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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:20 AM
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i'll stick with 4 lug thanks..
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 02:06 AM
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Any brake upgrade on a Foxbody is a good one. I just can't stand when a person uses "you have a bigger wheel selection if you go five lug" as his or her reasoning to do it. Makes them sound like they're going to have a different set of wheels on the car for everyday of the week or something. If you got all those parts for cheap then yea it's a great deal. I had to pass up a chance to get rear discs for mine back in 2002 when I had an issue arise preventing my car from starting. I could have gotten rear calipers and e-brake cable for $30. Then the car was crushed. Pissed me off so bad.
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 02:09 AM
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I stuck with the 4 lugs and did a rear disc conversion...
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 04:40 AM
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I put sn95 spindles on my 86,and the tires camber out bad,I brought the camber in on the caster camber plates all the way,but the tires are still leaning out at top,do i need to run the sn95 lower control arms?
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 07:06 AM
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i just did the swap on my 85 vert,you dont have to change lower control arms.your stock ones are fine just get some aftermarket castercambers and it will be fine,i used 98 v-6 spindles with 03 cobra front brakes and my wheels fit great in the wheel well,as far as the back goes i used lincoln rear set up and had my friend weld the caliper braket in the stock location for a mustang track width.i used the rear stock mustang lines and flared them to fit in the lincoln hard lines
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 08:35 AM
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Originally posted by Strokd85
i'll stick with 4 lug thanks..
Yeah, me too, I'd rather spend the money else where it is needed, maybe on my new GT84 Ball bearing Turbo or my new laptop to control my AEM.
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Originally posted by Strokd85
i'll stick with 4 lug thanks..

yeah but four lug wont hold any power.....
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Old Jan 31, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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LOL.. shhhhhh
Honestly if I hadn't already bought a set of wheels I would've went to 5 lugs.
The 5/8" studs should help some though.

Mars, nice find man. Good luck with it.
A98ss, nice looking car.
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