Had the rear three windows tinted today. Did 20% on all three. The company I had do it does incredible work and the car looks way better with it. Next up is to mask and tint the tail lights, third brake light and side marker lights in the next few weeks.

 

just pull the lights out opposed to masking them. it's super easy, and will come out way better

 

That looks pretty good routs i should probably do that tint

 

That^ and dont use nightshades lol get it done properly

 

First day its actually been warm out up here this year. Got the car all washed and waxed. Just in time for bug season. Lol

 

I really like your coil cover

 

What do you suggest for doing it properly?

 

This way.. I did this on my old 2.4 and my tails looks freakin amazing, looked wet and glossy all the time but let light through much better than night shades

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...os-way-214443/

 

Great how to. Unfortunately, I don't have access to a spray gun, nor the skills needed. Next year I'm likely going to move towards LED tails. For now I'm mostly looking to darken the sides of the lights as any darkening of the face of the lens is a big no no around here.

I'm basically needing to come up with a way to mask most of the circular face and then paint the rest. I realize VHT will never be optimum but with proper prep and wet sanding people seem to have decent results.

 

blairwolf - i kinda like the vinyls on the front of the car!

 

Did some 3rd gear pulls and i could gladly say i got rid of most torque steer

 

that just means you need more power

 

Lol only way is to go with E 47 or E85 or go big turbo i still have some left but not as much as when my suspension was all stock

 

We took our car to Thunderhill Raceway in Willows, CA. There is a shop there called MCE Racing and they have a great Dyno. We learned the importance of using a dyno that can put load on when testing a car that is boosted to get an accurate read. We used a 5% load on the dyno and pulled an incredible 351 whp at around 6800 rpm and 296 max torque. We had ran it once without using any load which the shop owner said is not accurate on cars that are boosted with pulleys and such and it ran 241 whp, Again he said this number is not accurate because the pulleys and blower are not working properly if load is not used which represents the power you would be obtaining actually driving your car. Our car has a complete stage 2 and everything for a a stage 3 except the smaller pulley, bigger injectors, and updated tune, but that will be coming in the next couple of weeks. SO we will see what that does to the numbers. The best part is our car is fully street legal.

 

^^ is that glitter?

 

The 241hp is in the ballpark for a stage 2 car. Do you have a tvs? No way your hitting 351hp with an m62

 

It sounds like his dyno correction factor is off. From my understanding of dynos they don't care what he car has on it, it takes X amount of power to accelerate mass X. Since dynojets are just a rotating mass, even mustang dynos are rotating masses with build in resistors (for lack of a better term at this hour for me).

His correction factor was way wrong for the 351whp, not the lack of load. 241whp for a stage 2 LSJ is normal, he's just butt hurt a little 4 cylinder can put down that kind of power. To bad you don't have a TVS, or better yet a built turbo'd LSJ like some of the senor members

 

Thanks Rice, They took quite awhile to find but were exactly what I was looking for. Old style SS stripes

Thanks, the black in the writing and bowtie has a carbon fiber look to it but you can't see it very well in that pic.

 

Not today, but thist past weekend my cars got a full paint correction

 

Ohh wow drool ^^

 

I just noticed where did you get the cover for the fuse box?

 

Thanks!

 

I need someone to take pics like that of my car. Black isnt one of my favorite colors and i think it just because one lol

 

Black is a huge pain in the ass, and I have 2 black cars lol.

 

Lol i had purple before and it was a pain to but now that its white its kinda a bigger pain lol for some reasons it gets black all over the place