Domestic in S/W??

[lyonsroar]

This is my car I just bought in August. I sold my baby (MazdaSpeed3) due to exceptionally high insurance rates and was left with a decision to make. What could I get that would be:
a.) reliable
-and-
b.) decent looking
-and-
c.) cheap

Started looking around then ran out of time and had to pick something. Paid cash for this sucker. It's slow as all get out, but i has black leather, audiophile sound, every option except sunroof and heated seats, and it gets ~25 MPG in the city.

I can't afford the coilovers right now (and with a NE winter coming on fast...) so I plan on waiting out the winter and saving up $$ and starting fresh in the spring with coils. I've never owned a lowered car before so it'll be a learning experience...

Pics:

IMG_8779_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


IMG_8800_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


First mod, installed yesterday actually:

IMG_9587 by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


Previous car:

UWA by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

Oh, BTW, I take great pride in my photography so I'll be active in th photography section!

[jasonklee]

This will be interesting to see.

Welcome to StanceWorks

[OSSHWA]

Hmmmm.....I have always wondered what one of these (or a Ford 500/newer styler Taurus) would look like dropped on some dished wheels. I see potential for sure.

[hinrichs]

deff some potential if he does it right

welcome to StanceWorks

[lyonsroar]

This is what they look like lowered and with a lip kit:



This is a 'shop of what I am toying with:



Drop + OEM RX8 5 spokes. I'm a sucker for 5 spoke wheels...the Volvo Pegasus R is my favorite OEM wheel.

[oloniccolo]

no get nice wheels please

[lyonsroar]

no get nice wheels please

what do you think would look good? I'm open. None of this is happening until at least spring so I've got time to think about it...

[Yogi_Bear]

and that lip kit looks cheap

[Low Life]

So where is the reliable car? I see the cheap one.

[lyonsroar]

and that lip kit looks cheap

Those're nice...
Heey I like that lip kit...from the front. Rear not so much. That's a loooong way down the road though if I decide to do it...

So where is the reliable car? I see the cheap one.

The Fusion's are crazy reliable. Exactly one common problem (something with the thermostat) but that's already been taken care of on mine by the P/O. Other than that there's nothing real common that goes wrong with them that I could find. I joined a bunch of different forums asking around before I wrote that check to verify. I'm looking forward to many years of faithful service...I've had enough repair bills from my first car (2000 Volvo S40.)

[S.Mauri]

This could be very interesting.... Kudos for choosing a car that's rarely stanced.

[Low Life]

The Fusion's are crazy reliable. Exactly one common problem (something with the thermostat) but that's already been taken care of on mine by the P/O. Other than that there's nothing real common that goes wrong with them that I could find. I joined a bunch of different forums asking around before I wrote that check to verify. I'm looking forward to many years of faithful service...I've had enough repair bills from my first car (2000 Volvo S40.)

I work at a ford dealer so I'm just busting your balls. Not many fusions come in that have problems. Expeditions and anything else that is RWD and automatic is a different story.


The engineers in charge of transmissions for Ford should be burned at the stake.

[lyonsroar]

I work at a ford dealer so I'm just busting your balls. Not many fusions come in that have problems. Expeditions and anything else that is RWD and automatic is a different story.


The engineers in charge of transmissions for Ford should be burned at the stake.

Ah. I work at a CarMax!

[lyonsroar]

Bumping my old thread.

Got wheels: Axis Super Hiro 19x8.5 ET35 (with a purple stripe) for $450 with no rash, just some chips.
Got tires: Nitto NeoGen
Got Tuned: Steeda AutoSports
Got Exhaust: Magnaflow


Bay pic:

IMG_0953_smush_Wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


Got dropped: ST coilovers
5 threads left up front. 1/2 of the threads left in the rear.

25.5" ground to fender front
26.5" ground to fender rear
7.5" from ground to front bumper


IMG_1446_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


IMG_1452_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


IMG_1454_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


IMG_1456_bw_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr


IMG_1460_wm by Lyonsroar91, on Flickr

Legit shoot will come very soon. Coils literally went on one week ago. Took me and my dad about 8 hours to do, but in my defense we did it wrong the first time so we basically did it all twice AND neither one of us had done and suspension at all.

Hope you like. If not...

[mrg7243]

Looks beeter but wind them coils down in the front. Going low is addiction.

BTW nice MS3 I have been working on those alot recently and **** those damn things