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    A great deal on front air shocks

    I just picked up a set of Westar front shocks from Autozone. They wanted $215 each for them. Then they had a 20% off coupon (WINTER20 is the code for it) for ship to home orders. That made it $345 for the set with free shipping. Bill W
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    New Car

    I did the unthinkable today. I just bought a new 2017 Mustang. The price was killer and I just couldn't pass it up. My first impression; It's an amazing car. It's the ruby red. I'm going to keep my Mark VIII though as a family backup and continue to restore it. Bill W
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    Dual exhaust upgrade

    I have been looking at the systems that are available commercially, but they all seem to have all kinds of bends in them. My stock system exits the 3rd cat and then runs straight back to the resonator and then straight back to a tee that splits it into the rear mufflers. No bends at all except...
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    New Rear Shocks

    My new rear shocks arrived yesterday and they just went in. The old one on the driver's side had a completely destroyed bushing along with no rebound at all. The passenger side was very soft , but did rebound slowly. It still had a good bushing. They were originals since they still had the...
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    The dreaded "Check Air Ride" came on

    My front end was up as I came out to go to work this morning, but about a block away from home, the dreaded "Check Air Ride" came on. I shut it off and restarted it. The front end was low, but not slammed. A loud whistling sound was coming from the driver's side wheel area. I took it home and it...
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    Seats have leather peeling

    My seats work perfectly, but the leather is peeling off. No tears yet. They just look very bad. It's really only the driver seat. I'm considering either swapping them or recovering. I can't find any original seats to swap in. What else fits. I can find lots of Town cars and Tbirds. What fits. Or...
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    Headlights

    I was trying to adjust my headlight aim tonight since they appeared to be aimed way too low. The low beams were like no lights at all and the high beams lit up the road like low beams. I was using the classic technique of looking for the top of the beam at 25 feet, but the low beams were too...
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    Air intake silencer removal

    I have seen several discussions about the merits of removing the air intake silencer and the resonators. The snorkel on the intake silencer is certainly a serious air flow restriction and its removal is probably appropriate. The side cavity might make up for momentary air flow demands, but the...
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    Lowered or stock height suspension Do I lower it?

    The front end leaks down overnight, but the rear remains up. I am thinking of going to the spring conversion to solve this problem. I want good cornering performance, but AZ roads can be horrid and we live in speed bump land to slow down the fogeys and "privileged" folks who probably shouldn't...
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    Message center issue

    I just picked up a 1994 MkVIII for a good price. It had been sitting for 2 years since it had the tranny dip stick leak. That's fixed along with all of the other neglected fluids and such. It runs great. But now I have two problems The first is a message center and gas gauge issue. It does need...
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    Need the right tire size for unusual setup

    I just picked up a 1994 MkVIII for a good price. It had been sitting for 2 years since it had the tranny dip stick leak. That's fixed along with all of the other neglected fluids and such. It runs great. But now I have two problems The first is a message center and gas gauge issue that I will...
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