Herro new family. I am purchasing a screaming yellow 2004 Mustang GT when I get back to the states. I haven't actually physically touched the vehicle yet but from the dealership I saw that it has a Dark Force cold air intake, aftermarket throttle body(can't tell what kind), aftermarket rims and yellow front brake caliper covers, hood scoop and side scoops. Basically I'm asking what kind of basic tools I'm going to need to start working on this piece of art. I've watched all of these videos and from what I saw they used mainly metric tools. Why? I use standard tools all the time and know that metric and standard are very close in sizes. Does Ford recommend using metric tools? Any recommended tool kits?

mostly a large assortment of sockets long and short, screwdrivers.
hex & star wrenchs, top notch ratchets 1/4 - 1/25 drive. sets
vise grips. pliers a long flat head screwdriver OR braker bar. also
basic hammer, tie rod puller tool a steel pipe about 14' inc long
to use as leverage because ratchet handles aren't long enuff sometimes, wire cutters and chrimper. assortment of electric connectors, electrical tap. assortment of wire rolls different gauges and colors. a can of PB blaster OR wd40 a tube of black RTV.
a tube of anti seize, oil filter wrench. ford fuel filter removal tool
sprak plug socket. tork wrench flashlight

that's just the basic "must have" tools
must important invest in a good aluminium low profile floor jack
and jack stands it will save your life, good luck

For shizzle, thanks for the reply. I already have an assortment of tools but not really a complete set. Once of the first things I'm gonna do is buy a very nice set of snap-on tools. I am aware about the jack stands and and floor jack as a lot of things I wanna do to my soon to be mustang will require them. I've never really got that much into working on cars i guess because I never really had anything worth working on. Soon to change though and I want to thank the professor for putting all those videos on your site, you made changing all of those things look cake as shit when i thought they would be much more difficult. A few of the first things I wanna do is put some BBK shorty headers on my exhaust and install an upgraded shift kit, not really sure on which one, any suggestions? Also, what do you guys know about dark force CAI? I don't know what size it is cuz I haven't even actually seen it yet. Thanks a bunch peeps.

no problem bud,

this past christmas.my whole craftsman set was stolen. it sucks starting all over again, so far i've only replaced about 20% of what
i use to have, doing it yourself is the best way last time i took it to a shop they f#$ed up my chip spoiler, i just don't trust anyone with my
car. if i absolutely have too i'll stay till it's done

That sucks that someone jacked your tools. If I were to get stationed back home I wouldn't have a problem with tools, my old man has a lot of what I'd need. I guess it wouldn't be a bad thing for me to get my own stuff though. I've read on other forums about how people get pissed when they hear about people not actually installing their own mods/upgrades. It sucks for me because the car I'm buying already has mods on it haha, I guess I could say that I put the mods on if I took what was already on the car off, then reinstalling it?

Whoo hoo! Eight days til I drive to Iowa to pick this thing up! STOKED

kool man, post up when you get her.

Yeah so the dealership that I was going to get the car from sold it. I live in Japan and called the dealership trying to set everything up. I sent a money order to hold the car but by the time it got there they had already sold it. Man was I pissed but I'm looking at another one with even less miles but no mods. Maybe it's a good thing so I can say that I put all the mods on myself. I'll post whenever it. I've made up my mind about getting a mustang, no matter how far I have to drive to get it!