89Trooper

If I had it, I would have used it.

No word on the Shaker... not sure if Daryl made the phone call(s) yet looking for a discount.

I'm looking forward to doing it now, though!

TacoBill

I ask because I was at Home Depot tonight and saw some jigsaw blades, fine tooth TPI, and thought about you guys getting ready to saw a square hole in your hoods.

I'm sure Daryl was pre-occupied with stripes today. I know Daryl really wants the Shaker like you, so it's something he won't ignore.

karman

Am I 0.1% of Mustangs or is 1/64" considered tilt?

89Trooper

You are either in the .1% or extremely lucky (but any tilt is still tilt). I can't stand when the driver's side is even 1/8" lower than the passenger side. I know a guy with an '03 Mustang that looks lowered on the driver's side, and like a 4x4 on the passenger side. I don't know how he stands it. That is the extreme, though.

Wouldn't be concerned with 1/64", though. I want to be able to walk around the car and have it look like the gap between the top of the tire and the fenderwell is the same on both sides. I don't care if it is the same, as long as it looks that way.

karman

I'll go with lucky.
My car was built in the middle of the week (not Monday or Friday). It even seems tighter and quieter than others (my wife says it's luxury car tight and Dustin thought the body was very quiet). It also seems on the high end of power ( stock 271 RWHP and 295 torque).
Yup, I think I've been very lucky so far.

OKCMustangGT

Thanks, it sure didn't feel like I was flying once I got to the rear end of the car
I used a flexible measureing tape (got from my mom, it's a sewing tape measure). I placed one end on the outside edge of the black strip on the roof and then taped it at the same place on the opposite side. Find the center and mark the center line. Then I would measure back 10-12" and repeat the process. I had five marks across the length of the roof.
Yes, grease pencil
Actaully I only did the beginning and ending positions that way. Yes I aligned the center mark of the tape across my grease pencil center marks.
No I would probably do the same thing again. I used the same process on the rear deck lid, using the trunk lines. It came out close enough for me
Well the emblem area is such a royal PITA !! The instructions say to lay the emblem piece (1/8" Gap, LOL Yea right that is a joke) first then let it dry before the brake piece. I could NOT get those two pieces to line up for love or money. I always had extra to one side and it was the same thing on the passenger side as well as the driver side. So I wound up actually installing the emblem piece and the brake piece at the same time.
The rear bumper is a PITA as well. That is where I have a couple of noticeble flaws. You get wrinkles in that area PERIOD and you let it dry before you attempt to get rid of them, but I still couldn't get rid comepletely. I have a wrinkle (small one) so I don't know hopefully it will lay down and look better as time goes on.
Mine actually went into the valley just a little. You have to get on the ground to see where they end.

OKCMustangGT

Well tomorrow AM is wash day, that car is filthy now, from my sweaty arms and the solution.

OKCMustangGT

They are only available M-F 8:00 - 5:00 Tom's Time.
I'll call Monday at work.

TacoBill

Thanks for answering my questions. Any hiccups I can avoid from your 'lessons learned' will benefit me big time.

Will you be attemting the front bumpers any time soon? Or, will wait to do the hood and front bumper together?

On the tape, did you lay out the vinyl's edge approx. 1/4" like the directions say? Better yet, are you still holding the 2" gap on the areas that you striped? If not, what kind of tolerance do you have?

I'm having difficulty locating the 3M green tape. Went to HD as well as another store, but came up empty. Any idea what store in my area may stock these?

OKCMustangGT

No Problem, just take your time and have fun on that PITA rear deck/bumper area.

Not till I get the hood stripes, I will do those first then the front bumper after. Easier to maintain the spacing with the visual aide of the hood stripes.
Yes I did, and I didn't measure it. It looks pretty even so I didn't bother with verifying. Just guessing I am within an 1/8".

Any type of a Paint & Body Supply shop should have it. Probably have to look up some inthe phone book and makes some calls. It stayed on untill I took it off, even when it was soaking wet from the solution.

Now I am off to wash the car, and for the first time I am not looking forward to it
Still tired from yesterday stripe install, then went to cookout, swam played poker till midnight.

TacoBill

No Problem, just take your time and have fun on that PITA rear deck/bumper area.
Have fun? Ri i i ight... it's just that I can't find a trustworthy installer!


Not till I get the hood stripes, I will do those first then the front bumper after. Easier to maintain the spacing with the visual aide of the hood stripes.
Yes I did, and I didn't measure it. It looks pretty even so I didn't bother with verifying. Just guessing I am within an 1/8".
Sounds good to me, it's all about the looks!

Any type of a Paint & Body Supply shop should have it. Probably have to look up some inthe phone book and makes some calls. It stayed on untill I took it off, even when it was soaking wet from the solution.
I'll take a look, thanks.

Now I am off to wash the car, and for the first time I am not looking forward to it
Still tired from yesterday stripe install, then went to cookout, swam played poker till midnight.
Party? Midnight? You're not in your twenties anymore!

89Trooper

This morning, I guessed and backed off 1 turn on the adjustable link. (Remember, I turned it 2 turns making it longer to exaggerate the effect to make sure it worked the way I wanted.)

Anyway, I backed off 1 turn, tightened the jam nuts and drove around the neighbor hood.

AND.......

The whole car is no more than 1/16" off from left to right! The passenger side is still a hair lower which is how I like it.

More importantly, the car looks so level now. I'm so tuned into this leveling crap, that I can look at the car head on and see it's tilting to one side.

Now it looks perfect!

swwake

Daryl, I love the stripes. Chris just walked by while I was catching up on 4 days of posts and said "well if it can be done by the owner, I'm going to do yours!" So here we go - another adventure! Don't know when we'll get to it. But I guess stripes are moving up on the mods list.

Hi everyone else!

OKCMustangGT

Thanks stranger
You want White or Black ?? 10" or 12" (and I am talking about stripes )
White looks awsome on TR and it would match Bill's
They can be done by someone other than a professional, but they are frustrating and time consuming. Now I know why they charge so much to install them

swwake

Don't know yet, and don't know yet. Still need to look at a few. I would say leaning toward the white for now. And I'm talking about stripes too!

OKCMustangGT

Check HERE and see if any of the links work now after the upgrade.

TacoBill

Hi Susan! Your future mod list grows evertime you catch up on this thread!

Tom: I'd say a 1/16" is pretty darn close. Good job getting it just about even. I know when certain things bug me, I have to get it done.

Daryl: I agree, GW on TR is the way to go! I may put my order in this week with BSM. I just wish I knew what the deal with the nozzle cut-outs are. Guess I'll try and e-mail Rob again.

OKCMustangGT

Buy without the cutouts, a little extra work to remove the washer nozzles, but then you don't have an area showing around them. Just cut an "X" in the area the nozzles go and then re-install them.

TacoBill

I just received a reply from Rob and this is what he said regarding the washer nozzle cut-outs...

"The nozzle cutouts are smaller than the nozzles, but the nozzles will slide through when you pop them up. You do not see any gap when they are installed."

I'm a bit confused by the second part of his first sentence. Sounds like you pop the nozzles up though the layed down vinyl, then back down?

Perhaps, the 'no cut-outs' were designed for non-OEM hoods.

89Trooper

I just wanted to be post #1000