I don't understand... are you a zebra? Don't lie to me, I'll break up with you.

+1 the current work you seem to be doing to your car in the other thread you made, it makes it cooler.

 

well, it sounds like you're getting started the way I would advise. Strip off all the stripes and give the car a good cleaning, polishing and waxing.
Then I would suggest you take a good look at the classic Boss Mustangs (or even some of the new wanna be Boss ones), making sure to note what exactly you like. I don't recall seeing many silver Boss Mustangs but there's a couple if you do a Google image search.

A black chin spoiler and rear wing and a correct C-stripe might work.

If you have a 2006 I may be wrong but I don't remember there being factory hood scoops installed that year. Be sure to make sure your scoop's bolts can be reused or you'll have to get new ones.
In case you haven't done it yet, I highly recommend using a hair drier to heat the stripes up. I know it's 80 degrees in SoCal right now, but they really can peel right off with no cracking when heated up.

 

That's how it is so far... they're just peeling off without any problems whatsoever. No chunks or little pieces... entire sections are coming right off after they've been exposed to the sun for a little while. All I have left to remove are the hood stripes. I'm pretty proud of myself for doing the rest of the car on my own in such little time. Tomorrow hopefully I'll get the other stripes off and then wash the car again. Hopefully I'll also get my GT500 spoiler on as well as my Roush quarter louver replacements on.

I'm no fan of the C stripes. Not... one... bit. All I want is the honeycomb panel, a single hood stripe (maybe the one that comes on the V6 Appearance Package), a CDC chin, some black taillight bezels, and maybe.... maybe some rear window louvers. That's a big maybe, though. I'm afraid of how big a hassle it might be to constantly remove them to clean the window.

Oh yeah, and I want some new rims too. If anyone wants to buy me some last Wednesday was my birthday. Or any of the other items on my wishlist for that matter, lol.

 

I felt the same as you a year ago about my stripes If you go with new stripes, matte 3m vinyl looks great and easy it's to maintain.

Before



After

 

Victoria, just to be sure, you have the factory hoodscoop, correct? Thats what I'm talking about here.

Yes, you can use a simple wrench to get the nuts off. A socket wrench is preferred though, to make it easier. You don't have to take off the entire heatshield, just enough at the back toward the windshield so you can reach under and get to the two clips on the rear of the scoop.

 

Yes, it's the factory hood scoop. Thanks, Wingman. I'm going to try getting it off in just a bit.

 

Put a sheet on top of the (cold) engine so you don't have to fish those nuts if you drop them
There are too many nooks and crannies in the engine bay for those to hide away from you.

When you get to the bumpers, take your time when you pull the vinyl...
Since it's not flat, it has a tendency to come in pieces.

 

Spoken from experience

That is probably the best advise you'll get. I've used that trick before when working on the hood and it saved a lot of time. Believe me, you will drop at least one of those those nuts.

 

I was gonna say I dropped my nuts before but it sounds funny and too painful
So I won't say it.


When you work on cars all your life, little things take big proportions...
The more the prevention, the easier it gets and you go home happy.

 

Thanks to everyone for your input. It's definitely much appreciated.

I continued today, with my boyfriend's assistance (and he was a HUGE help), on removing the stripes on the hood and the hood scoop, which was all that remained. The hood scoop was a major, major pain in the neck to unbolt and remove. We probably spent a half hour or more on it. Two of the nuts had become rusted and when we'd turn the nut, the screw would turn as well. That made it really difficult. Shortly thereafter we realized that there wasn't anything above the hood holding those screws in place... they were broken. So we were just turning for no reason as they simply came out when we pulled up on the scoop. Other than that a couple of the fasteners were pretty messed up. The guys that striped my car apparently didn't take too much care when putting them back in. Nor did they replace them. They kinda just jammed them in and twisted them so that they'd stay in place. That also made it more difficult to get them out. So we didn't replace the scoop on the hood. We're going to need to try and find some replacement screws and nuts. I realize now that I shouldn't have taken their recommendation to remove the scoop, stripe under it, then stripe the scoop separately. That had the best asthetic appeal obviously, but it turned out being a lot of trouble for them and for us.

We also had to employ the blow dryer as the sun was setting and the stripes were pretty cold. This helped quite a bit. The car is looking great without any vinyl on it. Tomorrow I'm going to remove the little adhesive that's on the car and give it a good cleaning. Then hopefully we can get the scoop back on there and install the new spoiler and replacement Roush louvers. I look forward to it.


Your car looks so much more unique and personalized now than it did before. I really like your hood stripe. That's exactly how I want mine.

Speaking of which... if your car is Silver why call yourself Grey Pony?


Haha, we actually didn't drop any screws or nuts in there, but we did drop a wrench in there. That was real fun.

And the bumper vinyl came off in one piece when I did it yesterday. Actually all the vinyl I removed yesterday came off in entire sections and didn't rip. I was surprised that it was so easy to remove. Like I mentioned though, today was a different story.