Mustang Crew

[cgc]

Are mustangs reliable yet?

Bro has a 2007, something new breaks down every few months

What do you mean, "yet"? I've had six mustangs....one I've taken to almost 200K, and two well over 100K. IMO, they're pretty reliable and you can drive them hard, if you maintain them.

There are cars from every manufacture that aren't worth a crap. But as a whole, yeah, mustangs have been pretty reliable for some time.

[Jax05]

Are mustangs reliable yet?

Bro has a 2007, something new breaks down every few months

I'm not a big fan of most mustangs prior to S197, but I know a lot of people who have had mustangs at some point and reliability was never really a big concern. Some interior build quality issues here and there, but otherwise pretty solid cars.

when you read horror stories about mustangs killing the engines/transmissions/differentials/etc. keep in mind that many people drive these things pretty hard.

[WSG1]

Mustangs have always been reliable. Their drive trains have been their strong point dating back to the mid 80s.

[solidus2k3]

never heard of any reliability issues with the mustangs...

[fmylife4real]

Are mustangs reliable yet?

Bro has a 2007, something new breaks down every few months

Need to be more specific about what's breaking on his car every few months. Too many factors to consider...a lot of Mustangs end up in the hands of people that modify them in many different ways and inevitably use cheap **** parts that fail sooner than one would expect.

In order, I've had: 1996 GT, 1994 Cobra, 1991 LX 5.0 convertible, 2006 GT convertible, 2003 Mach 1 and now my 2008 Shelby GT500 convertible. They've all been reliable up until I had work done on most of them which is why I have a hard time trusting anybody to work on my cars. When I replace/upgrade parts, no problems because I'm very meticulous about it. When someone else has done something for me, there's usually more adjustment that needs to be done or realigning something because they just wanted to get it done and out of their shop.

[cgc]

Need to be more specific about what's breaking on his car every few months. Too many factors to consider...a lot of Mustangs end up in the hands of people that modify them in many different ways and inevitably use cheap **** parts that fail sooner than one would expect.

In order, I've had: 1996 GT, 1994 Cobra, 1991 LX 5.0 convertible, 2006 GT convertible, 2003 Mach 1 and now my 2008 Shelby GT500 convertible. They've all been reliable up until I had work done on most of them which is why I have a hard time trusting anybody to work on my cars. When I replace/upgrade parts, no problems because I'm very meticulous about it. When someone else has done something for me, there's usually more adjustment that needs to be done or realigning something because they just wanted to get it done and out of their shop.

I believe you've typed that all up unnecessarily....at this point, if dude was legit with his question, he would have responded with more detail.
Poor troll job.

[fmylife4real]

I believe you've typed that all up unnecessarily....at this point, if dude was legit with his question, he would have responded with more detail.
Poor troll job.

I know

[WSG1]

Been toying around with the idea of getting another Fox Body GT. I had such big plans for my old 88 GT i had in 2009 but i was a broke ass working at Taco Bell part time and couldnt afford anything so i sold it.

But damn have the prices on them went up. I bought mine for $2200 and it was in pretty good shape. Now you cant find anything decent for less than $4-5k.

[cgc]

Been toying around with the idea of getting another Fox Body GT. I had such big plans for my old 88 GT i had in 2009 but i was a broke ass working at Taco Bell part time and couldnt afford anything so i sold it.

But damn have the prices on them went up. I bought mine for $2200 and it was in pretty good shape. Now you cant find anything decent for less than $4-5k.

Yep, kind of blew me away when I started looking for a project car a couple of years ago before I bought my 11'. I love the old Fox coupes, but no way I'd pay what some people were wanting for those things....I'd buy another 69' Fastback project before I bought a Fox for as much as some wanted.

[Mundungus]

This thread brings up so many feels. No mustangs currently but will have another one in a few years. Finally like what they're doing with the new style.

Here's my old 90 coupe. Solid roller 351W, AFR 205 heads, C4 w/ transbrake, 33 spline spooled rear. Fastest pass was 10.3x @ ~130 (slip is somewhere).

Pic of a pic. So nice having cell phones now.



I get my fast car fix with my brother's 2009 Z06. I've driven the last 5k miles of the 22k it has on it. Just a vararam and whole lot of fun haha.

[WSG1]

Yep, kind of blew me away when I started looking for a project car a couple of years ago before I bought my 11'. I love the old Fox coupes, but no way I'd pay what some people were wanting for those things....I'd buy another 69' Fastback project before I bought a Fox for as much as some wanted.

Dont even get me started on the notchbacks. LOL. People are asking CRAZY amounts of money for them now. Straight up pieces of junk are on CL with asking prices of $5-$7k. Doesnt make any sense to me.

I may just get into 1994-95 GT's. They are still reasonably prices for the most part. Even the 96-98 Cobras are pretty cheap still.

[1slo5oh]

Dont even get me started on the notchbacks. LOL. People are asking CRAZY amounts of money for them now. Straight up pieces of junk are on CL with asking prices of $5-$7k. Doesnt make any sense to me.

I may just get into 1994-95 GT's. They are still reasonably prices for the most part. Even the 96-98 Cobras are pretty cheap still.

To be honest this is happening with most crap on CL these days. I was on the hunt for a 2000-2006 Single Cab short bed Chevy/GMC to put the drivetrain out of my old crew cab in ... yeah.... fkn JUNK... I cant tell you how many trucks I saw for 7k-10k dollars with salvage titles... or it has 3,000,000 miles on a V6 and the body looks like the back of a fat woman's legs and they want the same money... ridiculous...

So... I changed gears... went and picked this up last Tuesday.. 2/4 drop is on the way , Cold Air is already on , and the tuner is in the mail.




Now I am trying to swing a deal with a buddy of mine that has a 89 notchback that is already set up to put my built 6.0L in and spray the guts out of it.

[cgc]

Dont even get me started on the notchbacks. LOL. People are asking CRAZY amounts of money for them now. Straight up pieces of junk are on CL with asking prices of $5-$7k. Doesnt make any sense to me.

Yeah, there was a nice notch back for sale down the road from me years ago. It went up for sale just after I bought my 82GT....for the same exact price $4500. Real nice...totally regretted picking up the 82 over it (which I loved the 82).



Hey, I have some parts I'm going to get rid of...what would y'all price this stuff at?

Stock CAI with new filter
Stock H-pipe with cats
Stock 11' GT 18" wheels with TPMS working and still installed (tires need to be replaced).

I have an idea of what I want to sell this stuff for, just want to make sure I'm not out of line.
Let me know.

[jcrue11]

Yeah, there was a nice notch back for sale down the road from me years ago. It went up for sale just after I bought my 82GT....for the same exact price $4500. Real nice...totally regretted picking up the 82 over it (which I loved the 82).



Hey, I have some parts I'm going to get rid of...what would y'all price this stuff at?

Stock CAI with new filter
Stock H-pipe with cats
Stock 11' GT 18" wheels with TPMS working and still installed (tires need to be replaced).

I have an idea of what I want to sell this stuff for, just want to make sure I'm not out of line.
Let me know.

I sold my Track Pack 19's with TPMS for $800 last summer, so maybe slightly less for yours since they're 18's? Maybe you know somebody with a V6 that would want to buy them?

[cgc]

I sold my Track Pack 19's with TPMS for $800 last summer, so maybe slightly less for yours since they're 18's? Maybe you know somebody with a V6 that would want to buy them?

If I could walk away with $400 for the wheels, I'd be happy.

Was thinking walk away with $50 for the CAI and $150 for the H-pipe (cats are still good).

If I can manage that, I'd be cool...it's all just taking up space in my garage. I have a spare mini-compressor I'm gonna sell to. I just gotta get rid of some junk.

[da2ricky]

New rubber came, got them mounted and regret nothing.

[tng83]

New test mule (GT500?) caught testing alongside a ZL1 in Arizona.

[fmylife4real]

New rubber came, got them mounted and regret nothing.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/gp2VHQm.png[img]

Meaty af. What size and what do you have them on?

[da2ricky]

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Meaty af. What size and what do you have them on?

Front: 265/40/19 on 9" wide Velgen VMB5
Back: 305/35/19 on 10.5" wide Velgen VMB5

Pic below is with the old tires (305/30/19 and 265/35/19). Why in the fuk whoever had it before me got 19's is beyond me. It looks better with the slightly taller tires now.

[HairyWBush]

been trying to sell this...hopefully it goes quicker as soon as my vette sells (hopefully tomorrow)

[fmylife4real]

Front: 265/40/19 on 9" wide Velgen VMB5
Back: 305/35/19 on 10.5" wide Velgen VMB5

Pic below is with the old tires (305/30/19 and 265/35/19). Why in the fuk whoever had it before me got 19's is beyond me. It looks better with the slightly taller tires now.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/k1QgMSE.jpg[img]

Looks good! When I bought my wheels (20x9 front, 20x10 rear), it came with 255-35 front but only 285-30 rear. The rears looked so thin it was gross. I went to 305-35 but they kept scrubbing on the fender lip and actually messed up the paint on the passenger because of it. Dropped down to 285-35 and it looks and fits so much better. It helps that I went with the Potenza RE-71Rs because they seem to be holding the power pretty good.

[IH8RICE]

New rubber came, got them mounted and regret nothing.

Sexy af. I love new rubber smell.

[da2ricky]

Looks good! When I bought my wheels (20x9 front, 20x10 rear), it came with 255-35 front but only 285-30 rear. The rears looked so thin it was gross. I went to 305-35 but they kept scrubbing on the fender lip and actually messed up the paint on the passenger because of it. Dropped down to 285-35 and it looks and fits so much better. It helps that I went with the Potenza RE-71Rs because they seem to be holding the power pretty good.

I haven't had any issues with rubbing, but then again, I have 19's. I also had the potenza's RE-04 iirc... They hooked pretty good but didn't last long at all, and they're more expensive than the Nittos I bought.

[need2grow10]

Front: 265/40/19 on 9" wide Velgen VMB5
Back: 305/35/19 on 10.5" wide Velgen VMB5

Pic below is with the old tires (305/30/19 and 265/35/19). Why in the fuk whoever had it before me got 19's is beyond me. It looks better with the slightly taller tires now.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/k1QgMSE.jpg[/mg]

Dude that looks great.

Will add white to my color choices

[brownbrah113]

Anybody know the best sounding exhaust for a 2015 v8? I love the stock noise but I've had my car now for 2 years and done nothing to it and I'm kinda bored.

[1slo5oh]

Anybody know the best sounding exhaust for a 2015 v8? I love the stock noise but I've had my car now for 2 years and done nothing to it and I'm kinda bored.

Man this question is really going to come down to what you like... not everybody digs the same sound... But..


You want just a touch louder than stock... GT500 mufflers , delete the resonator , add X or H pipe

You want noticeably louder than stock... Roush , Borla Attacks , Corsa..etc. etc... delete the resonator , add X or H pipe

You really want to party... use one of the aforementioned mufflers and delete the cats , resonator , add X or H pipe..


You will just have to decide what you want to put up with...

Personally I run a set of 1-7/8 Longtubes , Off road 3" x-pipe , to GT500 quad tip mufflers... nice and mellow cruising but everybody knows you are coming when you hit the loud peddle.

[jmonty]

New rubber came, got them mounted and regret nothing.

wow those look like some meaty tires!

is that as simple as getting bigger wheels and slapping them on?

edit: wow those rims are not cheap

shows how little i know..

[brownbrah113]

Man this question is really going to come down to what you like... not everybody digs the same sound... But..


You want just a touch louder than stock... GT500 mufflers , delete the resonator , add X or H pipe

You want noticeably louder than stock... Roush , Borla Attacks , Corsa..etc. etc... delete the resonator , add X or H pipe

You really want to party... use one of the aforementioned mufflers and delete the cats , resonator , add X or H pipe..


You will just have to decide what you want to put up with...

Personally I run a set of 1-7/8 Longtubes , Off road 3" x-pipe , to GT500 quad tip mufflers... nice and mellow cruising but everybody knows you are coming when you hit the loud peddle.

Can't delete cats legally in Ontario. Looking at a corsa right now seems reasonable enough.

[1slo5oh]

Can't delete cats legally in Ontario. Looking at a corsa right now seems reasonable enough.

Unless the vehicle came from the factory without cats its illegal everywhere bruh!!! But a tuner can tune around this and MOST inspection stations have gotten lazy AF (if your state has them) and will never crawl their a$$ under the car to check.

[ragealot]

Unless the vehicle came from the factory without cats its illegal everywhere bruh!!! But a tuner can tune around this and MOST inspection stations have gotten lazy AF (if your state has them) and will never crawl their a$$ under the car to check.

Tuners will disable a few things to allow your car to run without cats and not throw a code. When the inspection station hooks the ODB2 reader up to check for codes a few things will show up as Not Ready and you won't pass.

On a side note, **** Texas weather.

I left town for a few days and left my mustang in the driveway. It got demolished by hail. The worst part? I took full coverage off her a few months ago because it's been sitting in the garage collecting dust and doesn't even have current tags.

Anyone know of a good product to get hail dents out? They're small but there's LOTS of them. I'm seriously considering buying a new hood.