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General karthief · Mar 13, 2022

What's the difference in the latch and/or striker?

KRUISR · Mar 13, 2022

Latch is in the door/hatch, striker is what it hits.

General karthief · Mar 13, 2022

no, what makes one year better than the other?
I guess I could've worded the question better, I'm not really a dumbazz, I just play one here on

Monkeybutt2000 · Mar 13, 2022

Doors are set first,then fenders then hood. There's a handheld jig used to set this initial gap. Then when the car is trimmed out, the final fit (adjusting door strikers,hood bumpers,etc) is literally the last thing done to the car. Did body fits for a few years on the line and you are definitely humping.

HotFox · Mar 13, 2022

I'm surprised in as much aftermarket stuff you went with or considered. The hood struts are a prime example of a compromise.

Mustang5L5 · Mar 13, 2022

General karthief said:
no, what makes one year better than the other?
I guess I could've worded the question better, I'm not really a dumbazz, I just play one here on

Dunno. All I know is the few 92s and 93s I’ve closed the hatch on have had a much more solid feel to the closing mechanism.

However….these latches are going for stupid money on eBay. $200+

Looks like I’ll need to keep my eye out. I already have the specific striker needed for this one (no bushing)

Mustang5L5 · Mar 13, 2022

Messing with the front bumper. I have one stud to repair.

That top pass side stud came out of the header and needed to be cut. I have an idea on what to replace it with. Seems like there is access to the front

From the front, I think I can drill it through and run a stud through and put a nut on one side and nut on the other. Should do the trick

TOOLOW91 · Mar 14, 2022

I had these made about 5 years ago I think .

Mustang5L5 · Mar 14, 2022

I like those.

General karthief · Mar 14, 2022

I have a latch mechanism from a vert, don't know what to look for?

Mustang5L5 · Mar 14, 2022

General karthief said:
I have a latch mechanism from a vert, don't know what to look for?

Here’s the magical part and part number. Late 91 to 93 hatch got this

I’m assuming it’s different on coupe/vert, but I don’t know this 100%

General karthief · Mar 14, 2022

Top is a hatch, the bottom one is a convertible, no part numbers,
the vert latch says Lechtern (?) And has a patient pending or number can't tell, its under the plug. I'll keep looking, I know I have another one.
good info to know.

Mustang5L5 · Mar 16, 2022

Fixed the busted out header stud. Pretty easy to do.

2” long double ended stud. 1/4-20. Stainless.

Drilled out the busted area with 1/4”
Bit. This sticks in nicely

Double nutted the other side, and bottomed out a nylon locking 1/4” nut

And finished product. Downside is you need to leave the parking light out because you will need to hold the nut from the other side. All 6 can be done this way, if needed. I only had to fix one.

Mustang5L5 · Mar 17, 2022

Got sick of looking at my dried out quarter windows.

I bought the scott drake repops sans the logo. I’ll be installing the decal.

Overall impression….they are nice. Hopefully they fit tight

Mustang5L5 · Mar 17, 2022

Original window for conparison

Potomus Pete · Mar 17, 2022

Mustang5L5 said:
Original window for conparison

Oh yah....That's going to be like new.

bird_dog0347 · Mar 17, 2022

Very nice... congrats!

Mustang5L5 · Mar 17, 2022

Couldn’t wait. Had to toss the decals on. From a couple feet away, you can’t tell at all.

Mstng93SSP · Mar 17, 2022

Looks factory.

Trogdor · Mar 18, 2022

Mustang5L5 said:
Couldn’t wait. Had to toss the decals on. From a couple feet away, you can’t tell at all.

Look really good! Where did you get the decals from?

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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

KRUISR

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Monkeybutt2000

Mustang Master

HotFox

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

TOOLOW91

If you're the village idiot what's that make me?

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Potomus Pete

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

bird_dog0347

still married haven't seen testicles in years

Mustang5L5

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

Mstng93SSP

You have a nice rear end there Dave.

Trogdor

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

Mustang Master

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

If you're the village idiot what's that make me?

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

I'm still waiting for the fully nude shots

still married haven't seen testicles in years

That is…until I whipped out my Bissell

You have a nice rear end there Dave.

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