NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!
- Thread starter Gibbo
- Start date
Ooo, didn't know you had one of those! Got a pic?
Yes, sorry low-res as off my FB, but here ya go:
Fastest car (575BHP) I ever owned and being a Saleen it looked the part as they did the whole uprated/lowered suspension, larger wheels, bodykit etc.
Knob is done.
Wheel tonight if I get time but going out for a meal later, so tomorrow if not.
If brave enough I share fight the cold and fit the exhaust tomorrow as it will be dry but super cold.
The suspension can stay standard for a few weeks, as I want to explore the car more the way it drives stock. The above mods have no impact on car ability, just interior aesthetics and noise.
Looking good
Does the new exhaust give you bigger/more tips? Current ones look a bit small, almost like they've been lifted off of a Mondeo.
Yes, the stock tips I believe are 3", the new ones are 4.5" and completely fill the gaps in rear valance.
Still not fitted exhaust, but I did fit my Shelby wheel and billet knob, but as Dave says I have a Latheworks on the way.
I absolutely love the wheel, thicker grips, suede is lovely and just is more befitting to the type of car I feel, install took me 45 minutes in the dark, really a very easy job to do. No air bag lights or errors and you can only put the wheel back on in the position it came off so no need for an allignment afterwards.
The knob is very easy to install once you get the stock one off, mine the factory went OTT on the loctite so I need pipegrips and rubber mat to get it off. It feels no better than stock and yes its cold on an icy morning but I prefer the looks and it feels no worse.
Stock wheel / knob
Shelby wheel / billet knob
That is my interior modifications completed, the white stitching on the wheel matches the interior spot on as the seats and dash all have white stitching.
Won't manage to get the exhaust on today, got a party to go today and then the casino tonight, so wish me luck and if I am not too hungover tomorrow then maybe I shall fit it.
Nice one Gibbo, good to see you finally got it. I like it and it certainly makes all the right noises. I still think your mental parting with the 997 for it but it will be good to see how this one progresses and 700+ hp with a charger sounds like massive fun
Agreed the 997 was incredible and be hard to find an example like it again but I like to try different things. In this weather the Mustang would not see where the 911 went, it was so damn capable as a car and I cannot see the Mustang ever coming close to its handling ability on the road in the wet, but not many cars could to be frank.
I am loving it, actually managed 16mpg today which is more my normal driving, no insane traffic jams due to snow and a mixture of country roads and city driving, so not to shabby at all, but these Pzero's in the wet are hopeless no traction at all, they might improve as afterall they are brand new tyres so no doubt after a few hundred miles the tyres will get better.
I must get the exhaust on tomorrow, will try not to drink to much tonight!
Hi there
Fitted my rear decklid last night, very easy to do, just undo 4x 7mm bolts in the boot and I then pulled it off with my hands, swap cameras over and reversal. Does not take long and is easy to do.
ORIGINAL
New running pony decklid
Those who know their Mustangs will realise this is the EB rear decklid from the USA, but there is no mistaking my car for a V8 from the noise the 5.0l badges all over the car. I went with this because I feel it simply looks the best and cleanest of them all and it really sets the rear-end of.
My average mpg is now hovering in the 16-17mpg range and the car is now over 100 miles, struggling to clock them up due to all the horrible weather.
Still loving the car, still hating the clutch pedal and the car is getting so much attention on the road and when parked up, even in this horrible dull weather.
Fitted my rear decklid last night, very easy to do, just undo 4x 7mm bolts in the boot and I then pulled it off with my hands, swap cameras over and reversal. Does not take long and is easy to do.
ORIGINAL
New running pony decklid
Those who know their Mustangs will realise this is the EB rear decklid from the USA, but there is no mistaking my car for a V8 from the noise the 5.0l badges all over the car. I went with this because I feel it simply looks the best and cleanest of them all and it really sets the rear-end of.
My average mpg is now hovering in the 16-17mpg range and the car is now over 100 miles, struggling to clock them up due to all the horrible weather.
Still loving the car, still hating the clutch pedal and the car is getting so much attention on the road and when parked up, even in this horrible dull weather.
Last edited:
I was all set for red lamps or tinting the current ones dark, but now I have the car I actually like them. But I think the clear lights only work on silver and grey cars, on other colours they look completely out of place.
But for now they can stay, but I could vinyl them red or tint or just get a set of red genuine US lights and wire them in.
For now clear stays as I quite like them.
When I change wheels to a darker colour in future then I may also change the red lights as well but will probably just buy a US set as I don't like the vinyl wraps as they well don't look real.
Red seems popular at least. Car would be much more of a head turner with red, if you want that
Seriously me and a work colleague were laughing earlier, went for some Food and sat looking out and the amount of people parking up, wondering over to the car to check it out. One guy as he was walking away could not stop turning to look back at it, guess he found the clear lights very much a head turner, but I suspect its simply more because its a Mustang.
[RXP]Andy;29071632 said:Exhaust fitted yet?
Yes just finished, taken me 4hrs, but took my time, had to remove all the hangers to get it off without damaging rear bumper.
But it is on, all tight, no rattle, tips aligned, but I am to scared to start the car up with how late it is, so we shall all have to wait until tomorrow including myself, oh my nearly as exciting as it was getting the car.
My neighbors will be on time for work tomorrow for sure!
Friend has a Golf R, we both think my interior is nicer and my car has more toys. Also being in the latest Skoda VRS the saloon one and again I'd say Mustang quality is on parr with it but has nicer styling and more toys.
BMW wise its probably not quite upto 3/5 series, certainly not M car interior quality anway, its a nice place to be, I have no real complaints about the interior, the only thing I am disliking about the car is the complete lack of clutch feel.
[RXP]Andy;29072612 said:Soooo what's it like?
Did your neighbours like V8 o'clock.
It is exactly what I wanted, my last Mustang had a real Nascar rasp and exotic sound to it like Daves Shelby, this time I was trying to steer away from insanely loud and rasp with a more deep true american note. I got what I wanted but saying that it is still loud. Videos to come!
Video is here:
Cold start, revs to 2500-3000rpm:
Last edited:
Warm start with more revs:
Over coming weeks I shall get some drive by and in car videos done, as when engine is loaded the exhaust note changed to one that sounds deeper, very typical american V8 rumble/baretone burble, love it.
Over coming weeks I shall get some drive by and in car videos done, as when engine is loaded the exhaust note changed to one that sounds deeper, very typical american V8 rumble/baretone burble, love it.
I suspect insane, it was bouncing off walls and houses on my work commute which was mostly between 2000-3000rpm.
RTR ducktail looks mint. In fact, the whole aero kit looks great, do it Gibbo
Yes rear spoiler I want big time, but I simply cannot decide, RTR duck tail, 350R wing are my two favourites I just think the 350R wing is maybe too much and extreme and the RTR ducktail is a lot more befitting of my car styling.
My car already has the PP aero and I have the Steeda front splitter to add so I only need the rear wing to finish the car off. So it shall be done in a few months.
P.S. I do like those wheels, I was set on what wheels I wanted and now those just put a spanner in the works.
Last edited:
[ui]ICEMAN;29073978 said:I'm ready to order the wings whenever you're ready Gibbo, I just need you to decide now
ZED - That would be me, I've got a few carbon options for $600 but I think we've both decided that carbon may look out of place anyway, with it being the only carbon on our cars. I'm also worried about yellowing in the sun over here in FL, as to be honest, despite the mustang community saying $600-700 is expensive for a carbon part, I don't think it's expensive enough to guarantee lasting quality.
Car sounds *much* Gibbo better, I love it
I will take the wing anyway, can sell it on so easily if I decide not to use it.
My thinking also, but I am in no rush to fit a wing, now I have the exhaust just time to enjoy the car.
Once I have had chance to throw the car around in the dry and get these Pzero's scrubbed in more, I can write a proper review on how the car handles etc. It is then I can start switching suspension out and it is then when it will start looking a lot more aggressive in its stance.
Yes I have the FRPP Handling kit, which lowers the car 1.25-1.5" so the huge gaps in the arches will be gone, I also have wheel spacers to bring the wheels flush with body work, but I am not fitting any suspension parts yet!
Want to drive car on stock suspension, see what it is capable off and then fit my uprated parts.