Dominasian

Just wanted to share on what's been done to my stang ever since i bought it.
Mostly appearance, but worth spending time and little money to make a beautiful car, look a little better.

This whole thing took me about 2 days to do, painting of course is a time consuming process, but with a little money and effort you can make your Stang look better in no time.

Front lights were horrible when i just got this stang, they were all foggy, scratched, and just in a bad condition overall.


There was nothing done to the car appearance wise. All stock.


But then comes this
Front chin spoiler took me about 30 minutes to do, and 30$ total. All materials were bought at Lowes/Home Depot. This idea came to me from a product called Ez Lip, basically a universal lip that you can put on every car. But instead of waiting for shipping i just got a V or 90* shape rubber door/window insulation + double site tape.
I have not seen a more simple light installation than this. 2 Metal slides hold a headlight, who ever came up with this is a genius, i wish Germans would start making simple things in cars like this. Lights took me about 4 hours to complete. I took them out and started with a sand paper and some soapy water. After that, let them dry and started spraying black tint. Put about 4 layers, and then clear coat, then buffing. Didn't turn that great, but still looking good.


Side scoops were the easiest things of all. Just pull them out carefully not to break brackets and clips. Used 600grid sand paper to get free from clear coat and then sprayed black. Finished with a clear coat and some buffing.


Finally, i got my letter in mail that i got for 4.89$ of Amazon. Perfect cut, and fit perfectly, i rushed and didn't read instructions, but still managed to put it there, screwed up a letter "M" but everything else went fine. I dont know what you call it, but rear bumper insert was painted too instead of a decal. Decals are about 20$ of any internet source just for that insert. It took me about 30 minutes to tape everything and another 30 minutes to paint it for just 7$.

xx10Gt

might i suggest getting a grille delete kit? itll look alot cleaner imo. I like everything you did except the black side scoops, stands out too much but thats just me i guess. Either way, looks alot better

Dominasian

I am still deciding on the grill delete. The point of this was to show that things can be done at home, in your own garage for no more than 60$ overall. Just the grill delete kit cost 100$. I might come up with something homemade . I only got 17 hours/week to work at my job until next semester starts, so i am pretty much broke

xx10Gt

understandable. like i said looks good so far. keep it up

Vertigo_GT

Great innovative job man! I'm also not a fan of the painted side scoops but the rest looks awesome. That home made chin spoiler is a stroke of genius and looks factory to me. I wonder if the tape will hold though. Mine bolts on.

Dominasian

Just in case you can always drill about 10 holes along the chin and bolt it onto bumper. From what i experienced, the tape is so strong that once you put it on the bumper, its impossible to take it off without screwing things up.

JJ Glo

I like the chin spoiler and the rear bumper inserts. Like the other users said, I'm not much of a fan of the side scoops and the headlights look kinda hazy, matte. They still look better than mine though. The clear coat on my black headlights is peeling and it looks all nasty.

Vertigo_GT

Just noticed the "ZL1" License Tag. Whatsup with that?


OK Actually it's ZLI But still.... LOL

AJ06GT

If you really want to try to stay homemade, you could remove the honeycomb and use some wire mesh painted black or something like that. I don't know how good that would really look though, but it's an idea. I don't have a New Edge to look at to see. A lot of people I read say the kit is worth it though.

hpwrestler220

If you're going with the black out theme. There is a lot you can do...

Blackout emblems and side reflectors


Black out in between the tails and the 3rd brake light would really clean up that rear end. And pull off that dealership vinyl on the decklid.