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'87 Turbo Coupe new to the forum!

Reply #15
Welcome, and clean car. Personally I like the Enkei wheels better. Draglites have never done anything for me. Even as a drag wheel they are not my style.
"Real cars dont power the front wheels, they lift them"
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1984 Mercury Cougar GS 5.0:cougarsmily: BBK Equal Length Shorties, BBK O/R X-Pipe, Magnaflow Magnapacks, Mustang GT Stainless Tailpipes, 18" Magnaflow Rolled Edge Tips. Turbo Coupe Hood, Mach 1 Chin Spoiler. 17"x9" Cobra R's, Falken Ziex 255/50s, and 245/45s.
1984 Ford Thunderbird 3.8L "Drag Queen"
2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Lone Star Edition 5.7L Hemi 400hp, lex DOD14M Magnaflow retro-fit ler kit

'87 Turbo Coupe new to the forum!

Reply #16
Nice looking car. I love the basket weave wheels. Always wanted a set. Nice looking car. Is it your first car?

'87 Turbo Coupe new to the forum!

Reply #17
Welcome to the site! Nice looking car. I like both sets of wheels on it. I also like the ground fx! I'd like to find a set for mine some day.

'87 Turbo Coupe new to the forum!

Reply #18
Again, great looking car. I wish some of you guys were closer. San Antonio is a long way. I remember basic training there.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

'87 Turbo Coupe new to the forum!

Reply #19
Thanks and this is my first T bird. This is my other toy.
No, It's not for sale.............Build your own!:nono:

'87 Turbo Coupe new to the forum!

Reply #20
Nice :) I don't do offroad with my 4x4 but I still like offroad oriented things. As for my 4x4, I lowered it 3" and put it on some chrome lol..
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'86 Turbo Thundercat (Cougarbird)
'02 TrailBlazer LT 4x4
'08 Chevy Cobalt


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Reply #22
Congrats on your purchase. While I was reading the post about the wheels, I thought that they were Enkei 92s. BTW, Discount Tire online has these available in 15" size but I do not know if they are just in 5 lug.
2003 Marauder 300B
1996-97 Cobra wheel straight but weathered (For Sale)
84 TC manual shifter handle no  (For Sale)

BTW, I had a 1988 T-Bird Sport way back when. I found out that it was totalled shortly after trading it in. It still has the ignition switch recall to date.

Special thanx to EricCoolCats for showing me to this site.:bowdown:

 

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Reply #23
Nice Bird, and nice XJ. I've had three and a half XJ's and loved them (well, maybe I didn't love the first, an '87 4-cyl auto..., and the "half" was a parts Wagoneer).

Here's a pic of the last one:
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It's a '96 2-door, 4.0, 5-speed, with junkyard lift, 3.55 gears, Dana 44, 30X9.5's, and Wagoneer front clip. I did a LOT of work to this rig, including replacing the entire floor, swapping front & rear axles out of that parts Wagoneer, and adding all the fancy options the Wagoneer had but the Cherokee didn't (power windows, locks, seats, air, 242 transfer case, etc). I sold it because I needed a pickup truck, now I wish I had my XJ back...
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #24
are those dodge wheels on your jeep? they don't look stock but then again I don't know much about jeeps...
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

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Reply #25
Mine, or Bowcephus's? Mine had Centerline 15X8's on it. Bowcephus's look to be from a Wrangler Rubicon or maybe a newer (2000-ish) XJ
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #26
Yeah I was talking about Bowcephus' rims they look like Durango wheels to me. Looks interesting on that body. I like it.
--SteveN 👍
[thread=28690]1988 Cougar V6[/thread]
2012 F-150 3.7L

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Reply #27
Dodge and Jeep are like Ford and Mercury.  :P  That's a beautiful TC, I wish mine was as straight as that when I purchased it.  Grats on getting the dream.  :)
1987 Thunderbird Turbo Coupe (daily driver) - T5, Short Throw, Ranger roller cam (soon to be Boport 1.5), stock turbo and TMIC (also soon to change.)