2005 Mustang Revivial Thread! A Lost Pony Comes Back To Life!
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Now I have another fun update!
Got some birthday presents! Thanks to my wife for picking me up a Pypes mid muffler true dual exhaust system! My stepdad for repairing a GT bumper to go with it!
Final pic of the ugly bumper
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_145034.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_153356.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_153403.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_153411.jpg)
Had to take the tail light out to get the new bumper to fit in right
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_160700.jpg)
But it's on!
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_162329.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_162336.jpg)
And now for the hard part
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_165703.jpg)
Cutting off the old exhaust
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_165839.jpg)
Good bye nasty old clay covered and rusty exhaust
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170203.jpg)
It fits! Well kinda. Ok actually not at all, this was actually one of the worst fitting exhausts of all time imho.
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170352.jpg)
I'm relatively certain this was me cursing out American Muscle/Pypes for sending me the wrong size exhaust clamps. Had to go to Advanced auto parts to get the right size.
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170725.jpg)
dem mid muffler though...
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170806.jpg)
I don't know who snapped this pic or when, either my mom or wife but a pic of me and my stepdad trying to fit the exhaust in.
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170831_HDR.jpg)
Wanted the tip to stick out just enough to notice it, but not enough to be tacky. I think I achieved that. Thoughts?
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161106_160502.jpg)
Finally done
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161106_160438.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161106_160450.jpg)
Got some birthday presents! Thanks to my wife for picking me up a Pypes mid muffler true dual exhaust system! My stepdad for repairing a GT bumper to go with it!
Final pic of the ugly bumper
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_145034.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_153356.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_153403.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_153411.jpg)
Had to take the tail light out to get the new bumper to fit in right
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_160700.jpg)
But it's on!
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_162329.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_162336.jpg)
And now for the hard part
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_165703.jpg)
Cutting off the old exhaust
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_165839.jpg)
Good bye nasty old clay covered and rusty exhaust
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170203.jpg)
It fits! Well kinda. Ok actually not at all, this was actually one of the worst fitting exhausts of all time imho.
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170352.jpg)
I'm relatively certain this was me cursing out American Muscle/Pypes for sending me the wrong size exhaust clamps. Had to go to Advanced auto parts to get the right size.
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170725.jpg)
dem mid muffler though...
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170806.jpg)
I don't know who snapped this pic or when, either my mom or wife but a pic of me and my stepdad trying to fit the exhaust in.
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161105_170831_HDR.jpg)
Wanted the tip to stick out just enough to notice it, but not enough to be tacky. I think I achieved that. Thoughts?
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161106_160502.jpg)
Finally done
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161106_160438.jpg)
![](http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd328/eg8hardcore/Austins%20Stang/20161106_160450.jpg)
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Good Thread on Reviving a Very Mistreated Pony!
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I didn't get anything done on mine over the weekend. What I did however do, was teach my wife how to replace her own alternator. Considering that the first time I took her to a junk yard she wore good jeans and sandals and said, "it's like a big yard.... full of junk," I'm actually really proud of her. The other week she fixed her own brake lights, this time replaced her alternator. Next thing you know she'll be swapping her own motor.
Taking the old alternator out
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Putting the new alternator in.
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I mostly just stood there and gave her directions, handed her the tools she needed, and I did help get the serpentine belt back on.
Taking the old alternator out
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OaJaLPq1XZU/VRAYIqkyx-I/AAAAAAAAKj8/R3QEg3myzOU/w958-h539-no/20150322_174517.jpg)
Putting the new alternator in.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J1othrHf0eQ/VRAYK4HgExI/AAAAAAAAKkE/KYscTu0-ev8/w958-h539-no/20150322_180052.jpg)
I mostly just stood there and gave her directions, handed her the tools she needed, and I did help get the serpentine belt back on.
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She is a Keeper! ![Thumb](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/thumb.gif)
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