Hey i didn't introduce myself. I like the forum here and the people in it. So i figured id introduce myself and my new mustang. My name is Kevin and i live in Northern VA. i bought a mustang a few weeks ago,however i currently go to school at WVU so i havent been able to drive her much but the time i had on spring break when i got it i put 500 miles on it. It's a 2001 with 40,200 miles. There is a pic of me and my gf in there too, only pic of me on my new laptop. As for modding goes. I'm going to do the-
MAC cat-back dual exhaust
Chin spoiler (just for pcola)
black angel eye headlights
i have an 8in shorty ant. and bullett pedals at home
cold air intake
possibly window tint
18in cobra r chrome rims with 275/35/18 tires all round.
-Any other suggestions are appreciated, Thanks all.

 

welcome.

I wouldnt bother with a cold air intake, it will do nothing.

If you are going to put rims on it, you need to lower it. otherwise it will look bad with the huge fender gap.

 

Hell yeah! AM is offering a 20% discount on the chins through april, the discount code is in their sponsorship section of the forum.

My name's Kevin as well, as for a suggestion I would think twice on those angel eyes, they really don't look good on our cars. If you want something nice but subtle I'd get the smoked clear-corners from AM, they are a bit darker than other stores' clear corner lights for some reason, and look better.

Slither may or may not see this thread but he'll recommend you to join his site and club for lame silver mustangs, www.silvermustangs.com

And zigg, CAI's add to the cool factor. you can get one off ebay for like $30. They make awesome whiny noises. lol

 

exactly, they do nothing. He should save that money for springs, you know how bad a stang with 17's or 18's looks before its lowered.

 

Yeah well you know how bad they look without chin spoilers so..lol

 

But then you need new shocks and struts which means even more money. Thats why i havnt done it yet, and plus theres so many damn speed bumps around itd be such a pain in the *** to drive, itd take all the fun from it...

 

You don't need to rush for new shocks and struts depending on the springs...1.5" drop or less and you should be okay with the stock ones for a good while. I'm running H&R super sports on the stock springs until I can afford bilsteins and haven't noticed my shocks crapping out on me yet.

 

How long is a good while? Id just feel better doing it all at once personally. And what if you don't have the cash to dish when they do finally crap out on ya?

 

Well if you don't go into a lot of dips and pot holes or corner like a mad man maybe a year or more, also depending on how old the car is. If my shocks and struts **** out on me before I have money I'll just ride uncomfortably for a while..lol

Shocks and struts for lower rate springs are fairly cheap, if you get an eibach prokit you could get Tokico Blues which IIRC are under $400 for all 4. Bilsteins and Toki Illumnas and the like are around $600 for the higher rate springs.

 

Welcome. I would highly suggest not getting the angle eye headlights. In my opinion they don't seem right and many people say the visibility is worse than stock. Headlights and tail lights should stay stock. However, if you want to switch your headlights there is one other option:

http://www.americanmuscle.com/sm99hewiclco.html

So if you want to change the headlights I would say either go with that link or keep them stock. Thats just what I think though all that really matters is if you like the looks of the angle eye's since its your car haha

 

yeah i did read some complaints about it, they do look cool at night but the daytime pictures dont make the angel eyes look so hot. thanks for the advice. yeah im more concerned with the exhaust and rims for now. i may even leave the headlights stock.

 

PCola- I plan on getting the H&R Super Sport Springs when i do lower mine, i wanna go low if im gunna bother lowering it. If thats the case, i might just do springs now and worry about the shocks and struts over summer. Which shocks and struts would you suggest with those spings?

Flawless- Not trying to hijack your thread man... this might be info you might wanna know too.

 

For H&R SS's I'd do Bilstein HD's or Tokico D-Specs. The D-Specs are adjustable, but I don't really need to mess with that, and I like what I've heard about bilsteins and their warranty/history so I'll be going with those.

Good call

 

Bils FTW.

 

yo pcola, about the chin spoiler, how do you install them does it require any drilling?

 

Yeah you gotta do some drilling, it's pretty straight forward. When you get the chin spoiler it will be bent in half to fit in the box, straight it out and let it sit for a few days (putting it in the sun is a good idea), once it's cured back to the original shape, take it out to your car, line up the edges of it with the edges of the front of your fender wells, and tape it to the bumper to hold it in position. Then drill into your bumper where the holes in the chin are, then put the hardware in place. When I got mine they shipped plastic pushpins with it that were 1/4" IIRC, but now they ship metal hardware so it may be different.

I have a pic somewhere...
Here we go, excuse the bad condition of my chin, it's been into ditches and everything. lol

Line these edges up /w the fender




Front should recess like this if you want it to look like the Machs


But you can stretch it out to make it flush all the way through, some people have done this and it looks pretty good.

 

well cince its a 6 i would do the cai. its fast kinda cheep i did notice a deeper exaust note on mine after i did it. and the cai with the new exaust will make some extra hp. that hp thing is not my opion that is what the shop guy i talked to said.

 

Heres how it looks flesh:

 

about the lowering thing w/the 17/18's i wanna do that sooo bad but i live down a dirt road that's got a lot of potholes and dips n stuff so it'd be almost impossible to get down it, but i'm gonna try! lol. i agree w/the cai's doing nothing, i'd just get a k&n and call it quits. i'd also throw a tuner into the mix. and gears!

 

yeah mines like sean's flushed with the bumper

 

pcola are you sure about that? All of the Mach's I've ever seen are flush with the bumper

 

yeah i like that look.

 

The ones around here have it recessed a few centimeters

 

welcome nice looking stang!!

 

I'm definitely installing mine flush.

 

thanks man, this is what im aiming for so far, minus the different hood. These are the rims im looking at as well.

 

(testing sig) thanks to pcola.

 

Np

 

man pcola u make a hell of a sig. that looks great.

 

Lol, I'm alright at it. Trying to keep them simple...I'll make one for anyone who asks and supplies decent pics.