After being in a Cobra with 4.10's, my 2.73 ratio seems a little "oomphless"... The 4.10's really set you back in your seat. 3.73 will be almost as nice, but a little lower reving at highway speeds just in case...

I like the GT-s model specs... The spoiler delete really does it for me. If I get around to doing the body this winter I might have them remove the spoiler and fill the holes...

 

I loved mine, it had the 3:73 and the 5.0HO

 

Definately one of the last of the best!

 

I know I am late on this but, nice Stang Sherm that is a sharp looking convertible!!

 

RANT ON

Friday morning I took the mustang to a local shop for a wheel alignment after installing the lowering springs. It cost me about 3 times the normal rate, they said that there wasn't enough room in the adjustment holes to correct the camber so they had to grind out the mounts on one side to allow for the change. They also said one wheel was behind the other looking like someone had hit a pothole pretty hard and knocked the whole suspension/engine cradle back on one side. They had to grind some some of the cradle bolt holes to get enough room to correct it. This sounds weird to me, though I'm not a real saavy guy when it comes to alignments, but when they say a pothole might have knocked that wheel out of alignment with the other one, don't you think the factory holes would be fine for adjustment? Also they said it must have pulled to the right like a SOB, which it hadn't.....???? I wonder the chances that the car came from the factory with a goofy cradle, thats about the only reason I could see that they would need to grind anything out. If it were "bumped" out of place, the original placement should be fine right?

Whatever, they're the professionals, who am I to question them.

The car comes home, I take the wife and kids for a cruise friday evening...all seems well, but there's a rattle there that wasn't there before. I just think "its a 18 year old car...Ignore it, it will have rattles"...

Well, last night I pop the hood to check the oil...well, here is one of the strut mount supports sitting on top of the fuse box. The source of my rattle, the source of my current disgust. They didn't even put the car back together properly. For a moment I though that maybe through their grinding and adjustments that the support wouldn't fit, so they didn't put it back on. Not so. Everything will still fit fine, the support should go back on.

I'll be making a trip back there Monday, I do not accept shiznit like this.

RANT OFF

 

I would take it back too. I mean keep in mind everyone goofs up once in awhile, but damn, thats a fair sized little goof up!

 

I think I would have asked for a second opinion before letting anyone grind on my Mustang tho if it seems ok now maybe there was a problem.

 

it was done before I knew about any grinding... Otherwise I might have questioned it, went to the shop and asked for a visual explanation...

 

Have you ever had work done there before and know the shop? I usually go back to the same place if I like the work done.

 

Wow Sherm, you really put up with a lot of crap...

I would have lost it and been in a massive heated discussion with the owner of the shop and the mechanics that did the work if any grinding was ever done on one of my vehicles without them asking me first....

And to top it all off, they never reassembled what they did? Ohhhhhhh that wouldn't sit well with me...

They'd be doing the work for free because I wouldn't leave their shop until they cut the bill for the work that was done... or the lack of work done...

 

I've never used them before but heard good things about them. They're a dedicated frame and alignment shop... The guys that work there have all been there for a long time.

You must be pretty young still eh? Age and being a businessman teaches you that you never "lose it" on someone unless you have some pretty solid ground under you. Number 1, I asked them to do an alignment. I didn't say "if something looks real goofy, call before you proceed". If I'd given that statement and they went ahead with the grinding, yes, I'd be a little more irrate. Number 2, while I find the loose/unattached part to be very aggrevating, they are only human and I suspect they are just as susceptable to making mistakes as I am. I only hope that they make it a priority to fix it, and give me a better explanation of the work they did.

The passive, polite approach is often the best way to handle situations like this. Be a gentleman about it and chances are they will straighten things out for you. Go in ranting like an idiot and you stand the chance of being asked/told to leave without getting anything accomplished.

If passive doesn't get you what you need, then step up the firepower.

Ranting is for internet forums

 

Yup, 22.

I don't doubt that they're human and can make mistakes just as much as I can, but I do expect a lot from someone if they're dedicated to their specific profession.

My moto is: if you're going to do something or be somebody, be good at doing it or being it... don't just give 50%...

I'm all about doing the best work you can, keeping your word and above all, being accountable when you mess up...

I think it's something that's slowly dying or unheard of in men that are the same age as me... kind of why I get told that I'm an old man in a young body haha.

I do agree with you on upping the firepower if things don't get resolved in a professional manner (them not admitting to mistake). However, I do think that if the shop isn't understanding of what they did wrong from the very start of your conversation with them that it's almost pointless to be passive about it.

I'm not talking about yelling and screaming cause I already know that got me no where in life since I was six... so why try it now... What I'm talking about is not just brushing things off like I've seen many people do before...

Moto #2: Don't let yourself get walked over, let yourself be heard.

Agreed. Rant over.

 

Finally got the car back to the shop. They rushed it in, put the part on, the apology wasn't too sincere, but at least its done. I questioned the suspension cradle needing "grinding", shouldn't it just "bump" back into factory placement if it was just "bumped" out? The tech (use that term loosely) said he thought it looked bent (couldn't be sure without putting it on a frame machine). With a little disgust I asked him why he wouldn't take a few minutes to call me and explain the situation rather than go ahead and grind on my car... He says, what difference does it make? It still needed to be straightened...

Guess I'll be finding a different shop in the future...

 

Yup, I'd second that motion. If they've got 16 year olds (in mindset at least) working on a beauty like yours, then they don't deserve your business.

 

I found them a little insincere too. What I didn't like was how they told me about test driving a customers new Taurus SHO and drag racing a Camaro with it during the test drive.....