Originally Posted by Bmr4life

Did the OP say the bulb were aftermarket? Did I miss that?

Originally Posted by clustersnarf

Aftermarket or not, it still doesn't stand to reason that something that is barely held with any glue in a hole that is slightly press fit with one flat side should have EVER been designed and implemented on a car that gets hot and drives on bumpy roads. When every other piece of the lights has some kind of locking mechansism with a turn, *rolls eyes*

One fell off in my 2005 without ANY replacements ever happening. its just a crappy design.

*kicks someone in the junk*

Originally Posted by pascal

Also...

Our factory hood: $1270
The GT500 hood: less than $700 (FRPP)

Outside door handles: the unpainted ones are more expensive than the pre-painted ones
GT/CS bumpers: the kit (with all hardware) is cheaper than the fascia by itself.


Damn Ford suck the big one!!

Originally Posted by clustersnarf

hehe, Thanks for the perspective. I did get a bit cut up removing the grille, but I learned how to do it. It just seems to me, being a network engineer, and owning a lot of vehicles, that someone coulda engineered that little piece a bit better. Hell, I've heard on these forums MANY times about someone just replacing OEM with OEM and knocking that little bastard off.

I really don't have a hell of a lot of rants about the S197 as I've owned 2 of them so far. I totaled one and walked right out of it. It's a well vehicle. I've been a Mustang fan since i was 5 and I've had almost 10 different models.

As for the housing sealing, I expected to need to re-seal it, but I was afraid i'd snap something off and be headed to the dealership so I fixed it with the finger. There is an o-ring sealer around the housing but they used some good sealant. Bravo Ford.

But fail on not making that thing snap in twist 90 degrees and THEN glue it.

keep the snark coming my friend

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also. LMAO at the chinese air.

Once in college a friend of mine was talking to a semi ignorant girl as I pulled up for class in the morning. This was in the fall, and he asked me if i had changed the air in my tires yet. I told him I had an appointment with the tireshop this afternoon to get it done before it got cold.

She inquired as to why we were having said discussion, so we told her about the summer air vs winter air and how her tires would go flat if she didn't change it out.

That afternoon she walked into a gas station and asked the clerk about getting the air changed in her tires. She explained what we had told her and he looked at her and said, "are you stupid?".

She didn't talk to us for a while after that. LOL
Ahhh. good times.

Originally Posted by 157db

7R3Z 16C630-AAPTM list $318.00 stock scoop
6R3Z 16C630-AA list $250.00 dealer add on kit
KIT INCLUDES INSTRUCTIONS AND DRILLING TEMPLATE

Maybe painted/unpainted is the price difference?

If you use the replacement parts software and order
all the individual replacement parts needed to assemble
a S197 GT coupe in your garage, the grand total comes to,
get this,
$62,647.87.
Plus local sales taxes and delivery fees....