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standout car at high school

Reply #60 –
The few times I got to drive mine, it was the stand out. I have the only V8 car... period. I have the only car older then 1995..... ONLY. And I have the only rear drive car. Not to mention when i drove it, it was still just manifolds open so....

standout car at high school

Reply #61 –
Quote from: 84 Fila;138194
Not to mention when i drove it, it was still just manifolds open so....

That would have put you on the shiznit list at my highschool.
It's Gumby's fault.

standout car at high school

Reply #62 –
Lower the car and put a Turbo Coupe front end on it. If you like the grille, paint it body color. That will smooth things out in the front. Plus, you will get your fog lights with the turbo bumper cover.
That should make a big difference.
I had one of the cooler cars at my high school. I spent every dime I had to make it look cool, and I spent all of my graduation money on a paint job. I hit a deer three weeks later.
The only other car that was as cool as mine was a friend's '91 Mustang GT, which was a pretty cool car. This was before the import trend, so people only modified trucks and RWD cars.
Make your car a little smoother and you will get attention. Stay away from neon lights, burnouts, stereo systems, etc.
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standout car at high school

Reply #63 –
Just put exhaust on it. Painting it wont get you very far IMO. My Cougar got alot of attention because it was the nicest car in the lot, and was 20 years old. I graduated last year. Also I raced a few and kicked their asses and no one forgot it. I didnt have exhaust, but I wish I had. Now everyone knows my car, cuz it is loud, I dont have exhaust on it yet haha, just a flowmaster where the ler was and a turndown.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

standout car at high school

Reply #64 –
Quote from: cougarcragar;138321
Lower the car and put a Turbo Coupe front end on it. If you like the grille, paint it body color. That will smooth things out in the front. Plus, you will get your fog lights with the turbo bumper cover.
That should make a big difference.
I had one of the cooler cars at my high school. I spent every dime I had to make it look cool, and I spent all of my graduation money on a paint job. I hit a deer three weeks later.
The only other car that was as cool as mine was a friend's '91 Mustang GT, which was a pretty cool car. This was before the import trend, so people only modified trucks and RWD cars.
Make your car a little smoother and you will get attention. Stay away from neon lights, burnouts, stereo systems, etc.

DING DING DING!  We have a winner, exactly what I was going to say.  Your car looks awesome as it is, just needs some minor things.  And remember in the end, you're the one that has to drive the car everyday, if you aren't the most satisified with it, what good have you done?  IMO you're wrong to think you have to impress a bunch of high schoolers, you'll learn in just a couple of years how stupid it all was. 

You won't get noticed, though, looking like a 4x4.  Are TC springs lower?  I have a set of TC springs, but I'd hate to waste them on someone that just wants to look cool and doesn't want to carve corners ;) .

Get a TC front or paint the grill body color or black.

Exhaust is fine, admittedly louder usually tends to get the most notice in high school, but again, be sure you can live with it.  I will draw attention from police as well, and get complaints from the neigbors possibly.

A cool license plate might matter some.  Maybe do the sequential turn signals.  If you don't have window tint, that can improve looks a lot, but watch your tint laws as it's annoying to get a ticket for and annoying to remove.  Black only!

A cool stereo unit is always nice, and a good sounding system, huge subs are just annoying (yes I had them once upon a time, I figured out I cared more about keeping the car light).  Modest subs in a nice enclosure can really make the trunk look cool though.  Maybe a couple of 8s?  But I really don't think that matters that much.

Final step, make friends with a lot of girls and always offer them rides, anywhere.  LOL, trust me, this gets attention IF the car looks good to begin with.

I DESPISE side skirts on a Fox car, but that's just me.

If you can do a web page, shoot video and pics and post them on a page, or heck even here, and show people.  Or get videos/pics up on youtube or something of you doing a burnout or things like that and spread that around.  Don't do anything illegal in the videos...it could come back to bite you.  This is just a popularity contest though, you just have to turn it into a big deal even if it's not, kinda like politics lol...

NOTE: No LIVE burnouts, especially not in the school parking lot, just on video in a remote area with no people around.
Long time Turboford freak...
84 SVO
88 TC
87 XR4Ti

standout car at high school

Reply #65 –
I had a low riding Nissan pickup that dragged the ground painted **** me red.  I told people to go the **** away and here you want them to pay attention??
One 88

standout car at high school

Reply #66 –
ok i retract my previous statement why you tryin to compete with wat sounds like rich kids living with a couple of atms. flock em you got a sweet ride and just know what you got is classic american
80's muscle.

standout car at high school

Reply #67 –
well, from what i here i should get a turbocoupe front bumper, and a full exaust? i dont want subs ( to heavy ). i want to lower my car in the front too, but where would i get parts to do that? like just 1 inch or so.
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.

standout car at high school

Reply #68 –
If you're only lowering the front, I wouldnt go much more than a half inch.  1 inch would make it look like it's sniffing the ground.

A TC front bumper and exhaust would be nice, but make sure you give it the speed to back it all up via an HO conversion.  Nobody likes poser cars...well, unless it's got a fart can and bolt on wing.  But that's not what we're aiming for here :) .

standout car at high school

Reply #69 –
If you want to lower it, I'd recommend the Mustang "c" springs.  It will ride pretty rough though.

summit

standout car at high school

Reply #70 –
well, see, i want to drag race my car and be able to take it aruond the track too. and take girls in my car.. haha i dont think the girls will like it rough;)
my dad is giving me $500 to make it to subdistricts in track this year (easy money) and $700 to make it to regionals , and $700 to be starting reciever in football, $600 to be starting saftey. $500 to make it to regionals in wrestling, $900 if i make it to state for wrestling, and then track stays the same for next year.
so i'll be saving up to by a explorer motor and buying a turbo. 8.8" rear end with 3.73 gears.
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.

standout car at high school

Reply #71 –
lucky it was like pulling teeth to get 300 out of my mom!
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

standout car at high school

Reply #72 –
You know, I was just looking at your car again. Rear spoiler, cobra R's, you're car is pretty sweet right now.

I agree, TC nose and lower it a bit.
You don't need anything fancy with paint or decals. Tint your windows if they aren't already (if you can and if you would like that). It will add a great contrast to the factory color. Tinted windows, lowered a bit with a new pointy TC nose, I'd say you beat out the Audis and Ram.

standout car at high school

Reply #73 –
how low can i lower it before i need a new suspension parts?
1988 LX coupe. a dressed up motor with full exhaust and BBK shorties with flowmasters, BBK CAI, accufab 65mm tb, HO upper intake, cobra valve covers.

standout car at high school

Reply #74 –
until it breaks