My Mustang - New Hood, Fascia and louvers
05-18-2009, 04:06 PM
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My Mustang - New Hood, Fascia and louvers
Hi all
Just wanted to post some updated photos of my 05 GT, as some of you might know I screwed up my front end...or rather the wife did hitting a raccoon a year or so ago and I have just got around to replacing it, the guy who does my paint worked me out a good price so I made a few upgrades to the car whilst I was at it!
Was originally going to replace the fascia with a original stock one but went with a Roush kit instead with the lower fog lights, then the mod bug got me and I upgraded to a Trufiber GTS3 Hood (Thanks Phil) with recessed hood pins (boy installing them was a bitch!) and finally installed a pair of SHR Louvers, I have always liked them but the work that went along with installing them put me off but I finally bit the bullet and went for it, another pain in the *** but worth it in the end.
The new mineral gray came out a little darker so I need to take it back and he said he would blend the fenders to make it look better but other than that I am quite pleased with how it turned out, what do you think? Should I just leave the car alone now or any suggestions for future mods?
Thank you
Just wanted to post some updated photos of my 05 GT, as some of you might know I screwed up my front end...or rather the wife did hitting a raccoon a year or so ago and I have just got around to replacing it, the guy who does my paint worked me out a good price so I made a few upgrades to the car whilst I was at it!
Was originally going to replace the fascia with a original stock one but went with a Roush kit instead with the lower fog lights, then the mod bug got me and I upgraded to a Trufiber GTS3 Hood (Thanks Phil) with recessed hood pins (boy installing them was a bitch!) and finally installed a pair of SHR Louvers, I have always liked them but the work that went along with installing them put me off but I finally bit the bullet and went for it, another pain in the *** but worth it in the end.
The new mineral gray came out a little darker so I need to take it back and he said he would blend the fenders to make it look better but other than that I am quite pleased with how it turned out, what do you think? Should I just leave the car alone now or any suggestions for future mods?
Thank you
05-18-2009, 05:43 PM
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I really wanted SHR louvers for the longest time, as far as I am concerned no other louver beats them and the view from inside was much better than I expected them to be, I wouldn't think twice about recommending them.
Thanks Red Beast, you gave me good advice on a few theads in the past. The billet grills are the reason I finally went with the roush fascia as I have always had grilles on my car and didn't want to have an empty space at the bottom, I bought the three piece kit off a forum member but you can buy them here http://www.stage3motorsports.com/pro..._Polished.html
I don't plan on doing much else now as far as show mods go but I would like do add something to be back end of the car so it evens things out and maybe side scoops and then thats it! Its all show no go right now so a Whipple SC would be a nice addition in the future
Thanks Red Beast, you gave me good advice on a few theads in the past. The billet grills are the reason I finally went with the roush fascia as I have always had grilles on my car and didn't want to have an empty space at the bottom, I bought the three piece kit off a forum member but you can buy them here http://www.stage3motorsports.com/pro..._Polished.html
I don't plan on doing much else now as far as show mods go but I would like do add something to be back end of the car so it evens things out and maybe side scoops and then thats it! Its all show no go right now so a Whipple SC would be a nice addition in the future
