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Lounge / F.E.P down?
To those that are members on F.E.P , are they doing maintenance ? I have not been able to access their site for a few days . I didn’t know if maybe they were doing an update or something.
 Ray
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Miscellaneous For Sale/Wanted / A few things I no longer need
Going through some old Tbird stuff. Thought I would offer them here and also FEP if they don’t sell here

Scottrod Fab radiator to bumper cover. New never installed. Black finish.$65/shipped in lower 48.     Sold…
Console lid. Raven( blue) color. Not show quality but good driver condition. $50/shipped.  SOLD

SR -Performance cold air intake. Polished/chrome finish. Type that runs to fender. New in box. $65/ shipped

Taylor 8mm plug wire set. With MotorCraft plugs-set of 8- Wires & plugs new in box. $65/shipped

Alpine CDM-7857 cd player head unit ( Excellent condition- like new) $100/shipped

Alpine ERE-G180 Equalizer ( 11 band with crossover ( 1 light not working but otherwise good) $150/shipped

Shipping to lower 48 only. PayPal only

Shipping from Maysville, NC


Bumper to radiator cover sold




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Lounge / Re: Forum Tweaking
Thanks for all the work & keeping the site going 👍. Will you need members to donate to help cover the upgrades/changes in any way?
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Lounge / Re: F.E.P , What’s up?
When they get it going again maybe they can ask for contributions to help fund the site/pay for upgraded website?  If that’s possible or needed.
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Lounge / F.E.P , What’s up?
Is anyone here logging on to Four Eyed Pride lately? I’ve tried and it looks like the site is down and has been awhile. Is this for website repair or something else? Just checking and hopefully someone here knows something.
 Thanks for your time.
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Suspension/Steering / Shock & strut availability
Did Tbirds & Cougars come with MotorCraft shocks/struts originally or something else? Are they still available and if not what is a good upgrade for a nice comfortable ride?
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Miscellaneous For Sale/Wanted / B303 cam -
I have a B303 cam I purchased but sold the car I was going to use it in. Cam is new and in original box. Thought maybe someone here may be interested.
$245/shipped USPS with tracking. ( Lower U.S. only)
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Audio & Other Aftermarket Electronics / Re: Stock stereo question
Quote from: Aerocoupe – on
So the sound will only be as good as the signal the factory head unit puts out which is by today’s standards is not all that great.  The reason I say this is the only way we used to install aftermarket amps on the stock stereo was to use line output converters which convert the speaker output out of the head unit to an RCA signal.  So with that you connect the LOC’s directly to the speakers wires on the back of the head unit and the signal is only as good as the electronics in your puppies near 40 year old radio.

Decent video on how to install:

https://youtu.be/wi3L0XhHJK8

You will want to install two of them or one that does front and rear channels if you plan on amplifying both the front and rear speakers. This will allow you to utilize the fader on the head unit. If you want to install a subwoofer simply use a set of “Y” RCA cables so you can split the sound from either the front or rear channel depending on how you want the subwoofer to fad. I was always a fan of putting it with the front speakers.

Some of the newer amps have outputs on them to provide signal to a sub amp so the “Y”’s would not be necessary in that case.

Anyhow hope this helps and for the love of car audio ditch the factory head unit.

I agree about the factory head unit. The only reason I have not swapped it out is my car is a 30th anniversary bird with less than 20k miles. Speakers won’t be seen so I don’t mind changing them. CD changer in trunk again won’t be seen. Just trying to keep it stock appearance . I have considered a head unit that looks “period correct “ but I’m hesitant.
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Audio & Other Aftermarket Electronics / Stock stereo question
I’m replacing the speakers in my 85 Tbird. I’m also adding a CD changer ( Alpine with remote), for that “ period correct look. I’m keeping the factory head unit ( no eq) . Can I add an amplifier to the factory unit? It’s been years since I have messed with audio equipment. I’m sure there is much better equipment but this car is all original and I would like it to appear that way while getting better sound. ( Hopefully that makes since and I didn’t ramble.)