New to the site, but old to mustang addiction

[BD5034]

My name's Brandon and I'm 25 years old. I have been around mustangs my entire life. My father is a mechanic and he has been ford blue since he was a boy. He passed on his love of mustangs to me at a young age.

I figured i'd get that out of the way immediately. Now to the good stuff: I drive a 2002 mustang GT convertible, True Blue with tan top and tan leather interior - 5 speed trans.

The car is a daily driver, and my mods so far are consistent with this. My primary focus has been suspension, and I have progressive rate eibach lowering springs, KYB gas adjust shocks & struts, and a steeda strut tower brace. I have a steeda bump steer kit in the mail, and a full kit of urethane bushings are on the way within the next month.

I have a borla after-cat on the car simply to make it sound nice, and I have a BBK intake plenum & throttle body, and a BBK cold air intake kit in transit to me as I'm writing this. I don't want to do anything that will make the car a poor daily driver, so I am going to stick with N/A and simple bolt-ons for now. A small nitrous kit may possibly come later.

I have MANY interior upgrades, including a new gauge cluster, brushed alluminum for all my switches and knobs, including the E-brake, and white-face for the A/C knobs. I also have a custom-installed stereo that is of audiophile quality. The trunk is a custom job with a fake floor and a fake wall to hide the amplifiers and still keep the spare tire accessible. The fiberglass subwoofer enclosure has the mustang pony on it, and the fake wall has a ford symbol. It is tastefully finished in stock carpet.

I have left the exterior unchanged except for a red, white, and blue pony in the grille. This is a daily driver, and I do not need to attract attention.

[BurnTire]

:welcome4:

[Jacostang]

Welcome, pics always welcome!!

[1966PonyGirl]

welcome! sounds like you have a smooth ride there! we neeeeeeeed pics!

[4Jenna]

Welcome!!!!

[ASUSMC]

Welcome!!!!!!!

[wickedcobra]

Welcome....We like pics so lets get some up :biglaugh:

[AZ-GT]

Willkommen. Bienvenue. :hellothere: Welcome. C'mon in.

[AZSaleen04]

Welcome man! Where in New Jersey are you from? I moved to Phoenix from Paramus 2 years ago.

[BD5034]

I'm from Cranford - Union County.

I don't have any decent pics but will try to take some soon.

[AZSaleen04]

Nice fellow New Jersian! :)

[BD5034]

Here we go. I don't know how to properly post pics so I hope this works.
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[BD5034]

You can see the strut tower brace, the new BBK throttle body/plenum and the cold air kit, and in the interior you can see the new gauges, the white face and billet knobs and such, plus the flameball shifter (lights up blue at night which rocks) BTW that little silver plaque next to the steering wheel says "I'm not speeding, I'm qualifying." My father bought it and although it's corny, I have it on there since he taught me just about everything I know, and has helped me tremendously by allowing me to use his shop and his tools.

[BD5034]

Any comments / questions / suggestions?

[BurnTire]

Do you have full sized pictures?

[BD5034]

Those pics are actually full size, I just can't figure out how to get them posted full size.... If you look at the resolutions on the pics, that's because I tried to post them as a thumbnail with the "click to enlarge" option. If anyone knows how to post a full size pic some help would be great.

[BurnTire]

Open the image full size and click this button http://www.highperformancestangs.com/forums/images/editor/insertimage.gif

Place the link to the image in the popup window.

[BD5034]

I couldn't figure out what you meant, but I tried a different website and it worked beautifully - here's my engine bay with the new mods (you can see the strut tower brace too, which is an older mod)

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/ce09f21256.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[BD5034]

This is the other side of my engine bay, with my Optima yellow-top and the thick 0 gauge wiring for my stereo.

http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/0b0492ab63.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[BD5034]

My trunk. Two amps, a JL300/1 powering JL 6.5" ZR components in the front, and a Cadence1000/1 for the sub (stereo integrity magnum).
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/42ace03648.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[BD5034]

This is a good pic of my interior, it catches most of my interior mods in one picture. I wrote about it a few posts before the pics were properly uploaded. The component speakers are hidden in the stock locations, and all my wiring is hidden too. I ran wires for an ipod connection under the carpet then under the center console, and drilled through the center armrest from underneath so the ipod and the connection for it are hidden inside the armrest. http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/8c9b42f9a3.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[BD5034]

Generic picture of my car out in the street.http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f3a71c7ef1.jpg (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/)

[1966PonyGirl]

very nice. the shifter does look like it would light really cool-like!