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Thanks I'll look up the Hawk & EBC green pads. I have no problem stopping at low speeds so can probably forgo the vacuum can :) Thanks for the insight!

Power brakes or manual? When I swapped to power brakes I found when I barely touched the pedal I stopped, I had a manual switch still .. so when I was in the garage pressing down the lights came on cause I was pushing hard on the pedal, but driving down the road and barely touching the pedal the lights didn't come on . I switched to a power brake switch and they light up brilliantly :)

I'm dragging this to the top from 5 years ago since I needed to see if anyone has done this upgrade rather than doing an aftermarket disc swap like Wilwood. I was driving on the highway the other day cruising about about 80, just keeping up with traffic on I20 when a damned Audi jumped in front of me and hit their brakes. I almost hit the SOB because my brakes faded really fast. During my build, I swapped out the front drums to a stock disc set up with power assist. I'm wondering if going with the slotted rotors and better pads might help stop my pony in a scenario like this? Hoping anyone has any recommendations .. I saw the Stop Tech rotors in the link .. anyone run those? Any recommendations for pad upgrade? Also, I don't currently run a vacuum can, would that help? Thanks all!

Looks amazing! Gratzz!

2 1/2 weeks till driving to Myrtle Beach! Who else will be there?

To keep your motivation up .. stop by a local Mustang Show. Talk with the guys who have been in the same boat. When I was down & distraught .. seeing some of the finished cars made me want to crawl back under mine and keep on chugging along. Or go by and ask one of the "professionals" how much they'd charge to do your car for you .. that'll make ya think :)

Sorry for your loss Pak. Lost the last of my 2 best friends last year she was 15. The one we picked up from the pound is a dummy .. but he's a good dog :)

Welcome! Good videos and nice attention to detail .. My car took 10 years to finish (owned her since 1986) .. but then I just changed my front suspension .. so 11 years .. probably next years I'll play with the rear suspension .. so it's an on going love affair :)

I remember :) While I was cruising looking for the Italians LOL

I didn't get into that cruise, they had cut off the registration before I even knew it was going to happen. There was so much going on during the week .. way more to do than could be fit into 4 days, especially with a rain out on Sat.

new TCP coilovers handled good .. got the struts too late to put on for the 50th (backordered since Feb), but she handled just fine from ATL to Charlotte & back even with the original struts.

Great pics! It was great meeting ya in person Zudman! I was lucky enough to be a few steps from the RARE tent .. OMG!!! I kept directing folks up that way cause they just didn't know what was in that tent. So many Mustangs .. so little time .. Saturday I hibernated at the bar with the car covered out in the parking lot, but got to meet lots of folks. New friends from around the world

So while I was sitting there minding my own business .. this camaro drives in & parks. The driver jumps out and runs away. He had a MORE parking pass too. After talking with the security guard, turns out it's one of the Mustang owners from the other side of the parking lot punking us! LOL. Anyway I got a viral video out of the camaro being towed away.

So my front end coil over conversion is going a LOT slower than it should. Something happened in TCPs sorting bins it looks like. I was missing both of the lower mounting blocks and had totally different hardware than what was supposed to be used to mount to the lower control arm. Like it was meant for another setup or something. TCP is sending the parts but they're coming SNAIL MAIL (ACK!) from California and the strut rods are on back order .. But if I take a day off work when the stuff gets here I should have a few miles on it before I drive up to Charlotte and will use the original struts.

Still nailing down the details but the last talk was at Team Ford in Marrietta, They will pull into town Tuesday, have a meet n greet and head out the next morning pulling into Charlotte Wed afternoon(ish) Not sure how fast they drive.

Look forward to seeing everyone! My local club GA Regional will be in the M.O.R.E. parking, we have 38 cars driving up (okay some towing.. buncha babies LOL) Will definitely find You Mustangstofear love your work! This weekend I am swapping to a TCP Coil over conversion .. should make driving my baby much smoother.

Who all is heading up/down/across and when will you get there? I'll be driving up from Atlanta on Wed 16th and if all goes well will be hanging with a convoy of Mustangs with Hoofbeats Across America group.

I want one that completely fills in the 1" gap from the Shelby honeycomb looking insert. After a couple of hundred trunk slams my fiberglass filler has some cracks starting to form. :(

After a year or so of driving and and getting caught in the rain, cause I drive mine all over the place :) my 40+ year old wiper motor died. So while you're in there you could put in a refurbished wiper motor from autozone and not have to take your car apart again in a year after swearing you'll never get caught in the rain ;)

Charlotte bound too.

Welcome! I think the 50th birthday is going to be fantastic! I'll be at the Charlotte location .. really looking forward to it

Dragging this to the top again :) Been watching the thread for a long time and I'm hoping to have a some $$ coming in soon. I have been tossing between TCP and Street or Track. I like that TCP has the Shelby drop piece so I don't have to drill my purdy paint and can use the stock holes for the upper control arms. "Total Control exclusive, billet-aluminum, offset-pivot-shaft option" I watched a SOT install video .. didn't look too difficult.. have to drill holes in the top of the shock towers though. Anyone have opinions one way or another? ease of installation, handling, wear & tear, lack of adjustment stories? Think I heard the base version of TCP lacks much ride height adjustment.

Merry Christmas all :)

Yea this makes more sense too. Wish they came this way, personally.

Know the debugging stage well :no: I had a similar issue where my ignition wire had just tugged out of the connector .. everything was absolutely fine .. then dead .. no volts to the coil .. my wiring looked fine but just couldn't tell the wire had pulled out just enough to break the connection.