Picked up this '09 with only 6400 miles at a Ford dealership south of Indy last month. On the way home I heard the dreaded clunk when I hit bumps. The dealership was kind enough to have put a 4 mo/4k mile warranty on the car, so I took it in. They replaced the rear sway bar links & bushings, but couldn't test drive it because it was raining. (I'd asked them not to) On the way home it still clunked, so back it went. The car has Borla cat-back exhaust, & Eibach springs. Turns out on bumps the axle was hitting the pipes on both sides. The car was sitting a little too low for my taste anyhow, so I bought FRPP M-5300-L springs to raise it back up a little. They installed them at no charge. They had to "adjust" the pipes a little, but pronounced it ready today. I'll pick it up tomorrow & hopefully hear no clunk.
Clunk gone
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Very common on SRA cars. surprised it took them that much to figure it out.
It can deff be annoying
It can deff be annoying
I wasn't going to have it sounding like a piece of junk when I pulled into the neighborhood or my driveway. It'll be nice to get it back tomorrow in time to park it for the winter!
Didn't yet but planning to.
Good call. Youll see why after putting about 5k miles on them
Wow what a fantastic Shelby. Love the color, love the stripe delete.
If I buy another one some day, I’d like it to be just like yours OP.
Congrats!
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If I buy another one some day, I’d like it to be just like yours OP.
Congrats!
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Thanks! I wish I could say it was 1 of the 15 Torch Red coupes that were built stripe delete, but the window sticker says it originally had white stripes. I'm a stripe delete guy, too. My black one was like that. Not planning on doing a lot to this one. Just enjoy taking it to shows & cruises.
I love Torch red (and Race Red too), does yours have the Black w/Red seat insert interior or all Black (Charcoal)?
When I had the full 3" Shelby/JBA exhaust installed on my car, that was a concern of mine, adding 1/2" diameter to the system including the over the axle pipes and contact with anything in the axle area. I found that the panhard brace was the closest part to my OTA 3" pipes but my exhaust friend was able to adjust everything so I never had any contact. I recently changed the JBA 3" X-pipe for a 3" MAC Prochamber, all of the exhaust had to be disconnected to get the Prochamber in place, again I was worried about the 3" OTA's touching, but the person who worked on the system got everything to clear. The original person who did my 3" died a couple of years ago, so another guy at the same shop did the work this time. He did a good job also.
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When I had the full 3" Shelby/JBA exhaust installed on my car, that was a concern of mine, adding 1/2" diameter to the system including the over the axle pipes and contact with anything in the axle area. I found that the panhard brace was the closest part to my OTA 3" pipes but my exhaust friend was able to adjust everything so I never had any contact. I recently changed the JBA 3" X-pipe for a 3" MAC Prochamber, all of the exhaust had to be disconnected to get the Prochamber in place, again I was worried about the 3" OTA's touching, but the person who worked on the system got everything to clear. The original person who did my 3" died a couple of years ago, so another guy at the same shop did the work this time. He did a good job also.
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Thanks! It's got the all black or charcoal interior. I wanted something different this time. Something non-black. I love black, but I had a black 95 T-Bird SC, a black 09 GT, & a black 09 GT500. I detail cars on the side, & I always tell people you don't own the black car, the black car owns you!
I looked at it when it was up on the lift, & it sure does seem tight in there. Lots of stuff in a small area. The car has Shelby LCA's (I can see the CS logo), some aftermarket UCA & bracket, adjustable PHB, & 1 pc driveshaft. Once I get the car home for a while I need to go through it & see what other stuff it has. I've got a bunch of receipts from the original owner, but nothing from the 2nd one.
Congrats on the car and good to see the dealer stand-up and make things right. Here's hoping the winter goes by quick!
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