Hi everyone,

We are a family of four – Mom and Dad (Sarah and Pete) and our twin 16 year old boys (Jamie and Eric) – who are very excited to be starting a Mk IV build. We view this as the ultimate project for us as a family before the boys head off from home in a little over 2 years. We are beginners at this so we really value any and all advice you guys have for us at every point along the way. If you see something we’re doing that doesn’t seem right or make sense, please let us know! We feel lucky that so many of you are willing to take the time to give advice.

We all went to visit the Factory Five factory recently and placed our order. Given we are beginners, we wanted to run what we ordered by you all to see if you feel there’s anything we should or should not be getting. Our goal for the car is to have a great time building it together and then to have something fun to drive on the street now and then. It doesn’t need to be the fastest or best car – for us it’s more about just trying to see if we can get it all together and working and have something to be proud of.

One note - we’re hoping to register our car to drive on the street in Connecticut, so some of the things we’ve purchased are required for registration.

Here’s what we ordered (for anything that’s not mentioned here, we chose the base version):
- Mk IV Complete Kit
- Coyote Engine/TKO Transmission assembled
- Powder coating of chassis
- Coyote 3v headers
- Body cut outs
- 17 inch Halibrand style wheel/tire package
- Stainless steel bumpers
- Battery cutoff switch
- Rollbar grommet set
- Assembled side louver set
- Coyote install kit
- 11.65 inch rear brake set
- Standard 8.8 rear axle housing w/3-link

Things we’re considering adding to the order:
- Coyote power steering kit

If you guys have any advice or pointers, please let us know! We had a few general questions:
- Anything else we should be adding (or taking away) from our order given we are real beginners?
- Any tool recommendations beyond the list in the factory five manual?
- We’re currently building a chassis dolly using the plans from Chris Arella (Thanks, Chris!). Any thoughts on this?
o http://cobra.chrisarella.com/wp-cont...hrisArella.pdf
- Any advice for receiving delivery if you live on a small street?
- Any other advice as we get started?

Thanks a lot! We’re looking forward to being a part of the community!

Pete, Sarah, Jamie, and Eric