GT500 converison on an '05 GT
02-06-2008, 08:07 AM
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GT500 converison on an '05 GT
Sorry for the crude camera phone pics. I was dying to put some pics up. I'll have better ones soon.
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02-06-2008, 01:04 PM
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RE: GT500 converison on an '05 GT
To jcthomas:
The parts came directly from Ford. What happened is, some dumb lady lightly crashed my front end. My insurance paid for a a new bumper and other parts, so I had the body shop order this bumber instead, and paidout of pocket for someother parts. You can use the same hood; that's the hood the GT came with. You need: front bumper, both headlights, upper and lower grille inserts, the two upper brackets that hold the front bumper by the radiator change (about $11 each; no biggie), and the black plastic piece that goes around the hood latch changes, too. I also ordered the lower chin lip and had it painted instead of flat black. I used after market fog lights with some home-made brackets because I ran out of money and didnt want those empty holes, but it a MISSION to get them in there without messing up the holes for the factory lights. As you can see, it can be done with a little ingenuity.
suoperdave, your car looks sick. I need a hood upgrade. Tell Pascal I'm sorry; hopefully we both aren't in Miami, FL lol.
Thanks for the compliments, guys. When the lady hit me, she cracked one of the bulbs from my HIDs. I'm looking for a replacement bulb to avoid buying a whole kit. HIDs is the way to go on these cars. Looks awesome.
The parts came directly from Ford. What happened is, some dumb lady lightly crashed my front end. My insurance paid for a a new bumper and other parts, so I had the body shop order this bumber instead, and paidout of pocket for someother parts. You can use the same hood; that's the hood the GT came with. You need: front bumper, both headlights, upper and lower grille inserts, the two upper brackets that hold the front bumper by the radiator change (about $11 each; no biggie), and the black plastic piece that goes around the hood latch changes, too. I also ordered the lower chin lip and had it painted instead of flat black. I used after market fog lights with some home-made brackets because I ran out of money and didnt want those empty holes, but it a MISSION to get them in there without messing up the holes for the factory lights. As you can see, it can be done with a little ingenuity.
suoperdave, your car looks sick. I need a hood upgrade. Tell Pascal I'm sorry; hopefully we both aren't in Miami, FL lol.
Thanks for the compliments, guys. When the lady hit me, she cracked one of the bulbs from my HIDs. I'm looking for a replacement bulb to avoid buying a whole kit. HIDs is the way to go on these cars. Looks awesome.
