My new money pit; 1994 GT

[Hodson]

heyyy guys! so here's my ride, all black 1994 GT; my driving project. Only had it about a week lol, bought it for a steal, when I bought it it came with a no-name CAI, magnaflows with cat delete, MSR rims off a neon. Had to add cats to get it through aircare, so it sounds pretty pinner as it is. off-road H-pipe and thrush mufflers coming very soon!

Haven't got much money to throw at it yet, i'm only 19 so my mods are kind of limited paycheck-to-paycheck lol, especially considering this is my DD so I can't take it off the road for any real long amount of time... but! I've definitely started.

Found this thing hanging out at some dealership in a seedy part of town; it drove nice and had a good price so I took it home with me.

Night after I first bought it;

Took it home and cleaned it up a bit, paint is looking mint!

The corner lights were one of my BIGGEST pet peeves, I hate the yellow corners with a passion. ESPECIALLY on a black stang. So I drove out to burnaby today and got these for only $30;

much better. lol.

These arrived just a couple days ago too, $76 ebay special! 3" lowering springs

That's all I have to show for now. Next up after the lower is to tint the tails just a little bit, and get myself an off-road H-pipe. Having cats just sucks. I'll update as I go along!

 

[SoddyRebel]

lowering it 3 inches is gunna be too low imo and 205s is going to look awful, be prepared to need caster/camber plates so you dont wear those front tires out. Good luck with it though and enjoy modding it.

 

[ttocs]

3" for a DD?!

 

[Nacho98]

^^^Agreed, 3" is way too much, you are going to need caster/camber plates, shocks, and struts to do it right at the bare minimum.

Also FYI, it's not triple black unless it's a convertible with a black top or an old muscle car with a vinyl hard top.

Nice car though, looks clean...interior shots?

 

[Ferocious]

don't waste your time installing those springs. you will regret having a stang lowered 3" if you daily drive it.
sell them and go for a different set. i got mine off ebay as well for around $70, and they're a 2" drop.

 

[vermilion]

1. the car looks great.

although its not my car i'd highly reconsider those springs.
1. who makes them?
2. a 3" drop will has tremendous adverse affect on the ride geometry.
3. bottoming out will make your lose teeth fillings.
4. finding a shock/struts combo to match the height will be tough.

i'm not saying its impossible. the car looks great. We here at SN95 will help you, if you're interested.

 

[Saint]

Yeah..3 inch drop ...you just might roll your fenders...Nice car btw.. Throw some 18x10's on the rear

 

[JonBeast]

Welcome to the site...car looks good!

 

[94svtturbo]

Welcome, nice ride!!! My car is dropped 3.25 inches about and I daily'd my car for years like that. Everyone is different. So if you like them, then rock then and don't listen to everyone else.


I do agree with needing CC plates and shocks/struts. Just a warning even with CC plates on my car I still couldn't get it into factory alignment specs(factory spec was -0.5 IIRC). So mine is set up at -1.0 degrees of camber. It does wear the inside of my tires more than the outside but it takes a hella long time for that to actually become a problem on my setup

 

[Saint]

My car is dropped 3.25 inches about and I daily'd my car for years like that. Everyone is different. So if you like them, then rock then and don't listen to everyone else.


I do agree with needing CC plates and shocks/struts. Just a warning even with CC plates on my car I still couldn't get it into factory alignment specs(factory spec was -0.5 IIRC). So mine is set up at -1.0 degrees of camber. It does wear the inside of my tires more than the outside but it takes a hella long time for that to actually become a problem on my setup

How does it ride...what wheel size do you have?

 

[94svtturbo]

Its a little stiff but not bad overall. I have KYB AGX adjustable shocks so that makes a big difference too, depending upon what setting I have them on.

Honestly, the ride doesn't bother be one bit. Drove it from Portland Oregon to Reno for hot August 2 years ago. 11 hours one way and not a single complaint about the ride here

 

[Dan_T_Mustang]

Looks pretty clean, think I saw it on craigslist before you picked it up, I'm from Burnaby.

 

[Hodson]

I'm personally looking forward to a 3 inch drop, I'm not worried about ride comfort to be honest. in the future I'll get some nice coilovers or something but, at the moment I can't afford to throw a grand at some coilovers or something. I think 3" will be perfect with some stretched tires and rolled fenders, I've got a fender roller already. I think the tires I have now are too big for the rim, and the rims wrong for the car. My goal is chrome Y2K's, 18x10 all around

 

[Musturd]

Welcome ur from my hood cruise soon

 

[Musturd]

3" drop it's pretty crazy personally especially on shitty surrey roads but I guess my cars canned to

 

[94MustangGtChick]

Nice car real clean looking.....I love black mustangs..

 

[US Soldier(stang 98)]

I would like to see how this sits with a 3" drop. i have a 2.5 in the back and a 2.75 in the rear and my car tends to hit. but i dont mind ride at all.

oh and on topic thats a nice looking stang for a bace to start with

 

[Hodson]

DUMPED it today. Lowering springs were a fake, advertised as 3" lower, it ended up lowering the fronts maybe 1.5 inches and the rear half an inch at best. Super unhappy.

Took them out, cut 2 coils off the rear and 2.25 off the fronts. couldn't be happier. Rides like a bag of rocks, but I'm okay with that Form > Function!

Also dewinged, and lightly smoked the tails as you can tell. Got the wheels about 2 weeks ago off a friend, Boss Motorsports 338's, 18x9 in front and 10 in the rear! Riding on 245/35s up front and 275/35s in the rear. PERFECT offsets.

i'm now in love with my car.

 

[rollen01]

man the car looks great is that it lowered on the last post with a 3 inch drop if so I like it it gives me a idea of how my drop will look

 

[Hodson]

man the car looks great is that it lowered on the last post with a 3 inch drop if so I like it it gives me a idea of how my drop will look

i'm not sure how much I ended up dropping it, like I said, the apparent "3 inch lowering springs" were like one inch. and nothing in the back. Made me really mad after doing all that work, and there's basically no change.. so I trimmed them. 2 coils off the rear and 2 and a quarter off the fronts. I might just be purely on bumpstops.

e/ Forgot to add, I have cats and straightpipes for exhaust now, left the cats for aircare purposes and ripped out the magnaflows, they sounded like trash.