Convertible Foxbody Mustangs - Things to know before you buy! 

Owning my convertible as a first fox for 5 years now has been quite the experience, super glad to see someone make a video on these models specifically 👍🏼

I just bought a 93 feature car, vibrant white, and can’t wait to get it on the summer time road.

I've had my 89 GT convertible since it was new. I put the top down in the spring and put it up in the fall for storage. I can barely stand driving it with the top up. Too many noises! Top down, I love it! Good info about the springs and creaks. 👍

I bought a new '87 GT convertible with less than 250 miles (dealer demo) back in the day. After about 4 months I was over the wind noise on the highway, you could barely have a conversation with someone in the passenger seat without raising your voice. The only saving grace of the ragtop was being at a stoplight on a nice day or night, then dropping the top to enjoy it.

Love my convertible to. Definitely takes a lot of love to keep them going. Good video!

Video is right on point. The doors and windows on the Convertible fox body needs adjustment every now and then. I just adjusted my door striker plate this summer. Door was not closing all the way and was rattling badly. Now both doors close properly and do not rattle at least for now. 😆 There’s nothing like a convertible-top down listening to your favorite music with your family beside you.

Awesome video as always brother! You hit the nail on the head especially on the 4 window alignments. This is my first foxbody vert and after literally 10+ hours of trying to get these windows aligned perfectly I just gave up. It doesn’t help that my OCD gets in the way either…lol. Coming from a notch fox it is a night and day difference between the two. Definitely enjoying the vert life right now though. Love seeing Sadie (hopefully spelled right) in your video!! Happy New Year to you and your family my friend!

Great video! I put a K-member brace on my 92 Summer Edition vert and noticed an immediate difference. Probably not as great as full subframe connectors, but for the money, it was a great improvement in stiffness.

Thanks for the tips. I’m debating whether to get one to pair up with my GT and cruise on beautiful days.

Yes sir, these converts take a lot of love and patience. I notice years age riding with my dad windows seals not the best as his 89 hatchback. This is one of the first upgrades along with the shocks. Excellent video.

Awesome video thanks for the information 👍👍

Awesome vids! Keep it up 👍

Thxs for the video, very helpful🙏🙂

I’m the proud original owner of a 91 Wild Strawberry GT convertible. Within a few years of owning it, I installed a Kenny Brown 6 piece matrix bracing that includes subframe connectors and jacking rails. I also installed a strut tower brace and lowering springs. For many years, I had a supercharger on the car with a built automatic and over 500 hp. Since I stiffened up the chassis and modified it, it rides like a tank. I know if I ever got serious and put some real sticky tires on it, I won’t do any damage to the car. BTW… I have a gen one coyote in it now. Long story… I had an engine fire that luckily stayed north of the firewall. And luckily, I had a good insurance policy on it to help pay for the engine and restoration.

Love putting the top down on a sunny day !!!

Great vid bud, can’t wait to get my 89 Vert project “completed “ this summer 🤞

Hello, from Surrey BC :) Gearhead704 sent me over.

Back when I had one of these in the 90's it was common for people to talk about welding in subframe connectors and adding a strut or k-member brace. The platform is super flexy-even the hardtops. Of course, I'm sure that adding that stuff detracts from originality today, but they do solve a lot of the problems. Forget the vehicle being 35 years old-they were bad when they were 5 years old.

Great info! Got a 88 Vert GT

Great info. I can't wait to get my hands on a vert. It's the only fox I haven't owned. I'm on the hunt for an LX vert.

Great video and all so very true …. Have a 90’ GT Vert (here in Toronto); very interested in the lowering kit you’re installing. Was think the Ford racing G springs or the Ebiach’s…. But not sure what else is out there for verts and any advice or comment would be awesome. Anyways - your content is fantastic, I really enjoy watching. Thanks and keep you the good work

Spot on about x brace with thin tin and smashed attachment points. Just added to my 87 vert MM sfc and 8 point roll bar that ties into sub frame connectors cant wait to drive it and see the difference. I’m also looking into removing stock x brace and using spherical end rods tying Into sfc and k member. Good luck with your vert.

Good pointers man!

100% right on. I totally restored a 1990 LX vert but it got hit from behind and I had to total it. I bought a 1986 GT vert... All the windows are out of whack, the bushings are bad. I just had the top replaced and the bottom line is this car requires a lot of attention. One day I hope to have all the bugs worked out like the 1990. Always fun to drive. Nice video. Your daughter is absolutely adorable.

Great tips the average Joe won't think of. Thanks for sharing.

Great video. You're a happy man and your daughter is lovely. Thanks.

I bought a 92 wild strawberry 5.0 LX. I love it!

Agreed on the opinions…we have one hatch ‘91 and two verts ‘84, ‘92. My 15 year old loves her ‘92 Bimini Blue black top vert. She usually wants the top down…ALWAYS!😂. But dad has the patience to put the top and windows back up😉. A lot more road noise but still 30+ years of super cool.🤘🏻🦊

I have an 88 GT convertible. I bought it new. You are completely correct. I still love Mustang Sally

I have a 1991 5.0 LX convertible. I love it.

Congrats on your new car and welcome to the club! One thing about the mirrors, most of the earlier cars shared them with the hardtops, I believe that it was around '89 that they all got the "flag" mirrors. I have an '88 with flags, and power mirrors. Might be that cars with manual ones were different?

Great video. Thanks for sharing. My 91 LX 5.0 rides like a chuck wagon. Would you say you can tell the difference in how the coupe rides vs the vert? Before you lowered.....

I'm starting to restore my 1993 foxbody convertible that has 24k miles its been sitting in my dad's garage since 2010 these cars are the best

Subframe connecters are a MUST. Handles so much better!

New seals and subframe connectors helps alot with the verts

A guy on RU-vid, Ray Urias, has an excellent video on rear window alignment for those who need it. I ordered parts from LMR and did the installation.

You hit this on the ball! Because if you don’t go hardtop, you got whole other set of mechanical problems besides the engine. Either way I love my 89 vert

Thanks for the videos!! I'm wanting to lower my fox for a better stance. It's still stock height right now. Which springs would you recommend that will give it a good look with the best ride quality?? Thanks again!!

After years of owning foxbodies... got my first vert last week. A 92 LX 5.0. Definitely a different experience. Fortunately got a good solid car, yes it has some foxbody nosie for sure but is fun to drive with the top down!

Good quality, welded in place, sub frame connectors will improve the ride of the fox body convertible immensely. Get the best you can afford with the ‘ends’ sealed to prevent water from getting inside them

Great video!! Just bought my first 92 fox body convertible, any info on sites for parts or anything?

I have had my 88 vert for 20 years love my gt

Nice!! Those verts are special in their own way.....just drop the top and cruse

It definitely takes a special and dedicated kind of owner to properly maintain these cars. They definitely require an extra bit of TLC, and finding convertible specific parts can be a challenge, especially if it is a four eyed car. But I do agree that when all is said and done they are a blast to take out for a cruise.

I put hatch/notch lower springs on my Vert and have no issue. When I read reviews on these particular springs I saw several reviews on owners with Verts and they all said they had no issues so I took the chance. So maybe it just depends on the springs. My 91 LX Vert weights 2,960, GT Vert is 3,327. GT hatch is 3,190. So the crazy thing is my LX Vert is 130 lbs lighter than a hatch GT!!! Now a LX hatch and notch is lighter of course. 2,824 and 2,759 respectively. So there is a 568lb difference between the 2 Foxes in your garage. Living in Florida the top is down on mine probably 80 percent of the time. Summer(6 months)evenings and nights. The other 6 months is beautiful and dry and the top is down just about every time driving. As you know a completely different driving experience with the top down. Jamming gears with the top down is hard to beat. Now if I lived in a cold climate I would want a hard top instead. Even better yet 2 cars like you have now lol.

I've had my 84 GT Convertible for over 25 years. It doesn't creak and rattle and yeah it's a little noisy with the top up but I only put the top up to store it in the winter

Today I bought a 83. Kansas barn find 4900. It's almost factory original n clean. 86k miles. Left under a tarp by a farmers kids for years. Im a happy man today. It's eggshell paint colored.

Change your door striker plastic cylinders it really helps. Mine is lowered and yes its bummmmmmpier lol

I have a 1983 glx convertible is is possible to install a hardtop on it?

Windows windows windows. They go up easy but a little jerky going down. I had to align the windows on my 65 chevelle vert so hoping the adjustments are similar. Fingers crossed. I also say I won’t buy another convertible but you can’t beat the feeling on a beautiful day. I guess you just have to experience it to understand. I also have 3 kids so I get the family fun side of it. Kudos on all your videos too!

Awesome brother! I Enjoy your vids so much. I concur as a vert owner myself. Much respect from Maryland! U should try to get down to the chocolate 🍫fox show in Hershey Pennsylvania 🇺🇸in May. Its an amazing show all foxes.

Love my vert. Drives very nice, wouldn't want to go back to a fox with a roof except for a t top car. Less than 300 pounds,STAGERING! O boy.

I gotta 83 convertible..👍

I’d like to own a GT Vert one day. First thing it do is full length weld in subframe connectors.

The verts (at least my 93) also have extra metal on the inside along the rocker as well as the kick panel area, allegedly the 93 cobra adopted the same extra structure. I put Team Z through the floor sfc's in mine. Tightened 'er right up.

I added square tube subframe connectors and a strut tower brace.....took care of those creeks...

I bought an 88 gt vert a couple years ago and although I've had many foxbody's this was my first vert. Mine was a straight clean rust free car, but I noticed a lot of tlc issues that needed addressing when I purchased it. I'm handy but the squeaks were driving me f**king bonkers, sorry Sadie, I hope that your not reading this. I tried everything from double sided tape on the a pillar covers to tightening the screws. I added frame connectors, a must for most foxes but a definite yes for a vert. Nothing worked, although better, so I asked a bud of mine to take it for a day, who has had a few verts. A couple of days later he says, take her for a drive, and wow it was so much better!! These verts will never be silent. 92-93 maybe 91 had an insulated top which cuts down on some noise, if replacing the top, not a bad idea. So I asked, where was the squeaking coming from, it was the doors, and not rattling from the striker bushings etc.. It was the top corners of the interior door panels rubbing against trim pieces causing the squeak. The fix is a little silicone grease on the corners, front and rear of both doors, just a c hair of grease, wow what a difference. I put a smear on every spring. I was literally going to sell the car. Sorry for the long winded comment, I searched the web and not one person mentioned this, and nothing that was mentioned worked. I hope this helps boyz and girlz.

I think that a chunk of the weight difference can be attributed to the AOD in the vert.

I have the same car. It's just like yours red, with white interior and black top. And a 91

So i recently purchased a 92 lx vert with the saleen body kit and spoiler. It has an e303 cam and head work along with a cai. I need to get new rims but am only interested in a staggered 9x18 / 10x18 (or17) setup. Any tips? Thanks in advance and I'm very jealous of your setup!

just bought an 89 convertible, supposed to have the SVE shock, spring, strut kit from LMR at my door tormorrow....just went back and read the whole page, no recommended for convertibles... DAMNIT. either way thanks for the informative video, atleast i didnt have it all installed first lol

Nice video, your daughter is adorable. My children prefer my 90lx vert to my 13 gt500 coupe lol. Are those pony R rims? I'm definitely looking into installing sub frame connectors, ideally a 4 point roll bar but I think that takes away from the vert...

I love my 86 vert but will the windows ever go up without being crooked or not sealed up right? I seriously doubt it. The passenger side window stops about halfway up and then it needs finesse to go up the rest of the way lol.

Stats are for 1990 model year '90 Mustang GT coupe, curb weight -2,825 lb '90 Mustang GT convertible's weight - 2,975 lbs The convertible weighs 148 lbs more than the hardtop coupe. This is based on stock vehicles' factory specs. 148 lbs is a pretty big difference..... That's just about the weight of 2 uncured sacks of concrete. Just imagine tossing those 80lb bags into your trunk. Yeah,. It's gonna make your hardtop's stance sag a bit, and it's definitely gonna be noticeable in how the car handles around curves.

Here are the official Ford weights as submitted to the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association for1992, curb weight meaning full of fluids and ready to drive but without cargo. LX coupe 5-speed 3010 LX Hatch 5-speed 3069 GT Hatch 5-speed 3144 LX convertible 5-speed 3231 GT convertible 5-speed 3365 LX coupe AOD 3076 LX Hatch AOD 3135 GT Hatch AOD 3210 LX convertible AOD 3297 GT convertible AOD 3431 Looks like you got the heaviest one save for an AOD car. Pull the spare out and swap it with an aluminum one - good luck finding one though.

? I bought a 1993 mustang convertible Fox body but it has a four-cylinder engine in it and I want to put a V-8 engine in this car is that possible?

I just bought a 1991 5.0 gt the car I've been wanting since I was 16. Got it from my brother in law 41000 on it clean storage kept nothing has been done to it, completely stock. I'm just trying to keep it in that state. In other words I'm pretty new to the fox boy game but I love the car. I wanna do some slight upgrades but don't want to ruin it to where it Depreciates in value because I know people are wanting them again now days. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I had a 1988 GT T top, they cut the window frames and roofs off at a custom shop to build all the fox body t tops, none were actually built in the factory, it didnt even have the convertible doors which I think would have helped to keep the windows in their seal, they also dont have the under body bracing, after tons of adjusting I got it to where the windows would only start to whistle and begin to pull out at 120mph, it rattled and creaked a lot but not nearly as bad when the tops were taken off, I loved it but in retrospective it was trash, if I ever get another fox body it will be a hard top

Verts get a lot of hate because of the twist. A vert would bring the most joy to my family. If I was not considering the fam I would get another LX or GT hard top. Question: how much performance can you safely do to a vert without twisting it up?

If I buy one and don't like it, can i return it on Amazon?

I have a 1990 LX hatch I've owned since new and a totally stock-to-the-silencer '87 GT convertible (which I got because I like the non-flag mirrors) and have to agree about the noise. The only mod the GT will ever get were subframe connectors, but even with, the car is a bit of a crash-fest. Nothing bad, but they couldn't sell 'em like that today. Being there "in the day" I will also say that the 'verts don't handle or brake as well as a hatch or sedan. That said? Since they're like a half-price proposition I am glad I got mine when I did. Don't see that holding up long-term. '65 Mustang convertibles band and crash too...

Even the hard top cars twisted if driven hard.

Hi I'm Intrested in a 1990 GT vert that I may go look at when the guy takes is out of storage. The car looks awesome but it has a rebuilt title on it and the price is Not bad either but the rebuilt title has me concerned. These cars are old now and I'm quite sure many have been in accidents at some time. I still will go and have a look at this car because the current owner said it was rebuilt 14yrs ago and looks like he has taken car of this car. It's black with white interior and looks very clean and straight..any tips when I go to see this car?

Have you ever install baby car seat on the convertible ?

The weather stripping is hard to get perfect, for sure you need a spare towel and hand towels in case it rains. My 92 lx very leaked like a civil war submarine when it rained and made driving very dangerous. If the top motor does not work good luck finding a mechanic that can replace the hydraulic pump.

No mention of subframe connectors? I thought my '90 GT convertible with some Maximum Motorsports bits and pieces handled better than my '01 Corvette.

I don't hear anything with my Loud Exhaust so I'm not worried lol

I just bought a 84 20th Anniversary GT350 vert, 31k miles( 42k now). You are CORRECT they need EXTRA TLC. Yep Patience is the word of the day. Gotta admit though, I like cruz'n MYRTLE BEACH in my 5.0 vert.

89 vert I wanna make it faster any suggestions

Not to sure about the weight calculations. Published 3037 for GT convert., and 2975 for GT Hatch. Hmmm

I wanna know ….. what it’s all …. Aboooot …. I really want one

Well they look 😎 cool as F

Dumb question here. I’ve never owned a convertible so please be easy here! lol Where is the lock to release the convertible top so I can open it?

I had one of these cars back in 1995 ! It got me laid lots of times !

My convertible is tight af.

Love your videos ! Question please. I've always loved trans ams and stands. Being 48 now, I see allot of 4 bangers and 6 bangers around. At low prices. Do you think from a re-sale perspective if I dropped I'm a 5.0 that the value would increase ? I'm debating buying one in another province that's mint but its a 4 banger. I'd oribably keep it for awhile after dropping in a 5.0 then selling it. I know lots of people are doing this... anyone actually made money by this ?