The Black Pearl Evolution

chris91 · Nov 21, 2012

Very nice build man. Awesome wifey too! Not many men can have the chance to have a wife that understands our need for Cars.

MustangChris · Nov 21, 2012

i love this thread... it should win a thread-of-the-year award.

ProKiller · Nov 21, 2012

haha thanks guys. and MC, maybe if i had more pics of the stuff i did years ago it would be worth it.

SN95nut · Nov 24, 2012

Simply stunning its everything i want to do cosmetically i just want a different color

Musturd · Nov 24, 2012

Awesome I love this car

ProKiller · Nov 29, 2012

the mustang has been parked now for a couple weeks. i went to take it for a spin sunday around the block before the first snow hit and they salt the roads. my father-in-law informs me that he backed it out the day before and there was a nice puddle of oil under it. I couldn't find any evidence of the lower intake being the culprit this time so the search begins for a new problem. i couldn't find any evidence of it leaking from anywhere above the bottom of the oil pan. So it appears that my oil pan patch that i did in the spring did not hold. so this winter looks like i'll be swapping that out. and since i'm doing that, i might as well go tubular k-member/a-arms/coilovers/etc. now begins the pursuit of deals on MM gear.

stprorolla49 · Dec 5, 2012

Ryan, there is a dude on SVTP selling a set of Tokico D-Spec specs front and rear with MM front coilovers for $530 shipped! That's a pretty sick deal. Here's the link...

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...3/895215-d-spec-struts-shocks-coil-overs.html

Orange 94 · Dec 5, 2012

beautiful car!

MSRTom · Dec 6, 2012

Looking great! I've got the export tails, too. Can you get me some more info on that F150 flasher? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks!

ProKiller · Dec 6, 2012

the flasher can be picked up at any autozone right off the shelf. just make sure it says trailering on it.

got my newest project in the mail yesterday. this is for the winter build. this pic will be all you get for now though until its done.

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Musturd · Jan 28, 2013

Very nice brembo's I'm thinking gt500 stuff maybe. Can't wait to see the winter upgrades

aussiebj · Jan 29, 2013

nice build up thread..love that rear wing..

ProKiller · Feb 7, 2013

guess i can update this somewhat. the front and overall goal is still a secret for now but the rears can at least be shared.

got FRPP rear cobra kit. have to remove the axles to get the brackets on. while i was at it, i had the axles cleaned up and put new lugs in. Diff cover is on but want to torque it down before filling it up.

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started to clean up the calipers for a fresh coat of paint. they are going to be painted black to match the new fronts. the rotors that come with the kit are for sale as i want them to match the fronts which are brembo slotted.

MustangChris · Feb 7, 2013

your dust sheilds are spotless... how did that happen?

ProKiller · Feb 8, 2013

cause brand new ones come with the cobra kit. the old ones....not so much.

ProKiller · Feb 11, 2013

got some more accomplished yesterday. Got the rear dif cover torqued down and filled up. i took the rear calipers off to finish cleaning them up as it was proving to be too much hassle leaving them on the car to clean. besides, i'll have to bleed them anyway since i changed out the fronts.

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I went to autozone for some caliper paint but they didn't have any black. what they did have was VHT caliper paint in blue which is a lot darker than the duplicolor blue. I originally wanted to do blue to tie in the stripes and add a little color but the duplicolor was waaayyyy too bright. i picked it up to see if i would like it or not. i sprayed the one side and put the wheel on and i think it will look good so the other got sprayed too. The slides on the brackets have a little bit more play in them than i would like so i'm going to get a rebuild kit for it before putting them back in. also waiting on the slotted rotors to come in. of course i forgot to take a picture of it all assembled so this will have to do.

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not sure if i'll be working on it next weekend or not as there isn't much more to do until i get the parts i'm waiting on other than cleaning/painting the front calipers.

Musturd · Feb 11, 2013

yea i feel ya there on waiting for parts ive just been cleaning and painting alot of stuff myself, spent like 2 hours cleaning my wheels inside and out the other day as well as detailing my chassis, i like the blue calipers should go nicely with the ghosted stripes that i only found out you had this past summer lol.