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txfiremn 06-27-2014 06:18 PM

What's your best $150 purchase?
 
Unfortunately my budget is slim, but I do have 150 to spend. This is for an almost bone stock 2011 GT Premium. I already have axle backs and tinted windows. I thought about finding a set of lca's but not sure if it would do anything for me right away. Should I keep it until I have enough for something better, like a tune? Thoughts or suggestions? What would you spend it on?

KurvStr8nr 06-27-2014 06:38 PM

Save some more...then buy lowering springs.

El_Tortuga 06-27-2014 07:36 PM

Spend $40 of it at the ER autocross on Sunday and save the rest for a bigger purchase.

Or spend it on a shifter bracket

txfiremn 06-27-2014 08:46 PM

My car is an auto, so the shifter bracket isn't for me. I for sure want to lower the car and have found springs, slightly used, in my price range. But, won't I also need other components to lower it first?

JDMLOL 06-27-2014 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by txfiremn (Post 73192)
My car is an auto, so the shifter bracket isn't for me. I for sure want to lower the car and have found springs, slightly used, in my price range. But, won't I also need other components to lower it first?


To do it right, yes.

MontanaBentley 06-27-2014 09:56 PM

I'm in the same boat as a broke college kid but I have a fairly stock mustang, how substantial are the effects of the bracket?

JDMLOL 06-27-2014 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MontanaBentley (Post 73198)
I'm in the same boat as a broke college kid but I have a fairly stock mustang, how substantial are the effects of the bracket?


Fewer missed shifts into third. It stiffens up that slop box of a shifter the mt-82 has. The stock bracket is very sloppy (it is made of thin galvanized metal, rubber, and zip ties!) and allows the shifter box to shift under load.

rriddle3 06-28-2014 12:24 PM

BMR lower control arms, or a tune if you already have a handheld tuner.

txfiremn 06-28-2014 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rriddle3 (Post 73206)
BMR lower control arms, or a tune if you already have a handheld tuner.

Wish I had the handheld tuner. I want a tune.

Soulowd 06-30-2014 12:33 AM

Lower control arms will help you rid wheel hop. Just go with SR Performance. Worked great for me

donutninja 06-30-2014 01:06 AM

brake cooling?

I'd just keep saving. I've done budget builds before and they were always fun but now that I buy quality parts, it's nice not worrying about something breaking every day.

PCB 07-07-2014 09:07 AM

hooker.


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