I un-bro'd the Mustang's tail lights!

"Bandit" (2bandit) 07/13/2020 at 11:47 • Filed to: crustang

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After cleaning

It isn’t perfect, but having red tail lights is certainly better than spray paint darkened ones. I’ll keep on the lookout for a cheap clean set in junkyards going forward. Used a mix of carb cleaner and various fine grits of sand paper and polishes to clean them up.

Not a great image, but you can see the painted tail lights

I also bought new tires.  Nankang NS-25s at Belle Tire, for under $300 mounted after tax I can’t complain about them not being “brand name. ”

Next steps are to fix broken exhaust hangers and determine why the speedometer gets stuck at 55mph when you’re driving 30mph and why the tachometer works when you tap the top of the dash.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 11:58

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Pollen got you down? That’s some suitably crusty dust on the Crustang.

jminer > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 12:02

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That murdered out look never did it for me - nice work cleaning them up.

Bandit > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/13/2020 at 12:12

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One two punch of both p ollen and sun burnt oxidized black paint.

Bandit > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 07/13/2020 at 12:12

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One two punch of both p ollen and sun burnt oxidized black paint.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 12:32

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are the nankangs any good?

years ago the tire place i worked at got em in by the container load...they were...uhh..cheap...tho the low profile sportsy tires seemed pretty okay...rockhard tho

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 12:46

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I didn’t mind the tinted/darkened taillights, but they look quite good cleaned up.  Nice job!

Bandit > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/13/2020 at 12:51

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They’re really highly rated by people who own them from what I can find online, I only have 10 miles on them so far so I’ll reserve my judgement. For the price though my expectations are very low.

CalzoneGolem > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 12:59

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Tom Wood but I wouldn’t.

cluelessk > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/13/2020 at 15:36

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My friend got a set of their R compounds. Think the with exchange they’d be $100 a tire. They hook up pretty well for the price.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > cluelessk 07/13/2020 at 15:54

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cheers

sounds like they are pretty good for a budget then

Urambo Tauro > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 18:04

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Cheaper solution than buying brighter bulbs to make up for the tint!

arl > Bandit 07/13/2020 at 21:03

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Muuuch better with the stock taillights.