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Taillight De Ghettoization

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Yeah I have been told single stage is not good for metallics because when you we t sand the car it dulls the mettalic flakes. I'm going with a bc/cc I just have to find a good enough paint for my budget
 

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Bullitt95 said:
It's a matter of personal taste. I didn't like the original tails when I bought my car 6-1/2 years ago. so I replaced them with chromed Altezzas and I'm much happier with the looks.
Then:

Now (with rear spoiler delete):


That said, on my other red project Mustang I prefer the stock tails but I might get rid of the spoiler on that too:
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Geez-a-lou holy spoiler batman!! Friggin huge
 

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JordanB21 said:
I picked up a stock replacement tail for 20 bucks

car-parts.com!

and also, I love my stock tails but I would change them only for the 96-98 tails w/sequential.
but probably won't.
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The only reason I've never installed a sequential kit on any of my cars is what I have always considered to be a major flaw in all the kits available. The major flaw being that application of the brakes always results in both taillights sequentially illuminating outward before staying continuously lit. I always felt that it looked tacky; as though whomever designed them couldn't be bothered to design a circuit that differentiated between braking a signaling. Ford did it right with the sequential taillights on the 2010+ cars. I would get a set of '96-'98 tails if someone came out with a kit that performed like the 2010+ taillights.
 

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ry94stang50 - You inspired me...
Before:


After:


Note: I did not tint these lights. Someone already had that done and the clear was put on by a blind man in a sand storm I think.

Here they are on the car:


I plan to do some black wheels in the near future. Or maybe have my tri-spokes powder coated black.
 

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90lxwhite said:
Geez-a-lou holy spoiler batman!! Friggin huge
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Yup. Here it is again from two different angles:




I'm keeping the stock tails on it though, and I might just keep that huge spoiler as well so the car won't look like a V6 model.
 

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You think stock spoiler would make er v6'ish? Oh how are you liking the ported e7's?
 

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I shaved my E7's .035" and ported the chit out of them and was in the 13's N/A with bolt-ons and gears and really bald tires before grenading my tranny. I had a 5 angle valve job done on them also. I ended up selling them for $300 when I was done with them. I read an article that showed how to port the E7 heads and it said you could gain 40 HP. I have been looking for that article for some time now. If anyone knows where one is please post a link.
 

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90lxwhite said:
You think stock spoiler would make er v6'ish? Oh how are you liking the ported e7's?
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The stock spoiler would look fine on the red Stang but I'd already sold the spoiler that I took off the green Stang long before I bought the red one.
I like my DIY ported E7s a lot, especially since the porting cost me only time and hardly any money. It was a no brainer really considering that buying and shipping in another pair of heads would have cost a small fortune. Shame there aren't any junkyard 5.0L Explorers in the UAE otherwise I could have scavenged a pair of GT40s/GT40Ps.
 

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Bullitt95 said:
The stock spoiler would look fine on Shame there aren't any junkyard 5.0L Explorers in the UAE otherwise I could have scavenged a pair of GT40s/GT40p
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as well... You seem many mustangs over there?
 

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I know what you are getting at. See Bullitt - he wants a set too!
 

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5.0 Ford Guy said:
I know what you are getting at. See Bullitt - he wants a set too!
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He he, if I wanted a pair of stock tails and a stock spoiler for my green Stang, I wouldn't have taken off the originals and sold them in the first place. What I would like is a pair of GT40/GT40P heads to play around with using my porting kit.

90lxwhite said:
You see many mustangs over there?
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Lots of New Edge and S197 models but not many surviving '94-'98 SN95s and even fewer Foxes (most of those have been converted to dragsters anyway).
 

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My god, shipping for a set of heads to Saudi Arabia would cost an oil well! I could MAYBE go find you a set though if you want to pay cost + shipping. I have been going to the junk yards lately and scavenging parts. They have a watch list that will send a text when certain vehicles come in. Tell me what to look for.
 

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5.0 Ford Guy said:
My god, shipping for a set of heads to Saudi Arabia would cost an oil well! I could MAYBE go find you a set though if you want to pay cost + shipping. I have been going to the junk yards lately and scavenging parts. They have a watch list that will send a text when certain vehicles come in. Tell me what to look for.
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Thanks for the offer but shipping for a pair of heads would cost me ~$800 if they're cast iron and ~$500 if they're aluminum. That's too prohibitive for me.
 
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