Out on the town with Goldmember!! *ADDED NEW PICS TO FIRST POST 3-23-08*

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New pics today, put my 17's back on, got the front-end redone with help from Dad and got the alignment done this morning by an excellent local shop.

All I used on the paint was Obsessive Detail's quick detailer, it's a freaking phenomenal shine booster as you will see. And it smells like cotton candy lol

Here we go... Picture 1- the way the early spring sun was hitting the car demanded that I take a pre-flight pic: (Interesting notes: if you look in the upper left-hand corner of the pic you'll see the Stone Beige Metallic 1997 Bonneville SSE I owned a couple years back. What a pile of junk- my neighbor, who has owned Bonnevilles for like 15 years, has it now. The HUD was pretty nifty though :thumb:) Under the tarp is an old WWII Jeep my other neighbor has, but it has no paperwork with it and is basically useless.)
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Oooooh the shine! Remember kids all I used was Obsessive's quick-shine. Used it on my mom's Mountaineer too. Man this stuff is good!
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Lookin' good mang!
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From the train station 2 minutes from my house. *waits for the anti-4x4 crowd to start up*
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Hittin' the bricks
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Discovered this dirt trail the other day, knew instantly that I needed to use it in a photo shoot
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Lovin' that mid-March sun
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Blatant disregard for parking in the lines
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Curbside at the lakes in town. This is also where I go running... lol gotta start again
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Old volunteer ambulance building. They've since moved into a brand-new facility. I get a sweet photo backdrop.
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Got back home and put my sn95forums sticker on... well, one of the two.

It was too good an afternoon to pass up so it was time for the first shine-up of the season. I've come to the conclusion that I'll part with this car under one of two circumstances: it dies, or I die.

Gotta head to Advance tonight and see what my latest CEL is all about. Detailed my interior as well but didn't have time to vacuum, I wanted to get out while I still had that brilliant sun.

****************Got a Couple More For Ya... SUN 3-23-08***************

Added something to my car after yesterday's pics. Can you tell what it is? No?
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Here's a hint:
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I'm a member of my local Mustang Club too. We're affiliated with the Mustang Club of America.
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A couple of my mom's 2000 Mountaineer, two-tone green with 107K. 5.0 and 3.73's FTW!! The heads and intake on this 5.0 actually flow better than the ones on the 5.0 Stangs, and are an upgrade from stock 5.0 fare. I believe they're GT40 "X" heads. All I did was wash, use Meguiars' Hot Shine on the tires (personal favorite), and used Obsessive Detail Fast Shine. The glow the paint has is radioactive! (Needs a visit from the clay bar fairy though).

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All that nuclear shine and I only needed this much fast shine: You all need to buy this. Now!!
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Today I'm doing my headlight relay upgrade if it warms up a little, will take pics as I go.
 

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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

Put that 4X4 To Good Use i See :rollinglaugh:

Last Pic FTMFW.... Great composition
 
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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

Dammit Handz I knew you'd say something first LOL. Thanks for the compliment on the last pic!!
 

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Looks great man...whats going on with your exhaust tips? One seems to be sloping up real sweet, but the other is straight...
 

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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

Pretty good pics over all

car looks nice, it can look nicer with a drop tho :thumb:
 

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JonBeast said:
Looks great man...whats going on with your exhaust tips? One seems to be sloping up real sweet, but the other is straight...
I was noticing the tips too. Looks great though sicc car.
 
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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

I noticed that about the tips too as I went through the pics- we adjusted the driver-side tip because it was a little crooked, but probably adjusted too much.

Lowering isn't in the plans at this point, there's other maintenance stuff I gotta get to first- like getting rid of these shit Goodyears. I won these wheels/tires off Ebay, whole set had only 10K on them and the sidewalls on some of these tires still have those "nipples."

I'm burning off the rears, when they've had it I'll get something better. Seeing as these tires are original 1996 units they won't last long!

Thanks for the compliments!
 

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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

It's a nice looking car indeed. I saw a 32 Ford on the Speed channel today and the owner referred to the paint as "Aztec Gold." I immediately thought of your car.

I feel you on the blatant disregard for parking in the lines too.
 
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destructo said:
It's a nice looking car indeed. I saw a 32 Ford on the Speed channel today and the owner referred to the paint as "Aztec Gold." I immediately thought of your car.

I feel you on the blatant disregard for parking in the lines too.

Cool!
 
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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

thanks Aaron! Been "studying" the ways some of the other dudes here take pics of their cars and trying to mimic that in my own photos.
 

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JonBeast said:
Looks great man...whats going on with your exhaust tips? One seems to be sloping up real sweet, but the other is straight...
mine does the same thing. not so much that much on the drivers side, but pretty close. i believe its a hanger. ive loosened the drivers side muffler/tailpipe and tried to twist it straight, and it wouldnt budge. i think the hanger is holding it that way.
 

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Re: Out on the town with Goldmember!!

Cool pics. The last one is really good comp. like Handz said earlier. There is nothing better than a deep shiny Stang to show off.
 
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Mystikal said:
Cool pics. The last one is really good comp. like Handz said earlier. There is nothing better than a deep shiny Stang to show off.

:thumb: :TY:

Went to Advance tonight to get my CEL checked out. Another random multiple cyl. misfire. I replaced both coil packs already, guess it's time to look at the wires.

As for the tips, you're right it's partly the hangers and partly the fact that the system didn't fit well when installed. Pypes Race Pro- Good sound but lousy quality- you truly do get what you pay for. I'm running their Race Pro cat-back and their catted X.
 
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Thanks!

Did the headlight relay upgrade today and installed Sylvania Xtravision bulbs. Holy Sweet Mother of Christ are these lights bright now! Whiter, more intense, unreal... Have pics of the installation, will put them up in a thread tomorrow. I HIGHLY recommend this for all the smoked headlight guys.
 

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Just FYI in case no one else says it, the heads on the Mountaineer/Explorer are GT40P heads, I have them on my car. They flow slightly better in stock form, but have a much better combustion chamber that not only puts the plug in a better (for flame travel and burn) position, but also bump up the compression a tad.

Nice pics.
 
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Hellion94 said:
Just FYI in case no one else says it, the heads on the Mountaineer/Explorer are GT40P heads, I have them on my car. They flow slightly better in stock form, but have a much better combustion chamber that not only puts the plug in a better (for flame travel and burn) position, but also bump up the compression a tad.

Nice pics.

Thanks for the compliment, and the correction- couldn't remember if it was "X" or "P."
 

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