new cougar owner

[pickle2676]

hello everyone. i just bought a 01 cougar and want do some mods on it. i was wondering if anyone can give me some suggestions on were the best place to get parts is. i'm looking for suspension and performance parts. thanks for any help you can give me

[jojolmnop]

nice to have a new active member around.... with a cougar even. as for parts, just look for people's signature banners for stores. gforce auto in the banner above is one place. i guess there is also customcougars.com as well for some of them.

[tnkgurl]

I have also used RedDragon a couple of times with a fair amount of success.

Welcome n00b.

[CGburns]

so where in va beach are ya man?...what kind of plans do you have for the cougar?...you should make it out to a meet sometime...we've got 2 coming up (check the threads in this section), and also there will be a party here soon for eric who is coming home from iraq finally

[pickle2676]

i live off va beach blvd near independence. as soon as i sell my truck i plan on rims, tires, and lowering it. not sure what kind of performance mods i'm going to do yet, still searching for parts. do you know who recently traded a green cougar in, it's got a tidewater decal on it. it would be nice to know what as been done to car so i don't buy something it already has.

[jojolmnop]

i work very close to independence and va beach blvd... well, bonney road to be exact. maybe i'll see you around sometime.

as for the green cougar, that would be afuente. it had the svt induction system as well as msds headers and a flowmaster exhaust. he just traded his in for an rx-8.

[pickle2676]

thanks for the info. the intake looks stock except for the short ram, is there any way to identify the svt parts?

[jojolmnop]

is it a black upper intake manifold?

[pickle2676]

yes, it's black

[jojolmnop]

that's most likely an svt upper... unless someone painted it.

[Afuente]

If you bought my '01 Tropic Green here is what it SHOULD have:
Outside:
Smoked Sidemarkers
Painted Taillight Covers

Inside:
Painted dash - silver

Under Hood:
Yellow OMP Strut Bar
Painted Engine Cover - Green
KKM True Rev (Intake)
Pipe with Blue hoses
SVT Throttle Body
SVT Upper Intake Manifold - Black
MSDS Headers
Yo Dude w/Flowmaster Exhaust

Rear Brake pads/Rotors replaced in June
Front Brake pads - I've got 'em if you want to buy 'em
Front Rotors - unless done by the dealer, need to be replaced

[pickle2676]

yep, i have your old car. thanks for the list of mods. now i have a starting point to go from. also keeps me from buying something i already have.

how much for the brake pads?

[Afuente]

PM'd on the brake pads, they are just sitting in my apartment - $25....gotta pay the gas bill from my old house in Suffolk

Pickle - where do you work? I work in W143 on NOB, and there was a green cougar with a familiar sounding exhaust that was driving along Pier 7 as I was walking to the building this morning.

[pickle2676]

ddg 79 i'm down on pier one right now, but i drove by pier 7 this morning on my way to the softball field near the carrier piers. so it was probably me.

i'll take those break pads of your hands. when do you want to meet up?

[Afuente]

PM'd with contact info.