I'm looking forward to see if they fit, if not a little fabbing will be in order. What year Mustang are they out of?

 

um, the early 2000's i think. the previous generation.

 

Hey Ian....just got done reading this thread. Good work, seems like you are fairly handy.

nice truck.

 

thanks! if i had the space, time, and money, i could get sooo much more done

 

YESSSSSSSS! LOL.

 

went wheelin' (for the first time) today. i went with one of my friends who always wants to go off road in the truck. trails are hard to come by out here, so i was happy to find gw national park had off road trails. the one that was open was supposed to be a straight shot through, but without a locker, tires, or gears, i couldn't make it up one point. upon turning around, i managed to hit all 3 bumper lights. but still a fun trail for a semi-stock truck

(pics are uploading)

 

here's the pics

we were greeted by this sign






bear tracks (?)




your's truly


i couldn't make it up the hill, so i backed around. ended up between the stump (left) and the tree (right)


got out, but destroyed every light under the bumper






and a nice view on the way back




great trip. worth the 1.5 hour drive. i'll defiantly have to go back and camp

one more pic

 

nice pics Ian

 

thanks. i'll have more on the seats tomorrow, but i got them both (just the two fronts) for $120. they both have the rear "escape switch" to lower the seats from the back. also, the driver's seat has electric lumbar support (oooooohhh). and a note: they will not bolt right up. i'll need to fab some brackets, but they do not match the yota bolt pattern at all

 

here are the seats. i tried them out, and they are comfy

 

so a bit of an update. got some new tools today and i'll have some time this week. i plan on measuring for the new seats, and maybe even get them in. also, i can finally start on the platform. first thing is going to buy the steel ($80 for all the sections and 3 cuts). then i'll be back to my normal schedule, so it'll be nothing during the week, with mods on the weekend. i plan on going back to gw forest, but not until it warms up. the snow was great, but i had no traction to get up that last hill. so until then: mods mods mods!

first up: red aluminum valve caps (gift)

 

irab-
What was involved with lifting the front of your 93? Were the aal's just for the rear?

 

Still admiring your build thread,... given me a bunch of ideas!

In regards to your cat, did you order it too short? I think it can be ordered in 12.5" or 17.5" so was wondering why you had to retro-fit it with a test pipe?

Thanks for all the pics. Looking forward to the seat mod.

 

Another question,...
When you ordered your flowmaster cat, what was the in/out diameter to marry with your stock exhaust?

 

i went to partstrain.com and put in my vehicle's info. there, you can find parts like the cat and aal's. search the threads for cranking the torsion bars, which will give you an inch or so of lift. the small pipe was to make it 17.5". i accidentally ordered the 12.5" cat.

 

i got a bunch o' stuff done today. well, actually, just the front seats. well, actually, just the driver's seat. so here's how i did it:

my original idea was to make my own transition bracket. ha! the mustang seat sat too high.

first i took the brackets off of both seats. the mustang seat:


here you can see the mustang bracket (back, with all the motors), the yota bracket (the pair of tracks), and the yota seat:


the mustang seat had holes that lined up almost perfectly. just needed to tap them:




so i did. i was surprised that they were metric bolts on the ford seats:


some minor enlargement of the hole was necessary:


i needed to extend the adjustment lever. more on that later:


here's the yota bracket on the ford seat:


and how all the holes lined up:

front left:


front right:


back left:


back right:


almost a direct fit. at least i didn't have to make anything too complex or heavy. the brackets that were made were tiny:


a square hole to accommodate the carriage bolt:


and how they're mounted:




they go on first, followed by the seat:




and they're out of the way:


now, for the handle. i had to extend it, so the first thing to do was cut it:


then i found some tube that just fit around the outside:


and welded a small piece on the handle side. this is before mounting it:


finally, a hole was drilled and a bolt inserted. that was the last step (besides re-installing the seat):




and the final product:


compared to:


.

 

picked up some hella 500ff's yesterday, and promptly swapped in some 100w bulbs. the lower dash is torn apart, but i should have them installed by tonight, and pictures soon

 

Nice work on the Mustang seats man, looking forward to pics of the lights.

 

teaser

 

Lookin good Ian!!! Both the seats and the lights.