When you order aftermarket parts, besides for installing them yourself, do you bring them to a Ford dealership to be installed, or a custom car shop?

 

I do mine myself.

 

+1. In my garage.

 

+2, I do everything myself, I know thats not very helpful, but if I was to bring somewhere, Ide try a reputable shop, dealers tend to over charge.

 

Myself, out on the street

 

I do some myself, but most mods go to a custom shop(Paul @ SVP).

Where are you located? Maybe some of the guys on here can recommend a local shop for you.

 

Ben's not joking.. I've seen pics of him cutting up his exhaust system in the street.. on ramps!


To answer your question, I also have installed all of my mods, except 2, the window tint and gears. I left those 2 up to the professionals!

 

With the exception of my headers, everything else on my car I have done myself. Its more fun, and more rewarding.

 

Im in Rhode Island. There is no way I could install anything myself, I even broke one of those shorty antennas trying to screw it in.

 

lol

 

This may hurt most of you, put had my exhaust installed at a Chevy dealership. Only because my buddy is the service manager at the dealership and that was after I spent 3 hours trying to get the pipes to fit around my spare tire (I own an F150).

They should have told me that the exhaust was for a 16 inch wheel, not 17"

 

+ However many..... How about a local club? many members of our club ask us for help and let me tell you we love going over and putting the wrenches to cars!!! We just installed a complete body kit on a car.. Lots of knowledge out there and only cost ya a couple of beers and burgers!

 

Maybe someone can direct you to a good shop.

I've got a younger brother who breaks everything he touches, so I know what you mean.

 

How far are you from these guys.
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com
They can give you some good advice.

 

IMO this is a tough one. It can be difficult to find a good shop. From a price and quality of work standpoint, I have had the best luck with small independent shops. Look at their facility. Is it neat and clean? If it is somewhere you drive by a lot, what kinds of cars do you see in the lot? If you see specialty cars, like our Mustangs, that is a good sign. Lots of older well kept cars is a good sign too. When you find a shop, talk to them about installing aftermarket parts and their rates. Many will only install parts they purchase, not ones you bring in. Then start with something small for your daily driver, like an oil change and see how it goes.

 

Window tint is definitely one to have done professionally... All the time I see civic hatchbacks with the 90% tint job. By 90% I mean the surface area that consists of air bubbles *cringe*

 

The only thing I've had installed so far was tint, at an audio shop. Everything else has been done in the parking lot of my apartment The neighbors love me.

 

I've done everything myself....with the help of some knowledgable friends. These cars are easy to work on for the most part. If you honestly don't think you can do the work find some other Mustang guys who know their stuff and have done similar mods. If you can't find some friends then go looking for a shop.

 

i do most of my work, unless it's warrenty junk....and or I do some work on this other tungsten gray GT with a gt500 front end and a procharger on it..... i.e. 2006gt500

 

I do it in our shop in the winter, hang out and work on cars in my brother's driveway in the warmer months. Less tools, but kinda fun that way.