pine9280

I am looking at purchasing upgrading from my supercharged 2002 GT with this Saleen Mustang http://rochester.craigslist.org/cto/2981588464.html I have a couple of concerns though. I went to go and see it today and the guy explained how he had to replace the shocks and gears in the rear end a couple of months ago. He replaced everything will all OEM parts but it seems weird to have shocks changed so early in a vehicles life. It is a 99 so it is an old car. Another concern i had was a little bit of wobbling in the front end like a bearing or a rotor problem. Are these problems common among these cars. Should i look out for anything else?
Thanks guys,
Mike

russellthelovemuscle

i have over 100000 on my gt and shocks are still good, but a shocks a shock no big deal, i don't know what was up with his rear end, probably some really hard driving. and wobble in the front end, i would have someone who knows what to look for to check that out cause i had wobble in the front end of my first stang, nd it was because i drove it so hard around coners trying to pop out the tail end i got really bad understeer and kept going strait. i eventually bent something up and got a wobble when driving. it could be something as simple as a rotor but you need to be sure before buying.

pine9280

My Uncle owns a dealership... the dealership come to find out that sold him the car back in the day. Having it checked out today (Tuesday) at 9am. I'll keep you guys posted.

LilRoush

Shocks changed on a car that old is a good thing. Especially a car that's probably been driven hard.

The rear going out screams abuse to me. I'd be worried about other things being bent/worn/broken and just waiting to fail on you.

Wobble could be something like a tire out of bal, bent rim from hitting something, bad alignment or something more serious like bent suspension/steering componenets up front.


Just something else to think about... Saleen GREATLY over rated those cars and without mods they don't make even close to that hp.