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    RIP STANG

    Sold the stang last week. It was a sad day for sure. She was replaced with a 2005 explorer sport trac xlt. Really nice truck for sure. Its tough going from a sports car to a pickup but it was time to let someone else enjoy it. I wanna thank everyone on here for the help over the years and good...
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    What do you guys think? Speedhut gauges

    I was on the Speedhut website screwing around with some customization options. One thing I always thought would look unique is some red faced gauges to overlay the stockers. Being that I have a red car, what do you all think?
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    Sweet Smell Coming from Vents...Coolant? Oil?

    Sometimes when I start my car up after I've been driving it for a little, I get a smell coming from my vents, even when I dont have the vents on. It smells like fresh oil. What could it be?
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    Question about HID's

    Anyone know anything about the quality of this kit: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/GERMAN-XENON-HID-CONVERSION-KIT-FORD-MUSTANG-FOCUS-F150_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ36476QQihZ020QQitemZ300122749382QQrdZ1 They look really good but I'm just getting into the HID market so I know wittle
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    should i sell?

    hey all. i'm graduating from college in may and i'm debating on if i should keep the stang for the long haul or sell and get something else, like an SUV, until i can afford to buy a new play car. the reason i'm asking is bc my car has 104k miles. its running strong and the paint is near perfect...
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    Re-Apolster Seats?

    I've been thinking for a while about re-apolstering my front seats. I was looking to do black leather, and then just buy a black leather rear bench to match. How much do you think it would cost to do the front seats? By the way, the driver side seat is so worn on the left side from getting in...
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    Rear fascia on 98? Need opinions

    My roomate got bored one day and decided to photoshop a flat black "insert" on the back of my car. Personally I think it looks awesome but I wanted to get some opinions and ideas. I also have white racing stripes if that changes anyones ideas/opinions. Thanks all...
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    getting worried: burning oil? kinda long

    My car is approaching 100k and I want to keep her running as long as possible. I've regularly changed the oil myself every 3,000 miles or so with synthetic, either 5W or 10W-30. About 5 months ago I had a shop change the oil for me. They used Pennzoil, regular oil. I checked everything...
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    Thinking about doing some custom tailpipes

    hey all. its been a while since ive been on, schools crazy. anyways...i was outside looking at my car today just brainstorming some possible future mods. i thought about doing something along the lines of a custom tailpipe setup from after the mufflers. i didnt know if this would be...
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    gotta fix this problem once and for all

    i'm sure i've posted this problem on here a few times but i finally pinpointed the symptoms of how my cars acting. this problem has been happening since she was stock. it used to just happen every now and then, the check engine light would come on, then the problems would magically disappear and...
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    Codes Pulled...need Help Fast!!!

    I've been reading all of these threads saying the code P1151 is a leak or something in Bank 2...but for some reason the code slip I got from the shop is saying S2 Bank 1. My cars already up on the jack stands and I'm trying to fix the problem but I don't wanna replace the wrong O2 sensor. Also I...
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    Shop can't fix my car...what should I do?

    I bought my car in September of 02 from Carmax. She was in showroom condition, bone stock down to the air filter. About a month later (still stock) my car started acting weird, surging idle, and what seemed like the fuel being sporatically cut off under light acceleration and deceleration...
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    What do you all think? Question about racing stripes

    I've been going back and forth with the idea of putting stripes on my stang. I've finally decided to go ahead and do it. But my question is what width? I'm debating between 10" and 12" stripes. I was planning on spacing them about an inch or so apart. Also, the only decent kit I've found only...
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    Bought the smoked halo projectors for my 98

    After waiting so anxiously for my new headlights to get here, they finally came and I went right to it with installing them. My car is rio red and the smoked one piece projectors matched great, for the 3 minutes they were on the car. I only ended up putting in the drivers side. After countless...
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    Racing Seats Questions

    Hey all. I just bought a pair of DAD racing seats for my stang. I was wondering how difficult it is installing these things. Is it a quick day project or something thats gonna take the better part of a weekend? The guy is also throwing in 2 4 point harnesses so I'm probably gonna be taking out...
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    What speed to safely turn off O/D??

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    How fast can I safely turn off OD?

    I feel like a post whore with all these posts I'm making but I can't seem to find better answers then here and the search tool sucks. I got my tranny rebuilt. Turns out the shop that installed the shift kit installed it all wrong (hence why it blew after only 2 weeks). We are filing a complaint...
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    Automatic Tranny about to go...good news?

    Well after about a month of having my transgo shift kit installed, my 4th gear went and now its time to get a new tranny. I would love to convert it to a 5 speed and I'm trying to figure out prices. What do you think I should do in terms of price: Have a new/rebuilt tranny installed? Convert to...
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    Tranny Problems...Any Thoughts??

    OK well I've had my transgo shift kit installed for almost 2 weeks now and all of a sudden the car drives funny. when i turn the OD off she drives fine, but since I always drive with it on to save gas its not shifting into 4th. when i get up to around 50 or so she just starts revving as if its...
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    Just got off the phone with Jegs about a Hammer Shifter

    I know this topic has been talked to death but I can't find a straight foward answer. I wanna get the Hammer Shifter for my 98 GT. I told the guy from Jegs I wanna be able to manually upshift and downshift any gear and asked if I would need a shift kit to do that. He said the Hammer shifter will...
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