COMPLETELY TRANSFORMING the Ugliest Mustang in ONE DAY 

“The ugliest mustang” Mustang II - “am I a joke to you?”

These, 99-04 are the greatest looking Mustangs imo

I can't for the life of me understand why people want to live in an HOA! I do a lot of work in HOA neighborhoods and between what I see and what I hear from residents I don't see the benefits! You buy a house then still pay $300+ a month to the HOA for them to tell what you can and can do to your own home! That definitely isn't for me!

100% behind the 17x10s for the rear.

it definitely looks way better. I can't wait to see what's next ... Mini-tub? And all the other suspension and engine upgrades! Hopefully the HOA stays semi quiet about your line of work.

Looks alot better! Needs another 2”+ lower, but massive improvement

LT, those are OEM 98 Cobra wheels, they are NOT the same as the Cobra R wheels. I’d hate for you to buy the 17x10.5 rears to figure it out after they’re mounted. They look kinda similar but the spokes on the 98 Cobra wheels have a more aggressive bow to them and the spokes are slightly thinner than the 95 Cobra R wheels. Btw, congrats on the purchase and my vote is COYOTE POWER!

Heck yeah, it looks great now. not a bad sized wheel, and nicely styled.

Good choice on wheels!! Its amazing how much of a difference it made with removing the stripes and those wheels

I like the look, I definitely agree that the stripes had to go! And I like the wheels you put on it.

OK, so LT how about an old school Cleveland for this build? Lots of parts available, huge flow potential with the heads. Anyway huge mustang fan and looking forward to see what you do to this thing...keep up the great work!

Never a dull moment with you LT.

Love the transformation. Go with 10.5s in the rear. A window tint, smoked headlights, and a Cobra R hood would go a long way.

Those were all the right things to do to start out. Nice job. I would have done the same. The cobra wheels are actually 1998 cobra wheels. They were a 1 year only wheel and I had them on my 98 cobra. So they are not the 95 cobra R wheel even though they look similar.

Night & Day difference. Love the channel. Happy New Years! Triple

I Just bought a 02 mustang gt, same stripes and 4x4 Stance haha, i am going to delete the grille and black housing headlights and for sure cutting my springs and save for somo good coilovers , awesome video!!!

Awesome content. I think you went the right route on being independent. Cant wait to see whats next.

What a great result. Lowering that car and letting the body lines speak for themselves makes it very nice.

I’ve cut springs on fox body’s. Works fine. Of earlier foxes you can swap out to convertible rear springs too, which were shorter from the factory.

I just noticed how close you are to 100K. You’ll definitely exceed your target before the end of the year.

I would just order the 17x10, the rears currently look a little tucked in, like they need a spacer to bring them out to the fender a little better!

Doing the same thing with my 2001 V6. Working on a LS Turbo swap and shooting for around 600-700hp. 4L80e and all that jazz. I actually bought a real Saleen body kit (front bumper, rear bumper and decklid with spoiler) at the big show in Charlotte earlier this year for $400. It totally transformed the look of the car along with the 17x10.5 wheels in the back. :) Nice thing is I got the car so cheap I feel like I can go to town on it and not be worried about doing something majorly wrong. This way I can keep my Shelby safe of any more mods. LOL

I guess we just back up till we hear a crunch LMAO 🤣😂 Keep up the great work LT I love it. I being a rotary addict and builder am also into things that are different like yourself. 👍

I really enjoy your channel LT. You have a similar method of thinking/doing as i do.

Had those SVT wheels on my 98 Cobra. Replaced them with staggered set of 18" Bullits that came out awesome on the car. Perfect offset all around.

I heard somewhere where there is some kind of spacer for the rear wheels so that they're extended out. It's either that or get wider wheels and tires. The nice thing is that there are mods and upgrades that can be done that makes the car more modern looking. As long as one has the bucks to do all this. My hood has peeled after 21 years but it'll cost $1500 just to paint the hood. I can get the whole car painted for about $7k which will keep the paint matched.

As a Camaro guy, I like your style. Simple, quick and effective. I love that shade of blue. I've cut the springs on a lot of cars and never once had a problem. Great work overall!

I was already fan for the truck content but now you have added Mustang content has me excited. My channel is based on my 97GT and my 99NBS

Cut springs aren't always terrible. When you cut them, the spring rate increases... which is usually what you want with a lowered car so they don't bottom out quite so easily. Most of the problems come when people cut multiple coils out and use the stock shocks, leading to a really bouncy ride. With only one coil out, the stock dampers should be able to handle it pretty well.

The old aftermarket rims kind of look like stock newer Honda Accord rims.

Looking much better! Get a set of 01+ black housing headlights for it and it’ll look much better in the front

And adjusting the attitude with the lowering the altitude makes all the difference!!

I’ve tried the diamond cutoff wheels and went back to a fiber wheel. Yes, the diamond wheels last a long time and don’t erode, but they also cut slow. In the end I felt the added wheel cost wasn’t worth it.

I always put spacers on the rear of my sn95s, it went well with my cut springs hahahah Love the car man!

I don't cut many springs anymore with how cheap they are. When I do cut them though I'll usually drill a couple holes in the perch and wire tie 90 and 180 from the spring tail as you usually won't have a flat coil to seat it on and helps with it not moving if the shock fully extends.

got the same wheels on my black newedge, they were a highschool graduation preset from my old man. still have em rockin on the old black car today! i had deep dish in the back. really look great. i have 255 in the front 295 in back sits great

Great video! What was used to remove the strips? Looks like it worked great without scratching the paint

TL it does look improved ,but i think it would look better a bit lower. What's the max you could cut safely out of the springs? and yes to the bigger rear tires too!

Looks so much better! Looks like a factory mustang performance package, and it looks like it just drove off the line!

I think the “smoked” headlights that came in the 03 Cobras would look nice on that car. Looks so much better than when you bought it.

I don't know if you know what I know or don't know, but I know that I don't know about any blue Sharpie. Wink wink. Def looks better. Keep going.

good choice on removing the decal. The wheels the drop everything. my 02 gt is stock height. I bought some Eibach pro-kit springs just for little drop, The sportline springs would be to low for the roads where I live. Beautiful mustang.

You can get wheel spacers for cheap with longer wheel studs and that moves back wheels out and looks a 100 percent better

Very nice transformation!

Try to get your hands on a 7.3 Godzilla engine, that would be awesome for this older mustang

Rear spacers in rear for the time being will make a nice improvement in looks. CJs pony parts have 1.5" for about $80. I bought aftermarket 18x9 chrome cobra wheels with 265/35r18s for my 95 gt, I wanted 275s but they were hard to find at the moment. with 1.5 spacers in the back and 1" in the front it has a mean look imo. I was hesitant about front spacers but research says name brand hub centric spacers are safe...And guys have no problem with big deep dish wheels and spacers on all 4 corners on lifted trucks...I would not put a ton of power or a habit of drive triple digits but it's a cruiser. I am buying 18x10s and 18x11s at some point but this set ups good for time being. Only issue I've found is every time it rains that bit of wheel poke slings mud all over the sides.

Damn..... I feel very confident in that cut spring method now.

Just needs the front chin spoiler and some tint and it will look perfect and you'll love it more. Also going with 275's for the rear were the perfect fit I found when I had my New Edge.

Love your content like the channel, Ben, seeing you since you were in powerblack or powernation whatever they call it nowadays, have you ever thought about the ford barra haven’t seen many builds on them always thought about buildimg s197 but but I don’t have as much skill as you do

I have one of those Lenox steel diamond coated cut off blades. In my experience. The best thing about it is the fact that it stays the same size for the life of the blade. Otherwise I believe they are more louder/ higher pitch then normal cut off blades and I believe are slower to cut. So definitely wear ear pro. And don't be in a hurry to finish the cut, let the diamonds do its job. Otherwise it a decent blade, but I still prefer the normal cut off blades and use the steel one as a backup blade when I run out of the others.

it's so nice to go from watching LT on TV to seeing him on RU-vid which is 1000% better because better and cooler content on the builds he loves with out the stupid commercials

Looks much better than the old 4x4 mustang.. looking forward to seeing the next steps on this one. Be careful with the backgrounds, some Karen might take offense to some things written in the graffiti.

Hey, so just started getting into cars and I've been wanting to buy an 04 GT as my first project car for a while now but not sure what a good mileage and price would be for one. Any thoughts and what should I look out for first when buying one of these?

7.3 would be cool. But the turbo coyotes are kicking alot of ass lately and they sound great at about 8500rpm 😍

I would not have guessed that they were factory wheels. They look like the type of aftermarket wheels that was popular 10 - 15 years ago. But i like them on the car!

I just put 2015 oem gt wheels on my 2014 and it’s amazing. I put some eco boost wheels on my 03 back in the day and it also looked amazing. Oem wheels on the car from before or after the oem design somehow always looks rad. Although the fact you lowered the ride and it still looks like a truck off the line is a testament to how insane Ford is

Massive improvement. Those first black wheels were so gross. I'm not really a mustang guy, but I'd drive that

As a fellow 03 mustang owner, something that changes the entire look of your car is to get rid of the honeycomb grill and make the horse emblem floating. If you are a DIYer, its free. If your not, the true mod cost around $90.

Love it. Need a 17.10 in the rear. But when I had those on my 96 cobra it worked

Nice work!!

Make that scoop functional if possible

Whatever is the weight deference from the old motor to the new motor?

I swapped my 98 cobra wheels with terminators but they look great on that new edge. Also the 95 cobra R wheels are different than those wheels. The spokes have different curvature.

I always liked that style of rim, good choice. 👍

What is that ring that came off with the wheel at 6:51? Looks like a centering ring but those wheels don't look like they require one.

Sharpie paint correction awesome I might done myself a time or three

No doubt I'm piling on at this point, but....shoulda' cut another coil. :) Have you considered 25mm spacers out back?

I like what u have done and are going to do to the ugly truck. I’m a new subscriber, I watched u on Truck Tech didn’t know where u went until Matt had u on his channel when he was working on the Morrvar. I have a 09 short box, 4.8 stock, reg cab, 2 wheel drive. 142k on miles. I would like to put 4 wd & pep up 4.8, not a race truck but something to have fun with. I retired 2 yrs ago so I have the time short on skills need a little advice on where to start. I know about raise & lowering 4wds I had a truck exactly like ur black truck it was a 99 Chevy short step side bed I lowered it front and rear much like yours. Love ur channel it’s in language I can relate to. Sorry so long, first time I have ever sent comments. Larry Tate

Put 01-04 headlights, bullit grill, Mach 1 chin spoiler 👌🏼

That does look better. I definitely would have cut 2 coils though, still plenty of wheel gap.

I've always liked that blue. If I could have found one at the time I would have gotten that out the more purple blue one, instead of my black one. My original clear coat is flaking off now.

I am so conflicted on these cars. I never minded the looks of them that much, but there's no question they aren't the most beautiful of all Mustangs. The chassis are a significant upgrade to the Fox body Mustangs, so that's a plus and they can be improved easily and significantly. The 2v engines...man, I don't know. You can get a significant power bump out of them but it isn't cheap. And they're never going to pull those high revs that are so much fun. They sure can sound great.

When cutting the springs, make sure you paint the part where you cut so it doesn’t rust. Especially seeing how it’s gonna be in the elements, it will rust pretty quickly and that’s not a part you want that to happen to

I never thought that version was ugly. I always thought it was one of he best looking Mustang.

I like to know what you use to remove the white stripes I thought you would have used and then you lowered your car I wish I could get my original springs put them back in

Luv your style LT you always make the same decision I would have made.

Purchased a 2004 for my son. Feel like I’m riding in a wagon. Purchased new tires but still an issue? Can you make some suggests? Changed front struts as while and rack and pinion.

Same wheels on my fox body, they look pretty dang good on that car 👍

Amazing what wheels and stance does for a Mustang

LT I’m wondering if you are looking for crack paint hoods. 😊

Those replicas in the rear would look perfect 👌

🔥🔥Great content! What color blue is this?

Put inch and a half spacers to get flush, 2 inches to peek the wheel amd tire just slightly. I've got 2 inch spacers on my gt which you've seen at dyno day

so cut factory spring ride softer than the eibach pro kit springs??

Nice wheel choice. Look up rocket racing modern muscle booster wheels. I have them on my 04 gt & they look great. I have 18x9 & 18x10 on mine. If you do a brake upgrade, id like to see you to the Cadillac ats upgrade on it. I have the parts to do it on mine, just gotta install them.

So my first vote for an engine was the 7.3 Godzilla. I still that that would be awesome, but I have an even cooler swap. Ford Barra engine. Less weight, big power, and unique.

LT, My vote is for the Godzilla. The LS and Coyote are great engines, but they wouldn’t satisfy your desire to go with a less common path. The Barra would be the best for that, but the Godzilla is still fresh enough that you would be out front paving the way for other folks; it would help a larger audience. The Barra’s larger audience down under has a similar commonality as the LS and the Coyote. v/r wh

I love using the wheel eraser! I would cut one more coil at all 4 corners tho.

My favorite body style. Love the color and the wheels as well.

I really have to know how you removed those stripes because I've got paint on mine I wanna get off

I have the exact same car but in the stock sun yellow. The blue is beautiful

It’ll look a lot better with a wider wheel and tire on back. I had to go big with my ‘18 GT and do a 19x11 on the back with a 325/30.

I will admit, your videos on the 8.1 Vortec make me want to swap one into an El Camino. Not the ones everyone thinks of, a 70’s or 80’s El Caminoz

110% better looking car. Definitely improved the looks. 👍👍

Has the right hood ! Yes now it looks like mag cover gt vs rice out before lol looks good !!!!

The Sharpie at the end haha

Looks SOOO much better.. now swap out those 99/00 headlights for some OEM blacked out 01-04s and it's all set. Also, those are 98 Cobra wheels and they are different than the 95 R style.. more curved and better looking IMO.. get some small spacers and call it a day to complete the look.

I put 2005 mustang gt rims on my 94 mustang. I put a 2 inch wheel spacer on the rear and 1/4 inch spacer for the front to get the flush look.

Yes I want the bigger wheels in back 247. So nice. No stripe looks so much better.

SpinTech mufflers sound GREAT on Fords. Just thinking that it might be a nice change ....