My Restoration Project

DigitalGhost

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Hey guys I've been reading stangnet for a while and finally decided to sign up and post.

Im going to be starting the restoration of my stock 90 5.0 lx soon, and wanted some advice on my ideas.


I've got a black hatchback, which I'm going to have repainted black. I'm also going to do an all black interior (carpet, seats, etc) with chrome accents (IE: Shifter knob, door handles, e-brake, etc.)

If anyone has done all black interior and has pictures, would you mind posting so I can see what it would look like?


Also, I've got flowmaster exhaust with polished tips, and the chrome tips are welded on to the rest of the pipes with some of the WORST welding I've ever seen. That, and they rattle against the body up behind the wheel well. Anyone have advice for good exhaust?

Thanks,

 

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welcome to stang net,ive ran mac on my last 3 cars and love it.

 

stykthyn

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spintech mufflers are great. they kinda have a burbilng sound like the 4.6. at least that is what they reming me of.

 

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Welcome, make sure to take many pics during the project.

 

SteedaGT9150

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magnaflow exhaust

 

Flavadave4

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Welcome to :SNSign: black on black is the hottest combo for these cars, unfortunatly I got stuck with a greay interior.....but i like it.

I along with 90% of the people on here have flowmasters, they will produce the typical 5.0 howl, a change in the mid pipe will make some differnt sounds but just about anything sounds good.

post some pics and ask questions, everyone likes to help out

SteedaGT9150 said:

magnaflow exhaust

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Steeda- your car is sexy, do you have any more pics?

 

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Flavadave4 said:

...but just about anything sounds good.

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umm No, a 4 banger swap wouldn't sound good

 

tunedin302

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If you want some real high quality stainless steel then check out bassani. Flowmaster and spintech are both good alternatives.

 

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My 89..

Yeah, with the black interior, you need some touches of chrome or aluminum.. mine has Bullitt pedals, White gauges, UPR Polished stainless sill plates, FRPP shift knob...

Good Luck

 

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Flavadave4

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those seat are sweet......what are they?

 

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Boss 351 said:

umm No, a 4 banger swap wouldn't sound good

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tru-dat

 

mineralgsvt

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Flavadave4 said:

those seat are sweet......what are they?

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Thanks..
'86 SVO that I recovered in Black Leather, the netted Halos are out of an 80 something Escort, I think. Also covered them in Black Leather to match.

 

Flavadave4

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mineralgsvt said:

Thanks..
'86 SVO that I recovered in Black Leather, the netted Halos are out of an 80 something Escort, I think. Also covered them in Black Leather to match.

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I thought thats what they were.......very cool
BTW i like the work on the doors too!

 

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My accents are the knob, and the gauges, and the radio that I got because it had the 2 knobs like the old school radios

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got the bezels too
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Damn nice interiors here!

 

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Mine is stock black.

 

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My turn. I still have to get a few more accents for mine, but I haven't decided exactly what.

Picture before Halo headrests:

Picture now:

 

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Definately getting a little turned on here...

Thanks guys those look awesome. I am definately reassured in my decision to do all black.

Where does everyone get their parts? I've got a few places I've been looking (50resto.com, blue oval industries) but has anyone gotten any good deals and been happy about the results?

 

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trbkrb said:

My turn. I still have to get a few more accents for mine, but I haven't decided exactly what.

Picture before Halo headrests:

Picture now:

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Looks great!!! (diggin' the kiddy seats) My kid got to ride in the pony for a while before I got a DD...ALL of these look great guys..

 

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I've done some work with 50resto. They've usually been good, but they really messed up bad one time. Most of the stuff I have bought from them is good stuff.