Exterior Mods

[the5.ohh]

After I do my exhaust within the next month or two, I'm going to be putting $$ aside for some exterior mods. The tires on my car are brand new so I'm leaving them alone. I'm going to get 17x9 Black fr500s with the polished lip, a Saleen S281 spoiler, lowering springs and paint the calipers red and black 5.0 fender badges.

http://www.sn95world.com/wheel-17-x9-fr500-black-1994-2004/p/W242/
http://www.sn95world.com/ford-racing-mcgard-locking-lug-nut-kit-chrome/p/M1012K/
http://www.americanmuscle.com/saleen-s281-rear-spoiler.html
http://www.americanmuscle.com/sr-springs-7904v8.html
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-16228A50/Mustang-Black-50L-Fender-Emblem

 

[MustangChris]

sweet man. be sure to do a little homework on properly lowering your stang. we got some awesome members here who really know whats up... :-D

 

[JeremyAlan]

I like where this is going

 

[justi88]

Me too

 

[whiplash473]

go with 10.5 fr's for the rear if your tires are wide enough to.....you wont regret it.....other than that its sounding like a good plan....looking forward to seeing some progress

 

[OnyxCobra]

yeah I'd definitely go with the 10.5 rears even if it meant buying two new tires, unless you're looking to be able to rotate them.

 

[the5.ohh]

I can't wait, nothings happening right now but pretty soon things are gettin done. Can I just get lowering springs and be done with it or do I need anything else? I want 10.5's for the back but my tires are brand new and my dad won't let me change the tires, only the wheels. I got 245/45/17s all around so I can only run 17x9s all around right? I think my cars gonna look sick I really can't wait, but first the exhaust is getting done lol.

 

[CC'S95GT]

you can go ahead and lower it now. If go more much more than 1 1/4" lower in front you'll need CC plates.
If you get a 1 1/2" spacer in the rear, it'll push the out to the edge of the fenders like the wider wheels would.

 

[the5.ohh]

Sounds good. Would I be good with these? http://www.americanmuscle.com/forac.html

And I heard wheel spacers make the wheels wobbily

 

[whiplash473]

depends on how much you wanna spend and if you're wanting to stick with a specific brand......and no i wouldnt worry about that with the spacers they'll be fine

 

[sn95jones]

Lower it first then worry about the exhaust, if you want a good sounding exhaust go with BBK LT headers, and flows out the back, had that on my Fox and sounded GOOD
[video=youtube;x8YJeJlb8LE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8YJeJlb8LE[/video]

 

[the5.ohh]

@whiplash- Sounds good
@jones- Im doing it the other way around exhaust than lower it. I can't take how quiet it is. I like flows but idk what mufflers I'm gonna do, most likely mac pro dumps. I can't get LT's cause I got an auto

 

[sleepn_sn95]

Im pretty sure Mac LT's work with auto's

 

[the5.ohh]

Im pretty sure Mac LT's work with auto's

I didn't know they made LT's for autos, thnx for the heads up. Would they work with a bbk o/r H with hf cats?

 

[sleepn_sn95]

Im not sure if they do. They are a pain to install though

 

[the5.ohh]

gotcha thanks dude

 

[whiplash473]

you just gotta hope your start doesnt go out

 

[the5.ohh]

My what?

 

[sn95jones]

Starter....

 

[the5.ohh]

Ahh my bad I'm half asleep on my phone goin thru the site. As far as I know the starters fine, what would be some obvious signs of it going out?- Slow start up? Once I got the car i changed the plugs and wires and never noticed a quicker start up.