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Old 04-30-2008, 04:03 PM
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so i just droped like all of my mod money on my new black fr500s. so im on a tight budget for the rest of the summer.

ive been looking around and found a few cheep visual mods that i could do. so im going to paint my gas tank a satin black and mabe polish the strapps. (it looks faded and gray right now) and im gona make my own shorty antena, and i want to cut the hangy down part off of my front bumper. (that flat piece of uselessness)
so that will give u the idea. i didnt know if any one else had any stuff like that.

and dont worry, im gona fit in some real mods as well hehe.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 05:12 PM
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Lower the wiper arms, paint the brake calipers, paint the interior acent pieces, remove that side stripe... I don't know what you already have done though.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 05:52 PM
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ohh man i was just wishin i could lower the wiper arms. ware did u learn to do that?

and yeah paintint the calipers is on the list i just forgot. i just need to decide what color. im in between black and silver. everyone has the red ones.

but yeah that was what im talking about
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 06:00 PM
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you could take off hundreds of pounds of weight off that heavy ol mustang with a normal everyday saws-all

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Old 04-30-2008, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by tristang
ohh man i was just wishin i could lower the wiper arms. ware did u learn to do that?
Here ya go: http://mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/wiper1.htm

I would have done it to mine already but during summer it pretty much rains daily here.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tristang
im in between black and silver. everyone has the red ones.
+1 Yeah do somthing different. Silver wont be much different than what the metal looks like unpainted really. Id do black...
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 06:47 PM
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yeah cause now with the black fr500's the crappy looking parts really stick out.
now im not sure that ill do anything to the wipers. its my dd rain or shine. ill let u guys now when i get my gas tank painted. ive seen pics and it really makes a difference.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SeanStang
Here ya go: http://mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/wiper1.htm

I would have done it to mine already but during summer it pretty much rains daily here.
ahhhh good ole Florida rain, gotta love it!
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 07:28 PM
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I lowered my wiper and I haven't noticed any problems when it rains. Maybe I just don't know beucase its been about 4 years since I've had the wipers where they normaly are. I just put them where the tip of the blade touches the cowl cover. And I vote black on the calipers, with a silver Mustang sticker from Ebay to put on'em. I saw a picture of that once and it looked really good. What about that side stripe? I think it should come off.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 07:50 PM
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well a lot of people say that i should take it off. but i kinda like it. so im up in the air about that.
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 07:52 PM
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lol, well i just lowered mine. took 5 min and i like it! so thier stayin low!
 
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Originally Posted by tristang
so i just droped like all of my mod money on my new black fr500s.
post some pics of the FR500s man!!!!
 
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Old 04-30-2008, 10:10 PM
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yeah i need to wash it first. and its gona rain for the next week so ill wash it and post pics after that. yeah im a little picky about takeing pics. but they look sick on my stang.
 
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Old 05-01-2008, 07:38 PM
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maybe SS bumper inserts, kinda cheap
 
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Old 05-02-2008, 06:44 PM
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Keep the flat piece of plastic on the bottom. It directs air up to the radiator.

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