What's on the Winter to do list for your Mustang?
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 574
From: Stoney Creek
polish, glaze and wax the Shelby in the closet of a garage I have, install a new washable airaid air filter and FRPP resonator delete on my intake, install a new red candy with black stripes and cobra logo shift **** and boot retainer.
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Prince Edward County,ON
Nothing crazy. Finally getting around to upgrading my V6 to GT brakes. I've been on the fence for a while, as I really like the sleeper look of the stock 16" wheels on the '05-'09 base V6 cars, but there is no room for larger rotors, and tire selection/grip are minimal.
I looked at GT 18" Fanblades, 18" Bullitts and '07-'08 GT500 take-offs, but holy ****, they're heavy! A lot of aftermarket wheels are either too flashy, too heavy, or both. When I found some simple 18X9" 5-spoke wheels that weigh ~19lbs at a decent price, my mind was made up. Tires will be 255/45/18 RE 760s.
The chassis brace is just the K-member brace that came OE on convertibles and GT500s.
I looked at GT 18" Fanblades, 18" Bullitts and '07-'08 GT500 take-offs, but holy ****, they're heavy! A lot of aftermarket wheels are either too flashy, too heavy, or both. When I found some simple 18X9" 5-spoke wheels that weigh ~19lbs at a decent price, my mind was made up. Tires will be 255/45/18 RE 760s.
The chassis brace is just the K-member brace that came OE on convertibles and GT500s.
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Slave Lake, AB
Nothing crazy. Finally getting around to upgrading my V6 to GT brakes. I've been on the fence for a while, as I really like the sleeper look of the stock 16" wheels on the '05-'09 base V6 cars, but there is no room for larger rotors, and tire selection/grip are minimal.
I looked at GT 18" Fanblades, 18" Bullitts and '07-'08 GT500 take-offs, but holy ****, they're heavy! A lot of aftermarket wheels are either too flashy, too heavy, or both. When I found some simple 18X9" 5-spoke wheels that weigh ~19lbs at a decent price, my mind was made up. Tires will be 255/45/18 RE 760s.
The chassis brace is just the K-member brace that came OE on convertibles and GT500s.
I looked at GT 18" Fanblades, 18" Bullitts and '07-'08 GT500 take-offs, but holy ****, they're heavy! A lot of aftermarket wheels are either too flashy, too heavy, or both. When I found some simple 18X9" 5-spoke wheels that weigh ~19lbs at a decent price, my mind was made up. Tires will be 255/45/18 RE 760s.
The chassis brace is just the K-member brace that came OE on convertibles and GT500s.
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Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,047
From: Prince Edward County,ON
The wheels are coming from a company I never would have considered...Motegi. I always thought of them as those cheap wheels you get from Canadian Tire for your riced out Civic, but they actually have some nice stuff. The wheels are "flow formed", which I assumed was their way of saying cast, but apparently is also known as spin/roll forging. The model is MR131 Traklite. TireRack only shows the 18 in an 8" wide wheel, but a local distributor was able to order them in a 9" width for about CDN$300/wheel.
Here's a link to a pic...
http://wheelimages.motegiracing.com/...189-00-300.png
Here's a link to a pic...
http://wheelimages.motegiracing.com/...189-00-300.png
