Took care of the front end (brakes and tires).

[SemperFiMarine2]

Well April was one very busy and expensive month for me. I bought a lot for the car, some wants with mostly needs since the car is over 127k now.

Balljoints
Sway bar bushings
Struts
Endlinks
2 Front Tires
1 Curb Rashed Rim Repaired
Dimpled and Slotted rotors
03/04 Cobra Brakes

A HUGE thank you to Esteban (MysticSVT) for helping me out with finding parts, sharing his knowledge and installation of everything! He's a great friend and an awesome mechanic.

Disclaimer: Don't like HDR? That sucks because that's what you'll see.

Paint stripping.

Painting.

Painted.

Everything ready to go.

Balljoint that came out. :nonono:

Stock. The before picture.

During.

Picked up the wheels.

New and old tire compared.

Old and new rim compared.

Just like me, left one hangs lower.

Messing with the aperture.

Full exhaust.

I also clayed the car for the first time ever. Thought I did a decent job. Thanks for looking, any and all comments are welcome! :beer:

 

[laserred2v]

looks good man

 

[SonicBlur2003]

well done

 

[96lasersnake]

Looks great. I like the "R" caps with the red brakes. Always nice to get a car back in perfect working order.

 

[slow90coupe]

Everything looks awesome!!! Just curious, but how big of a difference can you feel in the way the car handles with the new suspension parts? I'm looking to do some similar things to my 129,000 mile car soon. Just wanting to know if it made a difference or not.

 

[Matt99]

^^^^ it's a night and day difference trust me, mystic did my entire front suspension with new poly bushings and rack and pinion,old stuff had abut 180k miles on them. The steering feels so much tighter

 

[semperfimrn1]

at least my old car is in good hands

nobody cares which ones hangs lower gross

 

[346CamaroSS]

clean car man

 

[FstRyde03]

Looks great, what is the trick to doing the calipers without a hassle with the Cobra letters? Do you tape the letters off?

 

[sc bullitt]

good job looks great

 

[ford_racer]

Love the 2000 Cobra Rs.

 

[SemperFiMarine2]

looks good man

well done

Love the 2000 Cobra Rs.

good job looks great

Thanks guys!

Looks great, what is the trick to doing the calipers without a hassle with the Cobra letters? Do you tape the letters off?

What I did was just paint lightly over the letters and after a bit got a razor blade and started scraping the paint off.

clean car man

Thanks!

Everything looks awesome!!! Just curious, but how big of a difference can you feel in the way the car handles with the new suspension parts? I'm looking to do some similar things to my 129,000 mile car soon. Just wanting to know if it made a difference or not.

Just like Matt said, it feel awesome! It felt like a brand new car when I got it back. Before, going over any bump it would sound and feel like crap, now it feels 10x better! You notice and love it!

Looks great. I like the "R" caps with the red brakes. Always nice to get a car back in perfect working order.

Oh yeah for sure man, It feels so much better now. :rockon:

 

[biohazard5500]

sweet

 

[DorschAaron]

Just wanting to know if it made a difference or not.

 

[SemperFiMarine2]

sweet

Thanks!

Just wanting to know if it made a difference or not.

Did what make a difference? :shrug:

 

[Mystic-SVT]

Cars looking good man, and glad you're happy with how the car handles now. Nothing like brand new front suspension.

Lol @ "...left one hangs lower."

 

[Mystic-SVT]

Everything looks awesome!!! Just curious, but how big of a difference can you feel in the way the car handles with the new suspension parts? I'm looking to do some similar things to my 129,000 mile car soon. Just wanting to know if it made a difference or not.

Just like Matt said, it's a night and day difference when your suspension has seen better days.

 

[jamg]

What kind of struts are those ? Nice car

 

[two-gun kid]

What did you use to paint the calipers ?

 

[05satinGT]

I ****ing love your car. It's so simple, but so perfect. The IRS, Polished CB, Tails, and Wing Delete are what really sets it off :beer: