Yes, eventually!

 

I really like the GT500 hoods, but my understanding is that they don't fit on a stock GT unless you change the fascia, too...

Oh well...Food for thought.

 

You are correct!

 

That's a nice investment. I hope you gonna get a nice paint job on that.

 

Congrats on the purchase and choice. Install is very easy. I think I had instructions in my thread and part #'s. Ill look them up again but if you need help, hit me up.

 

I have been thinking of doing that swap as well but im not sure if it will go with the rest of my kit

 

Generally speaking the main tool one will need for this install is a 10mm socket and drive. A rivot gun, phillips head screw driver and a 7/32 will helps as well.


First we jacked the car up and removed the wheels in order to change out the spalsh guards. There are 3 simple phillips screws and 4-6 factory fasteners standing between the splash shields and freedom.

Once the shield is removed you will see 3 bolts where the fender and bumper join. Remove the 2 OUTER most bolts only. If you remove the inner most then the bracket that supports the bumper will come off and this will screw you.

Now the air dam or whatever it is under the engine needs to be removed. As you will see there are 4 small screws, use a 7/32 socket to get those suckers out.

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Repeat the previous step above reagrding the 2 outer fender bolts. Now all that is left is to remove the bolt that hold the bumper on located just inside the headlights. Once this is done the bumper will pull off. Be careful as you need to pull the fender side down to clear the hardware on that side and slide the bumper by the headlights off of the bracket. It's much easier than it sounds.[/align][/align]Alright the old bumper is off and from here it is self-explanitory. remove foam core, add foam core, etc. What I will say is that there are 4 plastic factory screw hold on things on the GT core. If you place your hands close enough to them and tug you will remove these and be able to use them again. That's what I did.

To remove the headlights there are 3 10mm bolts that hold them on.

To remove the GT bumper radiator supportbrackets there are 2 10mm bolts that hold these on.[/align][/align]

Now the new bumper does not come with the bracket needed to attach to turn signal to it. We had to drill the old rivot on the GT bumper out to move this piece of hardware over to the Shelby bumper. You could rivet them in to new bumper or you could get crazy and just use zip ties. Worked so far for me.[/align][/align]Also attatch the headlight brackets to the GT500 bumper. They are molded in to the GT bumper but need to be attached to GT500 bumper, dont know why they did that. That part will slide under the opening on the GT500 headlights.[/align][/align]
Once the brackets were swapped over, foam core installed and headlights installed it was presto change-o time and shortly we were done. [/align][/align]You dont need the foglight wire harness. Connected ours with female connectors from Radio Shack and attached the splitter with nuts and bolts and washers from Home Depot. Make sure you use lock washers too.[/align][/align]Good luck and just pay close attention to the 2 outer bolt parts I mentioned. Youll see what Im talking about when you get there.[/align][/align]Joe[/align][/align][/align][/align]

 

I know I've read this before so thanks for copying it back here. I will try to follow this guide, although I don't own a rivot gun so I hope that's not a major issue.

 

Dang Larmo...that's an awesome looking GT 500 black vert!

 

Larmo, you dont need a rivet gun. I just put it in there so if you want to do it as factory does, you can. As I stated before, we used zip ties, and it has been working like a charm.