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06-27-2014, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2014
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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?
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06-27-2014, 06:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: McKinney
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Save some more...then buy lowering springs.
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| BMR SP009 Springs | BMR LCA Relo | Whiteline PHB | CS Pedestal Spoiler | LeMans Stripes (Big Worm Graphix) |
Coming soon: | MGW 2014 MT-82 Shifter |
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06-27-2014, 07:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Tejas
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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
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06-27-2014, 08:46 PM
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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?
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06-27-2014, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Age: 33
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Originally Posted by txfiremn
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?
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To do it right, yes.
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2013 Race Red Mustang GT 6MT: 20" AMR's, GT500 AB, JBA LT's and ORX, SCT SF3/X3, MGW Short Throw, Some Carbon Wrap, Spoiler Delete, Eibach Sportlines, Koni STR.T's, BMR LCA's, BMR Relo Brackets, BMR UCA, Freedom Racing PHB, Maximum Motorsports CC Plates, BMR Safety loop, DSS Aluminum DS
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06-27-2014, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
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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?
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06-27-2014, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MontanaBentley
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?
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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.
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2013 Race Red Mustang GT 6MT: 20" AMR's, GT500 AB, JBA LT's and ORX, SCT SF3/X3, MGW Short Throw, Some Carbon Wrap, Spoiler Delete, Eibach Sportlines, Koni STR.T's, BMR LCA's, BMR Relo Brackets, BMR UCA, Freedom Racing PHB, Maximum Motorsports CC Plates, BMR Safety loop, DSS Aluminum DS
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06-28-2014, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
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BMR lower control arms, or a tune if you already have a handheld tuner.
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The usual exhaust mods, JLT CAI, Brenspeed tune, BMR LCAs
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06-28-2014, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by rriddle3
BMR lower control arms, or a tune if you already have a handheld tuner.
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Wish I had the handheld tuner. I want a tune.
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06-30-2014, 12:33 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: TX
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Lower control arms will help you rid wheel hop. Just go with SR Performance. Worked great for me
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06-30-2014, 01:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Coppell
Posts: 193
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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.
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07-07-2014, 09:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Age: 39
Posts: 179
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hooker.
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