Project 1989 Mustang GT Convertible

[244Brick]

^^ This.. Do it like a bauss bro!!

[PrimeLuxeZ]

What rice 4 life said.

[delvin]

Pretty clean bay actually, Ford didn't really give us fox body guys much to work with.

I wanna see it with all 4 wheels on already, rob a bank or something geez. :beer:

[low89fox]

Just keep building it the way you want to. It's your car, not ours. Prove them wrong about it.

We are here for feedback, so what if there is negative feedback, take it constructively and use their advice.

Remember, safety first.

Thanks, man. Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do is prove them wrong about my control arms. I understand everyone's concern, but the stock control arm is beefy as hell, so It doesn't bother me. I'm no noob, I know about cars and safety, I'm a technician at a dealership (not trying to brag, I'm not one of those asshole techs, lol).

I'm drifting on a 3rd and 4th gear road course Sunday, so we'll all see just how strong my control arms are. (I'm bringing uncut spares in case of emergency, lol)

Pretty clean bay actually, Ford didn't really give us fox body guys much to work with.

I wanna see it with all 4 wheels on already, rob a bank or something geez. :beer:

Thanks, I try to keep it looking decent. The top end is GT40 stuff painted black and I tucked most of the wires. I don't really like it flashy, just clean and simple.

I wish I didn't curb the one rim, because it would be on all 4. But FRSport said they don't have my rims because they're on backorder or discontinued or something. I want to get the XXR 531 ccw classic knock-off rims 18x9.5 20mm front and 19x10 35mm rear, but they're also on backorder for 4 months........ ghey... I'm gonna check with NL Motoring next paycheck.

But a 18, 19 stagger would look mean as hell IMO. I didn't realize how much bigger the rear wheel arch is than the front until I tried my front 18x9.5 35mm in the rear... It would look much more even with 19's in the back.


BTW guys, I just got my SFI approved racing harnesses in the mail today. I'm still working on fabbing the harness bar. Hopefully it'll be ready by Sunday.

[keeton]

Pretty clean bay actually, Ford didn't really give us fox body guys much to work with.

True dat.

[Bystrov]

The engineers did a shitty job on the suspension design anyway, using 1960's geometry. The structural integrity designed into the arms was unnecessary overkill the minute my coilovers went on.

hahaha are you really going to argue this over educated Engineers??

im sorry but far too many stanceworks members lately give way to much credit for shitty rides...

you car had great potential, before you made it unsafe. God help you when you will hit yet another serious bump....

and people, please stop supporting idiots with "don't worry about what people say Just build how you want it" BS.... you came on a public forum asking for honest advice and opinion ... now that you got it from several members, you continue to ruin your more than stock pony with "stance.. furthermore you are being flamed for shitty decisions that Not only threaten your life, but more so people driving and walking around you.

[low89fox]

hahaha are you really going to argue this over educated Engineers??

im sorry but far too many stanceworks members lately give way to much credit for shitty rides...

you car had great potential, before you made it unsafe. God help you when you will hit yet another serious bump....

and people, please stop supporting idiots with "don't worry about what people say Just build how you want it" BS.... you came on a public forum asking for honest advice and opinion ... now that you got it from several members, you continue to ruin your more than stock pony with "stance.. furthermore you are being flamed for shitty decisions that Not only threaten your life, but more so people driving and walking around you.

I'm not arguing, It's a known fact that the stock foxbody suspension sucks dick. Now it's not so bad because I have coilovers, which take a shitload of tension off of the control arms.

I don't mean to sound like an irresponsible idiot, but I've caught air a few times since having cut my control arms and everything is still perfectly in line.

If you don't like what I'm doing, then don't read my thread.

[Bystrov]

i not only wish i didnt read it i wish i had the power to delete it ....so it doest give anyone else ideas that some how this is safe....

[CrackerTeg]

i not only wish i didnt read it i wish i had the power to delete it ....so it doest give anyone else ideas that some how this is safe....

Where's the magical mod lock button at?

[1988montecarloss]

yes foxobody suspension sucks, that doesnt mean you can cut notches in your control arm though

[MommysLittleMonster]

hahaha are you really going to argue this over educated Engineers??

im sorry but far too many stanceworks members lately give way to much credit for shitty rides...

you car had great potential, before you made it unsafe. God help you when you will hit yet another serious bump....

and people, please stop supporting idiots with "don't worry about what people say Just build how you want it" BS.... you came on a public forum asking for honest advice and opinion ... now that you got it from several members, you continue to ruin your more than stock pony with "stance.. furthermore you are being flamed for shitty decisions that Not only threaten your life, but more so people driving and walking around you.

You deserve a round of applause, because I 100% agree with you.

I've been quiet for a while, but OP- you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, nor do you have any regard for good advice. Stop being a hackjob and standing behind "oh well it's bad to start". It may have sucked to start with, but that's no excuse to make something worse.

That's like punching a hole in a wall, then running through the wall entirely. "Well it already had a hole, so what does it matter?"

[motocaddy]

Here's some control arm pics

Everyone get over my cut control arms, lol... I like them being cut. If I ever have any problems with them, I will admit that I'm wrong and get custom tubular ones. But until then, I'm not changing it.

I may be ignorant, but my car's safety is perfectly sound.

Truly, you're embarrassing and a threat to the whole modified car scene. It's because of people like you that laws get passed trying to stop all of us from modifying our cars. It's one thing to be too stupid for your own good, but you're a danger to everyone. I'm not sure if its better to ban you to show our community doesn't support dangerous mods or let you stay in hopes you might learn how wrong the above mod is.

[loekaaz]

LOL When you search on google for 'cutting control arms', I was (sorta) surprised to see that lots of the threads on google are made by Fox body owners. And yes. they all got flamed for their shitty hack jobs...

[CrackerTeg]

Truly, you're embarrassing and a threat to the whole modified car scene. It's because of people like you that laws get passed trying to stop all of us from modifying our cars. It's one thing to be too stupid for your own good, but you're a danger to everyone. I'm not sure if its better to ban you to show our community doesn't support dangerous mods or let you stay in hopes you might learn how wrong the above mod is.

Where's the damn "Like" button at? Can we petition the admin here to do just that?

[low89fox]

^ Everyone above: mad as fuck.

lmao. I'm cutting my rear control arms tomorrow.