Leach in Your Motor Oil

How many of you in the automobile accessory business has heard the phrases "dude I'll help promote your stuff, I'll post on the forums,  I do all the cars shows, once they see it on my car everyone will buy it,  I can sell a ton of these".  These are usually of bunch of lies, what they're really saying to you is "dude give me some free stuff, I'm too cheap to buy and everyone ignores me at car shows because I'm a know it all".   I'm sure everyone in the business of selling accessories for cars has encountered more than their share of beggars looking to score some new free products.  All I can say to you is don't walk, RUN it's one of the oldest tricks in the book and chances are good you are about to get taken for a ride.

The auto accessory business has it's share of leaches that hunt for sponsorships, press converage, prototype products, free wheels, stereos systems, discounts, custom paint jobs with promises of getting you exposure at the local car show.  I've heard more than my share of stories from other aftermarket auto accessory shops who gave away products with promises of getting their product in the latest muscle car magazine.  When the article didn't apppear excuses varied, the photo shoot never took place, they overslept and missed the car show, and the paint didn't get finished.  Be careful of the leaches.
 
Don't allow anyone to represent your company unless they are a paid employee,  don't give them any merchandise unless they sign a agreement  stating they must make appearances at a certain number of scheduled car shows and above all make sure the person has a solid reputation and good character.  Wolves come in all shapes and sizes and many times they disguise themselves as sheep and they bounce from shop to shop looking for free goods.  RETAILER BEWARE!!! 

Along with the leaches, they're are many good people that outweigh the bad,  they may drive a beater
that needs a major overhaul or a Shelby GT convertible.  We recently received an email from a
gentleman named Paul Smith,  Mr. Smith was browsing our website and noticed a glitch on one of our
products.  While trying to purchase one of our products Paul noticed that the checkout  price came up  $00.00........can you say "FREE STUFF".  Paul was nice enough to not press the "buy now" but
instead wrote Bangastang a nice email informing us of our technical error.  Paul's act showed us
that character and integrity is still alive and kicking.  Thanks Paul, we're sending you a little
something for your Shelby GT.

Mr. Bangastang
   

Fabulous Fords Forever

For those of you that are old enough to remember the Ed Sullivan show, one of Ed's favorite phrase was "tonight we have a really big show".  Anyone that attended the Fabulous Ford Forever show knows it's a really big show that is filled with Fords from all the years.  Knotts as we Ford enthusiast call it is always a special day and most of us prepare for weeks and sometimes months in advance.

This year the weather was perfect with sunny skies and bearable temperatures.  Last year it was hot enough to melt most people and many folks have not been seen since attending Knotts last year....wonder what happened to them?

This year I was happy to see Steve Saleen and his new 2010 Saleen Mustang....it's a hot car and I hope
he sells a bunch of them.  I've always been a big fan of the Saleen Mustang and their styling.

The S197 Mustangs were in full effect and the 2007-2009 Shelby GT500 actually filled up their section this year.  There was a lot of venom in the Shelby section and many of the GT500 owners were sporting Bangastang gear.  Our hot selling GT500 Radiator Cover was quite visible on GT500s and Super Snakes and our newly released carbon fiber was revealed to the public for the first time.

                                             Super Snake w/ Bangastang Radiator Cover

                                             Super Snake w/ Bangastang carbon fiber
                                             Radiator Cover

Now like most people a day of walking around the Knotts show has your feet aching but it doesn't
matter because you seen some of the coolest Fords on the planet.  The bottow line is you will be
back next year and the year after that because it's Knotts and it's a really big show.

To see our selection of 2005-2009 Mustang accessories check out Banastang

Fabulous Fords Forever aka Knotts

Listen my children and you will hear the late night sounds of a gearhead.  Every year this time members of the Ford family stay up late plotting their grand entrance to the greatest Ford show in Southern California....."Fabulous Ford Forever"  better known as Knotts.  For than 2,000 owners of Ford made vehicles will converge on Knotts Berry Farm for a day filled with  detail spray, redline tires, C-4 transmissions, Toploaders,  Philco radios, Goodyear Polyglass tires and enough wax to slid from San Diego to Hong Kong. 

Knotts is like the Super Bowl to any Ford owner that loves a good car show.  Every vehicle ever made
by Ford will be on hand at Knotts from the Model A to the Ford Fusion.  You will be able to see up close and personal some of the baddest Fords in one spot.  Bring your walking shoes and camera with spare batteries with a good size flash card, trust me you will take many pictures.

For those that will participate in Knotts here's a tip, if you haven't ordered that part yet forget it IT'S TOO LATE.  Take it from someone that has been there and done it.  Trying to find that one off accessory for your Mustang a week before the show and ordering it three days before Knotts and expecting to get it in time for Knotts WILL NOT HAPPEN.  Look Gearheads,  haven't you heard of Murphy's Law  whatever can happen will.  Everybody and their mother will order the same stuff for their  2004 Terminator and that billet piece will be out of stock in two days.  So if you waited the last minute again to buy those custom made billet wheels they will probably arrive a day after Knotts.

Here's my suggestion, if you don't have all your parts by now, don't email the retailer ever day asking them "what's the status of my order?" I can tell you they are too busy trying to answer phone calls and
emails and shipping out a $5.00 part via priority shipping that cost $35.00 to ship because you have a car show on Saturday.  Planning is the key not procrastination.   Remember your lack of planning does not constitute and emergency for someone else.  Telling a retailer that you have a car show on Sunday
is like telling the Mother Superior in catholic school that your dog ate your homework.  Good try but.

For those of you looking for some smoking deals on Mustang and  Fairlane parts at the last minute
the folks at California Mustang in the City of Industry California is having a BIG sale the day before
the Knotts show.  Bring your pick-up, SUV, skateboard and load up with some gear for your whip.
They will be more than happy to sell you some gear for your Ford just in time for the Fabulous Fords
Forever show,  so you can stay up until 3am putting that starter on your '64 Falcon then turn around
and get up at 6am just in time make it to Knotts the next morning.

See you at Knotts and please bring some brownies I'll bring the strawberries.        

 


   

 

 

Shelby GT500 KR Radiator Cover

There are some cars that come with all the trimmings like the Shelby GT500 KR know to some as the King of the Road.  When the Shelby GT500 came back on the scene in 2007,  Mustang enthusiasts from all ages rushed down down to their local Ford dealer and placed their orders.  Many of them waited several months and sometimes over a year to take delivery of their GT500.  A close friend of mine waited 18 months to get his GT500,  I'll tell his story later.  Shelby decided to make a few models
GT500, GT, 40th Anniversary, Hertz, Super Snake and the KR.   All of the Shelbys have some
distinct features that not all of them carry but the KR is a very rare Pony.

Sticker price or should I say dealer price on a KR was over $100,000.  The first KR that I saw on the dealer floor was listed at $182,000......THIS IS NOT A TYPO.  $182,000 large.  I took some of my Mustang buddies down to the dealership so they could see for themselves,  the look on their faces was a Kodak moment when they saw the asking price,  $182,000.....large bills please.  All of us thought the dealership was crazy and smoking some serious crack but we stared at the KR wishing we had the cheddar to buy one.   Owning one of these would be better than being King for a Day in grade school, better than any dinger I hit playing high school baseball, better than my moms liver smothered with gravy and onions and even better than........well, I won't go that far but you get the point.  The KR was off the chain with it's carbon fiber accessories, color scheme and the fact that it's a KR.

Production numbers for the KR are low under 1,200 which makes it that much desirable it's like the Mustang, "Eleanor" in the film "Gone in 60 Seconds" Nicolas Cage's character just had to have that
car at all cost.

If I owned a KR I would probably be scared to drive it in fear that something would happen to it,
like some 16 year-old texting while driving slamming into my rearend.   Or a runaway shopping cart filled with cement bags rolling into my door at my local Home Depot and leaving a dent the size of
a soccer ball.  I'm sure I would eventually get over my fear, you buy a car to drive not sit in a garage and admire it.

The Shelby GT500 KR has a lot of carbon fiber trimmings....front splitter, mirror cover and rocker panels.  KR owners didn't have much to choose from in terms of aftermarket accessories until
now.   Bangastang has released our Radiator Cover for the GT500 KR, this has been a long time in
development but the KR owners needed some love to.

Shown here painted in Satin Silver with blue stripes,  our Radiator Cover for the Shelby KR
also has a cutout for the CSM plate and is designed to fit with the Ford Racing Cold Air Intake.
Bangastang also offers the KR Radiator Cover in Torch Red with Satin Silver Stripes as well as
Black with matte black stripes.

 
If you're going to own a King of the Road why not treat yourself like a King or Queen.  When you
show up at car show with a Bangastang Radiator Cover and pop your hood just make sure that everyone is wearing sunglasses because the brightness may blind them.

To see the GT500 KR Radiator Cover and our entire line click  Bangastang Radiator Covers



         
 
   

Mustang Parts Sale

Mustang owners in California....help is on the way!  If you've been looking for the BIG sale and I mean
BIG sale on Mustang parts then April 24th is your lucky day and the place to be is California Mustang.  California Mustang is having their annual Parking Lot Sale and slashing prices on inventory of Mustang and Falcon parts.  Hundreds of parts and accessories to choose from, discontinued parts, overstock and special order parts that need to go in order to make room for new inventory.

For you Ford Folks that have made plans to attend the Fabulous Fords Forever Show at Knott's Berry Farm the California Mustang Parking Lot Sale is the day before Knott's....great opportunity to pick up some gear before the big show.

Cal Mustang is located at 19400 San Jose Avenue in the City of Industry in California. The Parking Lot Sale takes place from 9am to 2:30pm. Visit their website California Mustang  and have your behind there for some smoking deals on Mustang and Falcon parts and accessories.  

Mustang Radiator Cover

Oh my god a one piece Radiator Cover for the '05-'09 Mustang!  If you thought that you've seen everything then take another look.  For the S197 Mustang GT owner that has been bored with the Mustang accessory scene there is a new product on the block that is raising some eyebrows and
getting people buying and talking again.....the one piece Radiator Cover from Bangastang.

It's been awhile since a 2005-2009 Mustang accessory got people talking and buying again but the Radiator Cover from Bangastang has done it.  Let's face it your engine bay could use a little sprucing up and a one piece Radiator Cover will do the trick.  Made from lightweight heat resistant fiberglass, that attaches to existing holes and comes painted to match your Mustang GT or V6.  This Mustang accessory will get everyone's attention, why because it's overdue and needed for the 2005-2009 Mustang owner that needs a new toy.  Why not make you engine bay pop, Bling is a a good thing when it comes to showtime.

The one piece Mustang Radiator Cover from Bangastang is available painted in all the 2005-2009 Ford OEM colors....Legend Lime, Windveil Blue, Torch Red, Vista Blue and all the other Ford Mustang colors.   Installation is very simple and the impact is off the chain.  The car show season
is around the corner so get with the program.  Check out the Mustang Radiator Covers  from
Bangastang.     
     

Mustang Hood Struts

Eliminating the factory hood prop on your Ford Mustang is a good way of cleaning up the engine bay
on your 2005-2009 Mustang.  For the 205-2009 Mustang owner there is a simple solution...Hood Struts. Installing a pair of Mustang Hood Struts  should take you less than 45 minutes and requires basic hand tools and no drilling is required.

Some of you may remember when most cars didn't have hood props but used springs that were used
with hinges to support the weight of the hood,  the springs were large and heavy.  Car manufacturers
in the effort to save weight got rid of the bulky spring system and replace it with a lightweight metal
prop rod which saved several pounds.

Bangastang carries Mustang Hood Struts by Cal Pony Cars,  the CPC Mustang Hood  struts attach to
existing holes on your Mustang.  The best part about the CPC Mustang Hood Struts is they're available
in several OEM 2005-2009 Mustang colors.  Torch Red, Windveil Blue, Grabber Orange, Vista Blue
Black to name a few.  A natural satin finish is also available.  Bangastang carries Mustang Hood Struts for the 2005-2009 Mustangs and Shelby GT500  Prices start at $120.00

To see our selection of Mustang Hood Struts click Hood Struts

Visit our website Bangastang.com