The silver ponies would look good on the car. If you got some black center caps or painted the ones you have black you could do a triple black Fox. Grab some limo tint from the parts store for cheap and rock it!
Fox Poll: Which wheel do you like more. Black ponies or old unknown wheels?
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If I HAD to choose, it would be the pony wheels.
But i'm picking the best of the worst.
But i'm picking the best of the worst.
The comments are brutal, lol, but I appreciate them. So, the black ponies are clearly the overall favorite, er... least hated, but I need to keep my eye out for something better. Maybe 93 Cobras or clean "argent"/silver ponies. Or, I need to paint 'em.
No! Too much $$$
Geez! It's not good enough for you people that I saved a destitute Fox from 2 years of being parked and running like crap! Now, I need to make yet another turbo-charged, 5 lug, full suspension monster! lmao Oh yeah, and it turns out those stripes are not stickers... Just really thick paint in some parts. Smooth in others. So, I can't even removed the stripes without a paint job.
I'm kidding.
Seriously, two $15 cans of paint and trade/sell your centercaps for some Argents and you'll appease the Stangnet gods.
Seriously, two $15 cans of paint and trade/sell your centercaps for some Argents and you'll appease the Stangnet gods.
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I agree with Mike. You need to get that argent paint and paint those pony wheels. You could paint those center caps too, just prep those really well beforehand.
Honestly Chris, we're not pressuring you, as long as you complete the voodoo swap by fall it'll be fine whatever you choose.
just the new guy commenting.
asking which of the 2 is like asking "crucifixion or being burned alive?"
that being said, the ponies. those other ones look...kinda...DeLorean. (as in, 1983)
but, please...for the love of God...paint them something other than black.
if You must leave them black, please get a fart muffler, a whale tail, a "shocker" decal, carbon fiber hood, and chop the springs.
asking which of the 2 is like asking "crucifixion or being burned alive?"
that being said, the ponies. those other ones look...kinda...DeLorean. (as in, 1983)
but, please...for the love of God...paint them something other than black.
if You must leave them black, please get a fart muffler, a whale tail, a "shocker" decal, carbon fiber hood, and chop the springs.
I appreciate you fixing it up. But you have been around long enough to know how this ends. With you doing too much work and spending too much money on a car you probably never really wanted...
I always swore i'd never own two foxbody's. Working on them is addictive and even when you say you are done, you are never done.
Paint the pony's for now or at least lose the terrible center caps.
Since the stripes only appear to be on the hood and trunk.
I'd definitely lose that hood, lose the luggage rack and have those two parts painted if the rest of the car's paint is decent enough.
I always swore i'd never own two foxbody's. Working on them is addictive and even when you say you are done, you are never done.
Paint the pony's for now or at least lose the terrible center caps.
Since the stripes only appear to be on the hood and trunk.
I'd definitely lose that hood, lose the luggage rack and have those two parts painted if the rest of the car's paint is decent enough.
'preciate it, Joe. Yeah, the paint is good, though there's a lot of surface haze and minor scratches. It's being detailed to include buffing by my favorite detailer in the area, now. It was part of the deal of me buying the car, and so included in the initial price.
Yeah, it's surprising how fast the investment stacks up. Now, if the motor blows or the trans takes a dump, I'll be in it deeper than I want to be time-wise, but otherwise, I'm expecting the car to earn back at least $4,500 (maybe up to $6,500 for the right buyer). Anything above $ invested means I got a freebie and enjoyed a daily driver drop-top fox on the coast of Cali for half a year-ish, while bringing it back to something that the next guy is going to value. I like doing that to foxes, within reason. My other cars are the money pits, lol. I like the tinkering, though. Wrenching is a destresser, and I need it at grad school.
It's decently quick, too. Quicker than a Lexus IS350 that went 13.6@102, as an example. I might take it to Sac-town for a look at what a 2.73 street-tire H/C/I vert will do. Should be mid-low 13s.
I hear you on the hood and the stripes. I don't like them, but they're there, and the time and money to remove them doesn't make sense to me. Plus, the fiberglass hood is lighter.
Right now, my next priorities are:
- replace the passenger seatbelt
- diagnose & repair driver's power quarter window
- repair vacuum leaks (minor)
- repair exhaust leak: the motor mount was replaced a couple years ago, but it's obvious that the engines weight rested on the header and put a hole in it. I can patch it up.
- install stock air box (CAI) w/ K&N panel vs. the "hot air" under hood conical filter
- replace passenger power door lock
- install a missing interior windshield trim panel & repair broken top latch catches
These functionality things are more important to me than paint/aesthetics, for the time being. When I get to that, I'd like silver/argent ponies, and I'd like to drop the car with B/C springs, first... if I get to it. So, I definitely am going to be investing a little time and money to make the car nicer. Hopefully, it'll be something I, and the next guy, can enjoy & take a little pride in. I also think there are some young bucks who will appreciate the engine mods, sound, stripes, aggressive hood, and coastal convertible. But, I guess we'll see.
I definitely got my answer here on which of the wheels people prefer in general. Black ponies, for the time being, it is.
Yeah, it's surprising how fast the investment stacks up. Now, if the motor blows or the trans takes a dump, I'll be in it deeper than I want to be time-wise, but otherwise, I'm expecting the car to earn back at least $4,500 (maybe up to $6,500 for the right buyer). Anything above $ invested means I got a freebie and enjoyed a daily driver drop-top fox on the coast of Cali for half a year-ish, while bringing it back to something that the next guy is going to value. I like doing that to foxes, within reason. My other cars are the money pits, lol. I like the tinkering, though. Wrenching is a destresser, and I need it at grad school.
It's decently quick, too. Quicker than a Lexus IS350 that went 13.6@102, as an example. I might take it to Sac-town for a look at what a 2.73 street-tire H/C/I vert will do. Should be mid-low 13s.
I hear you on the hood and the stripes. I don't like them, but they're there, and the time and money to remove them doesn't make sense to me. Plus, the fiberglass hood is lighter.
Right now, my next priorities are:
- replace the passenger seatbelt
- diagnose & repair driver's power quarter window
- repair vacuum leaks (minor)
- repair exhaust leak: the motor mount was replaced a couple years ago, but it's obvious that the engines weight rested on the header and put a hole in it. I can patch it up.
- install stock air box (CAI) w/ K&N panel vs. the "hot air" under hood conical filter
- replace passenger power door lock
- install a missing interior windshield trim panel & repair broken top latch catches
These functionality things are more important to me than paint/aesthetics, for the time being. When I get to that, I'd like silver/argent ponies, and I'd like to drop the car with B/C springs, first... if I get to it. So, I definitely am going to be investing a little time and money to make the car nicer. Hopefully, it'll be something I, and the next guy, can enjoy & take a little pride in. I also think there are some young bucks who will appreciate the engine mods, sound, stripes, aggressive hood, and coastal convertible. But, I guess we'll see.
I definitely got my answer here on which of the wheels people prefer in general. Black ponies, for the time being, it is.
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Sorry, I wasn't aware you were flipping it to cover the cost of another car.
Makes sense now.
Not sure if it really works or not, but on the show texas metal they opened a ford truck headlight, sprayed something on the chrome plastic inside the light and that chrome stuff peeled right off. I was told it was oven cleaner, but I truly don't actually know what it was. If you could hit the pony center caps with whatever the hell that stuff was, then it would be easy to paint them.
For a flip, the pony's are fine if painted silver again.
Some cheap craigs lowering springs and it will be good to go. I sold my rare saleen lowering springs for $100, so another set should be even cheaper.
My comments on the hood come from my distaste for a hood on a vert without a wing, just makes the front of the car look nose heavy.
I have the means and the connections to fix up most foxes pretty easily, my issues come from the fact that any body work in NJ is crazy expensive. Often times more than what the entire cost of the car is worth before you spend on a dime on another part.
That and I may try and keep it...
Makes sense now.
Not sure if it really works or not, but on the show texas metal they opened a ford truck headlight, sprayed something on the chrome plastic inside the light and that chrome stuff peeled right off. I was told it was oven cleaner, but I truly don't actually know what it was. If you could hit the pony center caps with whatever the hell that stuff was, then it would be easy to paint them.
For a flip, the pony's are fine if painted silver again.
Some cheap craigs lowering springs and it will be good to go. I sold my rare saleen lowering springs for $100, so another set should be even cheaper.
My comments on the hood come from my distaste for a hood on a vert without a wing, just makes the front of the car look nose heavy.
I have the means and the connections to fix up most foxes pretty easily, my issues come from the fact that any body work in NJ is crazy expensive. Often times more than what the entire cost of the car is worth before you spend on a dime on another part.
That and I may try and keep it...
GalacticPonage
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The old wheels polished up and a lower profile tire would look pretty slick imo. It might need to be lowered a little too
