Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
There are some beaches around here that have a harder pack of sand that you can drive a car on. Daytona Beach is the most famous one down here. They raced the Daytona 500 on sand up until post war, I think.
Got the tint done today. Went with 15% tint. Legal milit here in Florida is 33%. I decided I'd rather pay the damn fine than put some wimpy tint on such a bad ass car.
Amazing what tint can do for a vehicle. Looks so awesome now.
Risky with the illegal tint but I ain't paying your fine! [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Amazing what tint can do for a vehicle. Looks so awesome now.
Risky with the illegal tint but I ain't paying your fine!
Fines will just have to be budgeted for the year.:-)
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Amazing what tint can do for a vehicle. Looks so awesome now.
Best $129 I'll spend on the car. I got the best tint guy in the Southeast for that price. The dude is booked until November sometime. I called up Tint World and they wanted $225. Tint World.:-)
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Fines will just have to be budgeted for the year.:-)Best $129 I'll spend on the car. I got the best tint guy in the Southeast for that price. The dude is booked until November sometime. I called up Tint World and they wanted $225. Tint World.:-)
Originally Posted by lewdog:
You only spent $129 on the whole car? I just did the Mustang for $500, windshield included with ceramic tint based on MIAs recommendation.
Yep, the guy has been doing it for 20+ years. He's considered the best in the SE. Booked through Nov. He just doesn't care that much about jacking people around is what he said.
Now, this wasn't ceramic tint. He talked me out of the ceramic tint. He said I'd charge you double or triple to do what I do. I don't want to do that. I'll get you fixed up and satisfied. If you don't like it. I'll take it off and give you $129 credit towards the ceramic tint.
The dude's shop is small and trashy. If you just walked in off the street, no way would you think this is "The Man" when it come to tint.
I got this tint contact from Garry Dean who was recommended by MIA. So MIA is 2/2.:-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
Amazing what tint can do for a vehicle. Looks so awesome now.
Risky with the illegal tint but I ain't paying your fine!
I'm probably an outlier but really not a fan of tent and made it part of the deal on my current car that the dealership take if off. Would prefer seeing the interior and particularly if you have an interior that contrasts with the exterior. Again I'm likely weird here and even have a black on black car in Texas. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Miles:
I'm probably an outlier but really not a fan of tent and made it part of the deal on my current car that the dealership take if off. Would prefer seeing the interior and particularly if you have an interior that contrasts with the exterior. Again I'm likely weird here and even have a black on black car in Texas.
That is weird. You are weird.
I love the look personally and need it here in the desert. I went 35% on windows with limo tint on the back window and when relatively close you can still see the cream leather seats and silver gauges that contrast the black on the Mustang. No where near like without tint but my car sits outside at work all day. It's already scorching enough to get into! [Reply]
Originally Posted by Detoxing:
Turbo size is based on the performance you're looking for. You don't put a small turbo on a large displacement motor if you're looking for big power.
Turbo size absolutely matters. A Small turbo will spool fast, but it's only going to move so much volume. With a high Displacement motor, the motor is going to push a shit ton of exhaust.
But yes, it has to be adequately cooled, no question about that.
I agree turbo size matters but if you have a large turbo and a small intercooler then you are wasting time, that's the main point I'm trying to make. You have a big V8 and want a big boost? Better make damn sure you have a big intercooler and IF you have to sacrifice size, don't do it with the intercooler, do it with the turbo. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
That is weird. You are weird.
I love the look personally and need it here in the desert. I went 35% on windows with limo tint on the back window and when relatively close you can still see the cream leather seats and silver gauges that contrast the black on the Mustang. No where near like without tint but my car sits outside at work all day. It's already scorching enough to get into!
If I didn't go garage to underground garage for work I'd cave and have it tented. I have some powered sunshade for just the rear window (push a button and raises - kind of useless option) that I think I have used once just to see if it worked. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
I love the look personally and need it here in the desert. I went 35% on windows with limo tint on the back window and when relatively close you can still see the cream leather seats and silver gauges that contrast the black on the Mustang. No where near like without tint but my car sits outside at work all day. It's already scorching enough to get into!
Here in Florida its essential too. Big difference with my 15% tint and what I had on my Mustang. It's like an oven in the car in the afternoons. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
BRC, how's the daily commute? :-)
I just got over 500 miles and the break-in period on Monday. The adaptive cruise control is amazing to use. Just set your distance and speed and the car brakes and speeds up according to the situation.
It is so damn fun to drive. I put it in sport mode most of the time except highway time. It throws you back in the seat pretty hard. It seems to go faster 0-60 than the 3.9 seconds reported by others. When I get above 3000 rpm's the engine screams like a race car. Thats with the stock exhaust.
Got many a dirty looks gunning it around people to pass. Also have trouble changing lanes at times due to people trying to stay up with me to get a good look at the car. [Reply]
Just went out and bought my Jeep Wrangler today..2003 with the 4.0 and a 5 speed manual
So now the fun of shopping for aftermarket parts begins..it is completely stock as of right now but I plan on slowly upgrading it to a mix of decent daily driver and a capable off road vehicle [Reply]