Cheap Upgrades

CarnageCAB · 11-24-2007, 06:30 AM

My parents recently bought me a 1998 v6 Mustang kinda as a Christmas/High School graduation present and I am looking to make it look or sound or perform better as cheaply as possible. Im only a Senior in high school so money is pretty limited to use for my car. So far I have no upgrades on it except for a Light/Roll Bar (Its a Convertible) and for Christmas my girlfriend is buying me a cold air intake. Then today I was planning on getting a Shorty Antenna and a windowshield decal for looks. For Christmas I told everyone to just give me money so I could put it into my car so I will probably get around 100-300 dollars. What would be the best upgrades to get for that price? If there is nothing worth doing sound or performance wise then I might just go with some Billet interior exesories.

machnjo · 11-24-2007, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CarnageCAB

My parents recently bought me a 1998 v6 Mustang kinda as a Christmas/High School graduation present and I am looking to make it look or sound or perform better as cheaply as possible. Im only a Senior in high school so money is pretty limited to use for my car. So far I have no upgrades on it except for a Light/Roll Bar (Its a Convertible) and for Christmas my girlfriend is buying me a cold air intake. Then today I was planning on getting a Shorty Antenna and a windowshield decal for looks. For Christmas I told everyone to just give me money so I could put it into my car so I will probably get around 100-300 dollars. What would be the best upgrades to get for that price? If there is nothing worth doing sound or performance wise then I might just go with some Billet interior exesories.

Howdy and welcome to the Board !!! Unless the decal says, "Windshield", please don't do that. As for performance with your sixer, gears would be the best bang for the buck and be in the $300-500 range. As for sound, check out the V6 section, there are a ton of threads and a lot of info regarding the benefits and hp gain, if any. For any serious hp gains, your looking at some kind of power adder: turbo, supercharger or nitrous. So, unless your ready to fork out alot of $$$$, I'd stick to appearance upgrades and suspension work, i.e. springs, wheels, sfc and such. There are alot of really nice sixers out there.

*venom* · 11-24-2007, 08:41 AM

If you want to save alot of money just buy used.

WaterDR · 11-24-2007, 09:02 AM

From your post, if I were you, I would go with things that are noticeable. For example, exhaust mods and rims are things you notice right away and completely change the personality of a car. For now, though, that may be a bit pricey.

Codiddy · 11-24-2007, 11:21 AM

exhaust, gears, rims.

3.8for the win · 11-24-2007, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by machnjo

Unless the decal says, "Windshield", please don't do that.

decals=rice

CarnageCAB · 11-24-2007, 01:39 PM

Where would be a good place to find used parts besides ebay.

Codiddy · 11-24-2007, 01:40 PM

join up on some other boards and watch the classifieds. craigslist is good too

CarnageCAB · 11-24-2007, 02:27 PM

word. thanks for the advice guys.

i've decided im gonna save for an exhaust first. i have decent stock rims and I want my car to sound more burly.

3.8for the win · 11-24-2007, 02:30 PM

good pick, exhoust ftw.

Dave04Mustang · 11-24-2007, 03:23 PM

I wish there was a such thing as cheap mods that did something

start off with a new antenna or make it free and cut yours. Get some rims and exhaust then after that start with gears and all the other stuff

mysteed · 11-24-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by CarnageCAB

word. thanks for the advice guys.

i've decided im gonna save for an exhaust first. i have decent stock rims and I want my car to sound more burly.

Good call on the exhaust. You can pick up a used catback off of a GT for around $100-$150 and have it welded on for less than $50.

For parts, look on:
www.3.8mustang.com/forum
www.v6power.net/vb

machnjo · 11-24-2007, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.8for the win

decals=rice

Lol, ah, come on 3.8, could you smell the sarcasm with that comment?

3.8for the win · 11-24-2007, 07:50 PM

yeah but you never know. he might of got like 500 decals and made it look like some thing from need for speed.

CarnageCAB · 11-26-2007, 05:32 PM

nah im not gonna do that. i dont have enough money for that.

but what kind of exhaust do yall think i should go with?
i dont know much about this stuff thats why i was asking
and im looking for the best for the least.

i was looking at some of the catbacks off of americanmuscle.com but would that would mean i would have to also get the 100$ adapter no?

3.8for the win · 11-26-2007, 05:47 PM

i got this custom h pipe http://www.v6mustangstuff.com/XPipe.htm

and i got a mac cat back http://www.v6mustangstuff.com/exhaust.htm

it has good deep tone for a sixer, i all so bought them from v6mustangstuff and there were very help full.

CarnageCAB · 11-27-2007, 06:26 AM

word. i looked at that. it would be around 500$ for the h pipe and cat back system, including shipping. Im gonna have around 250-350 for christmas so im gonna try to look for a used cat back. but go ahead and get the h pipe when i get the money

11-24-2007, 06:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
CarnageCAB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lugoff, South Carolina Posts: 152	Cheap Upgrades My parents recently bought me a 1998 v6 Mustang kinda as a Christmas/High School graduation present and I am looking to make it look or sound or perform better as cheaply as possible. Im only a Senior in high school so money is pretty limited to use for my car. So far I have no upgrades on it except for a Light/Roll Bar (Its a Convertible) and for Christmas my girlfriend is buying me a cold air intake. Then today I was planning on getting a Shorty Antenna and a windowshield decal for looks. For Christmas I told everyone to just give me money so I could put it into my car so I will probably get around 100-300 dollars. What would be the best upgrades to get for that price? If there is nothing worth doing sound or performance wise then I might just go with some Billet interior exesories.

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11-24-2007, 01:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
CarnageCAB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lugoff, South Carolina Posts: 152	Where would be a good place to find used parts besides ebay.

11-24-2007, 02:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
CarnageCAB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lugoff, South Carolina Posts: 152	word. thanks for the advice guys. i've decided im gonna save for an exhaust first. i have decent stock rims and I want my car to sound more burly.

11-26-2007, 05:32 PM	#15 (permalink)
CarnageCAB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lugoff, South Carolina Posts: 152	nah im not gonna do that. i dont have enough money for that. but what kind of exhaust do yall think i should go with? i dont know much about this stuff thats why i was asking and im looking for the best for the least. i was looking at some of the catbacks off of americanmuscle.com but would that would mean i would have to also get the 100$ adapter no?

11-27-2007, 06:26 AM	#17 (permalink)
CarnageCAB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lugoff, South Carolina Posts: 152	word. i looked at that. it would be around 500$ for the h pipe and cat back system, including shipping. Im gonna have around 250-350 for christmas so im gonna try to look for a used cat back. but go ahead and get the h pipe when i get the money