New here,
Just wanted to make an appearance and introduce myself (I've been meaning to do so for the past month or so since I got my 03 Terminator). Always looking to make some new connections and gather good information. I'll be give some background info about me so skip past it for the details and photos
A little bit about me - 21 y/o born and raised in Northern California (San Francisco Bay Area). Currently I'm working and going to school full time. I grew up with Mustangs (Dad had both an auto '87 Gray Foxbody Hatchback and a '98 White Vert GT) and I soon got my own white '97 GT w/ MT. With the 97 it was really just a first car (although I did get into some trouble and acquired 3 points on my record). I bought it with a cracked windshield, dented door and chipped paint but for $3600 & 125k miles it was a first car and I loved it. Did the usual highschool shit to it on a Best Buy budget - a soundsystem (~1300 watts, deck & dynamat) installed by myself.
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Just recently did a wash, clay bar and wax - here are the pics (they are touched up in Photoshop a little): 2003 Cobra - a set on Flickr
About the Terminator - I can really thank some shitty dealership in LA for never calling me back about a Mach 1 I was going to buy! I saw this posting on CraigsList one weekend shortly after and even though I knew it was way out of my budget it was the one. Apparently the previous owner had AutoCross as his hobby. Here's the low-down from the CL post:
2003 SVT Mustang Cobra
44,000 miles
-2.8 Supercharger Pulley
-K&N Cold Air Intake
-3.73 Gears
-Steeda shifter
-Hypertech Max Energy Tuner
-JBA Shorty Headers
-BBK X-Pipe
-Steeda Sport Springs
-Maximum Motorsports front and rear poly sway bar bushings with rear sway bar end link kit
-Maximum Motorsports 4 bolt caster/ camber plates
-Maximum Motorsports aluminum steering rack bushings
-Maximum Motorsports lower 4 point k-member brace
-HP subframe connectors
-Kenny Brown rear shock tower brace
-Kenny Brown 6 point street cage
-Steeda rear subframe poly bushings
-Steeda rear differential cover brace
-Maximum Motorsports rear differential poly bushing kit
-Maximum Motorsports rear toe bar complete kit
-Braided stainless steel brake lines
-Brembo slotted brake rotors
-Mccleod twin disc clutch
-Steeda adjustable clutch cable kit
-Fidanza aluminum flywheel
I have to say, going from the 97 GT to the 03 Terminator with these mods is QUITE a difference. Anytime its a bad day I think about this beast and how I can spin the tires at 50mph. With my commute she's just a weekend warrior but it makes the week go by & the payments well worth it.
Glad to join the forums, even though I'll probably be lurking most of the time.
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