Bored with the Stang...Any good things you can do to it?

JRad405 · Apr 15, 2012

So I'm getting kind of bored with the 'Stang. I recently detailed it but that's only once in a while anyway where I go all out on it. I have money but I need to save it all for school since it's just expensive. What are some things you do with the car that keep yourself interested. I really want to mod something but I just need something. Like a small project you know. The only thing I have are 01 calipers to put on this summer. Otherwise there's nothing else. And I really want gears and/or my headers in. I just don't know if it's worth it to drop the hammer on one of them this summer.

quickstang_1994 · Apr 15, 2012

just modding which takes money, i like the track its fun to see improvements

Ferocious · Apr 15, 2012

I went through a stage for mine where i was low on money. I ended up converting all my lighting to LEDs. Gauge cluster, map lights, corner lights, HVAC controls, reverse lights... etc.
You won't spend more than $30 and i think its one of the best cheap mods i've done to my car.

Venomized · Apr 15, 2012

Drop the cash on the gears it will make you fall in love with your car all over again.

96gt226410 · Apr 15, 2012

I agree with saving for gears, but if you can't wait the LED upgrade is fun. My brother and I just installed a bunch of small crap laying around his garage (hood shock kit, billet pedels, Mach 1 grill delete, and tail light sequentures) on his '03 GT...

quickstang_1994, the Saleen looks great. One of my dream Mustangs is a '96 S281 in white with black top and interior. You're a lucky man. Take care of it!

det_riot · Apr 15, 2012

Or considering taking out a custom fab project. A real do it yourself instead of buy install. Make your own cluster or gauge pod since the oem ones are shit. Clean up wiring, make everything look neat and new. idk what your engine bay looks like but i've found there is always something that could be cleaned up.

g36 monkey · Apr 15, 2012

Make custom covers for wiring under the hood, like all the harnesses up on the firewall on the passenger side. I've been turning some ideas in my head about that for a long time

Knuckles@Empire · Apr 15, 2012

@ OP do you race your car at all? are there any tracks be it road racing/auto x events or drag racing available to you?

Twista · Apr 15, 2012

Find a o/r pipe on craiglist...

Cpotts13 · Apr 15, 2012

Twista said:
Find a o/r pipe on craiglist...

This.. should only run you $50 or so..

Ferocious · Apr 15, 2012

If you do get an off-road pipe, remove you mufflers and go straight piped. Then rev your car up next to people and watch them almost shit themselves.

That should keep you entertained.

mygreengt · Apr 15, 2012

when this happens to me i sell it and get something else. lol

Venom351R · Apr 15, 2012

Do you have an aftermarket shifter yet? Not to expensive especially if bought used and its a nice easy project and makes driving the car sooooo much better

Slykin · Apr 15, 2012

MGW shifter FTW.

JRad405 · Apr 15, 2012

Ferocious said:
I went through a stage for mine where i was low on money. I ended up converting all my lighting to LEDs. Gauge cluster, map lights, corner lights, HVAC controls, reverse lights... etc.
You won't spend more than $30 and i think its one of the best cheap mods i've done to my car.

Already done. I did that last year when I was bored. Haha.

Venomized said:
Drop the cash on the gears it will make you fall in love with your car all over again.

That's what I am leaning towards now.

det_riot said:
Or considering taking out a custom fab project. A real do it yourself instead of buy install. Make your own cluster or gauge pod since the oem ones are shit. Clean up wiring, make everything look neat and new. idk what your engine bay looks like but i've found there is always something that could be cleaned up.

I remember one of the guys on hear did a custom cluster. That's actually a good idea.

knuckles4696 said:
@ OP do you race your car at all? are there any tracks be it road racing/auto x events or drag racing available to you?

I have. I wanted to do it this summer. I just got an internship so I won't really have much time for that. Nearest area to race a car will be 2+ hours away. But it is on my list of things to do soon.

Ferocious said:
If you do get an off-road pipe, remove you mufflers and go straight piped. Then rev your car up next to people and watch them almost shit themselves.

That should keep you entertained.

Lol. I have pipes to remove my cats. I just decided not to put because my gf hates that my car is already loud.

Venom351R said:
Do you have an aftermarket shifter yet? Not to expensive especially if bought used and its a nice easy project and makes driving the car sooooo much better

I have an auto. It was a great idea when I bought it because the car was a DD and it was through a lot of traffic, but I wish I had a manual. I might actually have had more fun with it.