking pretty good from the research Ive done, but whatever heads you get, get um O-ringed

foxmustangman · Jan 25, 2010

Well I was originally wanting to get GT40X's but these were cheaper and flowed more, so i figured why not?

And thanks, its either a hit or miss with those GT500's. People either love em or hate em lol

foxmustangman · Jan 27, 2010

Okay so in the point of trying to figure out if my block is non-ho or not. The only casting number i saw on the head today when i pulled everything off was 0M12

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