Making Progress

[BMCGC]

The day I brought her home six months ago and today.

Lowered, shocks, struts, naked decklid, 17x9 Cobra rims 275-40-17 Kumho directional tread, 96 grill, Mach 1 rear end.

Did the front suspension tonight, at 156k still had the original front struts, noticed the ball joints need to be replaced. The radiator hoses are a bit soft.

On a positive note, i replaced the locking gas cap with the correct Ford cap and about 2 weeks later the check engine light went off.

Lots and lots and lots left to do.

 

[Goose17]

Looks fantastic!

 

[BMCGC]

Good as new for about $5.00

 

[Revvv]

Looks good

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[98 Cobra Vert]

What did you do to make them look so good?

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[Tillerman77]

The day I brought her home six months ago and today.

Lowered, shocks, struts, naked decklid, 17x9 Cobra rims 275-40-17 Kumho directional tread, 96 grill, Mach 1 rear end.

Did the front suspension tonight, at 156k still had the original front struts, noticed the ball joints need to be replaced. The radiator hoses are a bit soft.

On a positive note, i replaced the locking gas cap with the correct Ford cap and about 2 weeks later the check engine light went off.

Lots and lots and lots left to do.

Lots of good work there! Which springs, shocks and struts did you go with?

 

[BMCGC]

What did you do to make them look so good?

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Pealed off the old cloth, bought 1/2 yard speaker cloth from JoAnn Fabrics, used spay adhesive to attach new cloth.

the two smaller grills had clips, one of them had push nuts, one of them I had to use my trusty Harbor Freight plastic welder ( sodering iron) and melt it off. The two larger grills I will melt back on.

 

[98 Cobra Vert]

Pealed off the old cloth, bought 1/2 yard speaker cloth from JoAnn Fabrics, used spay adhesive to attach new cloth.

the two smaller grills had clips, one of them had push nuts, one of them I had to use my trusty Harbor Freight plastic welder ( sodering iron) and melt it off. The two larger grills I will melt back on.

Awesome, thanks for the info, as I will be redoing mine in the next few months when I redo the whole interior and sound system.

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[BMCGC]

I had a set of 94 GT vert springs with 55,000 miles on them. I cut one coil off and used Geo Tracker shocks and Fox struts. I kept the oem isolators on the bottoms since they were in good shape and put new polys on the tops.

I decided to try that route because I put FMS C springs on the 94 and hated the ride. It was so harsh that I didnt want to drive the car.

Im very happy with the current setup. Ive put about 50 miles on it, I like the stance, low enough, any lower and I cant get in my driveway. The ride seems to be about what the car should have been from the factory, although I took off 155k original shocks and struts that were flat wore out.

The front springs on this car had 8 coils, the 94 GT vert had 7 coils, so it has 6 coils now.

If these settle more or the ride goes south, I will try something else.

 

[CobraBob]

Your Cobra looks really good. Nice work so far. It's always nice to see someone do improvements/refreshments on an older Cobra. Stance looks good and I like your wheel choice. Well done!

 

[Tillerman77]

I had a set of 94 GT vert springs with 55,000 miles on them. I cut one coil off and used Geo Tracker shocks and Fox struts. I kept the oem isolators on the bottoms since they were in good shape and put new polys on the tops.

I decided to try that route because I put FMS C springs on the 94 and hated the ride. It was so harsh that I didnt want to drive the car.

Im very happy with the current setup. Ive put about 50 miles on it, I like the stance, low enough, any lower and I cant get in my driveway. The ride seems to be about what the car should have been from the factory, although I took off 155k original shocks and struts that were flat wore out.

The front springs on this car had 8 coils, the 94 GT vert had 7 coils, so it has 6 coils now.

If these settle more or the ride goes south, I will try something else.

Interesting observation on the C springs, which are a little stiffer (650 F/200-300 R) than the stock Bullitt and Mach 1 springs (600 F/250 R). Thanks for the info.

 

[BMCGC]

Interesting observation on the C springs, which are a little stiffer (650 F/200-300 R) than the stock Bullitt and Mach 1 springs (600 F/250 R). Thanks for the info.

At the time I didnt know about G-springs. 1.2 drop, 500/570 and 170/310 for verts. Those may have been better, but Im still happy with the cut coils. Thats how we did it back before 1-click shopping bought you any and everything.

 

[BMCGC]

Finally have time to tackle the new carpet install.

I made the 2 hour trip to Mustangs Unlimited to buy the carpet. They insisted that this is the correct carpet for my 97 Cobra. I insisted that their carpet is for 99+ Mustangs. What say you?

 

[BMCGC]

Finally have time to tackle the new carpet install.

I made the 2 hour trip to Mustangs Unlimited to buy the carpet. They insisted that this is the correct carpet for my 97 Cobra. I insisted that their carpet is for 99+ Mustangs. What say you?

Im leaning toward just keeping it.

 

[98 Cobra Vert]

Definitely not the same color!

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[P49Y-CY]

nice work!

 

[BMCGC]

Carpet is 90% installed. Got the console and seats back in, just need to finish up on the kick panels and door sills. Its molded pretty good, theres a couple places where Im going to put a bit of padding in to smooth out a wrinkle but overall its decent for aftermarket carpet.