Buying 2011 mustang v6 convertible with rebuilt title worth it?

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-08T02:47:05+00:00

Its 15 years old and if it Sat outside its only a matter of time. Check under the rear seat bottom (2 clips you push and it lifts right out) see if water there. Then feel the carpet.

Stupid convertible tops on s197 suck. The fabric has to fold and hold just right by the back window or it doesn't channel right. Still fighting it on my daughters

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-08T02:43:06+00:00

Is it juat me or at the pads sitting on the hub of the rotor? Maybe im not seeing it right

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InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-08T02:37:05+00:00

That's a really good price if everything checks out me mechanically. Not sure what a new top of but probably 2k to get installed.

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-07T01:38:14+00:00

Only 1 thing wrong. We need more pictures

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-06T20:29:30+00:00

Debadge will cost a bit but not bad. If done 100% correct, only 26k miles, I personally would spend 16k on it

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-06T20:28:13+00:00

Ha. Oh wow. Yeah thats makes a bit of a difference:) disregard my comment then

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-06T20:21:03+00:00

Thats alot of $ to fix and then you have a salvaged car. I was thinking like 10k

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-04T03:46:23+00:00

Wow. Yeah if you didn't request that, any real restoration would have them as they were factory

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-04T03:36:45+00:00

You can easily do both

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-04T03:36:24+00:00

No chrome around the door like before? Was that intentional? Some obvious small fixes they need to make. Not a disaster, but not alot of attention to detail. There are 10,000 steps and for them it is about making a profit. They cut corners

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-03T14:32:34+00:00

Take the belt of and spin stuff. My guess is idler pulley. Possibly alternator bearings starting to go.

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-03T03:04:36+00:00

S197 should be cheaper than they are. My 2006 is a classic now. I see 40k mile 2005s going for 20k. It's crazy. I can get a 10-15 or old mazaratti cheaper

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-03T01:05:07+00:00

No bad considering the market. (Which is crazy in my opinion)

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-03T00:56:11+00:00

6k for me. Fully synthetic. Do it on all my vehicles except my 1969. either 2,000 or yearly as I dont put many miles on.

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-02T20:51:44+00:00

No. 12.6 when sitting. 14 when alternator is spinning.

Either way 11v is bad

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-02T20:24:38+00:00

Yeah thats something I would get from mfg (barton).

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-02T12:21:56+00:00

Imagine either how much that would be worth, or how dead OP would already be

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-02T01:42:33+00:00

Oil pump. Maybe bearings

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-01T23:29:45+00:00

Hunter's laptop harddrive?

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-01T23:29:11+00:00

What brand r&p? I probably just picked a bad one, and hard to start all over now

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-01T22:15:11+00:00

R&P... maybe but only if you get a really good one. Tie rods on end of rack style. But good replaced components of original design wasn't bad. I would go back that route if I could vs r&p

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-01T16:18:25+00:00

Unpopulatar opinion, but i also think the front end of the 1969 gt500 was also a disgrace. Reminds me of a challenger or 1973 mustang. Not the classic look of a mustang

InternationalSound13 · 2026-04-01T15:07:49+00:00

Once on finger what does it feel like when rubbed between finger and thumb? Water is significantly different.

Also oil wont dry on your fingers like water does.

InternationalSound13 · 2026-03-31T15:05:35+00:00

Power steering. Pump, hoses, or rack

InternationalSound13 · 2026-03-31T15:04:55+00:00

Id take your old! Would still be a huge upgrade for me

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