Taillight De Ghettoization

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It's a matter of personal taste. I didn't like the original tails when I bought my car 6-1/2 years ago. so I replaced them with chromed Altezzas and I'm much happier with the looks.
Then:
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Now (with rear spoiler delete):
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That said, on my other red project Mustang I prefer the stock tails but I might get rid of the spoiler on that too:
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Geez-a-lou holy spoiler batman!! Friggin huge
 
I picked up a stock replacement tail for 20 bucks

car-parts.com!

and also, I love my stock tails but I would change them only for the 96-98 tails w/sequential.
but probably won't.
The only reason I've never installed a sequential kit on any of my cars is what I have always considered to be a major flaw in all the kits available. The major flaw being that application of the brakes always results in both taillights sequentially illuminating outward before staying continuously lit. I always felt that it looked tacky; as though whomever designed them couldn't be bothered to design a circuit that differentiated between braking a signaling. Ford did it right with the sequential taillights on the 2010+ cars. I would get a set of '96-'98 tails if someone came out with a kit that performed like the 2010+ taillights.
 
ry94stang50 - You inspired me...
Before:
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After:
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Note: I did not tint these lights. Someone already had that done and the clear was put on by a blind man in a sand storm I think.

Here they are on the car:
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I plan to do some black wheels in the near future. Or maybe have my tri-spokes powder coated black.
 
:ot:
I shaved my E7's .035" and ported the chit out of them and was in the 13's N/A with bolt-ons and gears and really bald tires before grenading my tranny. I had a 5 angle valve job done on them also. I ended up selling them for $300 when I was done with them. I read an article that showed how to port the E7 heads and it said you could gain 40 HP. I have been looking for that article for some time now. If anyone knows where one is please post a link.
 
You think stock spoiler would make er v6'ish? Oh how are you liking the ported e7's?

The stock spoiler would look fine on the red Stang but I'd already sold the spoiler that I took off the green Stang long before I bought the red one.
I like my DIY ported E7s a lot, especially since the porting cost me only time and hardly any money. It was a no brainer really considering that buying and shipping in another pair of heads would have cost a small fortune. Shame there aren't any junkyard 5.0L Explorers in the UAE otherwise I could have scavenged a pair of GT40s/GT40Ps.
 
:banana: I know what you are getting at. See Bullitt - he wants a set too!

He he, if I wanted a pair of stock tails and a stock spoiler for my green Stang, I wouldn't have taken off the originals and sold them in the first place. :lol: What I would like is a pair of GT40/GT40P heads to play around with using my porting kit.

90lxwhite said:
You see many mustangs over there?

Lots of New Edge and S197 models but not many surviving '94-'98 SN95s and even fewer Foxes (most of those have been converted to dragsters anyway).
 
My god, shipping for a set of heads to Saudi Arabia would cost an oil well! I could MAYBE go find you a set though if you want to pay cost + shipping. I have been going to the junk yards lately and scavenging parts. They have a watch list that will send a text when certain vehicles come in. Tell me what to look for.
 
My god, shipping for a set of heads to Saudi Arabia would cost an oil well! I could MAYBE go find you a set though if you want to pay cost + shipping. I have been going to the junk yards lately and scavenging parts. They have a watch list that will send a text when certain vehicles come in. Tell me what to look for.

Thanks for the offer but shipping for a pair of heads would cost me ~$800 if they're cast iron and ~$500 if they're aluminum. That's too prohibitive for me.