Shifting_Gears
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Research before you buy parts. There’s a pretty narrow number of brands that really stick out in the Mustang world as QUALITY and “worth the money” purchases. Don’t get fooled by advertising claims either.
You mentioned suspension. This is a HUGE component to a vehicles performance and done wrong, will ruin ride quality, destroy related parts (tires, ball joints, bushings, etc.) if the correct parts aren’t selected and installed properly. The best handling factory Mustangs don’t use coil overs. There’s nothing wrong with using them but there’s a hell of a lot that goes into suspension geometry and proper set up.
Since you have a base car, there’s a LOT of options of factory take off parts from GT PP cars, GT350 goodies, etc. Wheel and tire selection is right up there with suspension. When I was 24, I thought “tires were tires” but couldn’t have been more wrong.
Everyone covered tools... and safety, but you can’t overstate safety. Never get under a car that isn’t properly supported by jack stands. You can use a floor jack in conjunction with stands, but not ONLY a floor jack. I’ve had the biggest, baddest jacks fail and it’s usually without warning.
Get a good set of mechanics gloves as well. They will save your hands and fingers from cuts, scrapes and bruises. Don’t do stuff like get brake fluid on your bare hands, fuel, etc without washing it off immediately.
And finally, never, ever bring brake cleaner around fire. The fumes are toxic, fatal or at the very least neurologically damaging.
You mentioned suspension. This is a HUGE component to a vehicles performance and done wrong, will ruin ride quality, destroy related parts (tires, ball joints, bushings, etc.) if the correct parts aren’t selected and installed properly. The best handling factory Mustangs don’t use coil overs. There’s nothing wrong with using them but there’s a hell of a lot that goes into suspension geometry and proper set up.
Since you have a base car, there’s a LOT of options of factory take off parts from GT PP cars, GT350 goodies, etc. Wheel and tire selection is right up there with suspension. When I was 24, I thought “tires were tires” but couldn’t have been more wrong.
Everyone covered tools... and safety, but you can’t overstate safety. Never get under a car that isn’t properly supported by jack stands. You can use a floor jack in conjunction with stands, but not ONLY a floor jack. I’ve had the biggest, baddest jacks fail and it’s usually without warning.
Get a good set of mechanics gloves as well. They will save your hands and fingers from cuts, scrapes and bruises. Don’t do stuff like get brake fluid on your bare hands, fuel, etc without washing it off immediately.
And finally, never, ever bring brake cleaner around fire. The fumes are toxic, fatal or at the very least neurologically damaging.
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