Associate
Are the rear lights a straight swap if you can get hold of a US pair?
NEARLY 2 YEARS WAITING: New Mustang GT PP is finally mine!
- Thread starter Gibbo
- Start date
Are the rear lights a straight swap if you can get hold of a US pair?
Just using that US configurator it seems the black roof cannot be combined with the GT performance package upgradeFury Orange with black roof and black accents looks best imo. The GT350 can be specced like that though.
Correct not great. As I would want black roof, but it won't let you do it. Not end of the world a gloss black roof wrap cost £120 done, which is cheaper than the £500 painted black roof option.
Also the other gorgeous option is the carbon/suede interior, so the door panel inserts, centre console are all done in suede with carbon dash trim, looks nice, but if you select the premium interior and 12" digital dash you cannot select that either without removing digital dash. But not end of the world because you can just buy the suede parts, carbon dash parts and fit yourself.
Nope, but mine are sequential, I plugged in a cable which makes them sequential and only cost me £120. Will make a video at somepoint, for red rears either wrap or spray them, cost about £60 for the pair.
I'd rather get active, I hear its pretty damn loud stock with that option. If its not enough I am sure after market systems will come that retain the toggle switch feature, its nice to have the option inside the car to be quiet or loud. Plus with headers even the stock system would be very LOUD!
Orange Fury is still my favourite, I'd probably fit my black 350 track spoiler and remove the stock Ford one and then put a 350 front-end on the car, so in essence it would become a full blown 350 replica on looks department, would just be missing the FPC.
Yes this time exports do supposedly get the front DRL's and LED fogs.
Rears are still clear and not sequential though.
Still not really seen the definitive account of how the active exhaust valve will be switched.
i know the GT350 has a switch on the steering wheel that goes from quiet to loud.
But then have read that on Mustang it will be controlled by settings within the new MyMode with memory function, and it will be a variable system so you can have varying levels of quiet to loud, and store behaviors in the MyMode system.
Last edited:
Kind of makes it worth having, I've heard it and in full loud, it is LOUD! You want it louder, just fit headers.
Associate
Whoever gave my old man a passenger ride at curborough has created a fan from someone who I never thought would even consider a Mustang.
Been on the US site configuring a 2018 automatic already, his only concern is whether it fits through the gates at the end of the drive!
Been on the US site configuring a 2018 automatic already, his only concern is whether it fits through the gates at the end of the drive!
Lets kill this its too big for UK roads myth off, it is really no longer or wider than many other European cars that frequent our roads in large numbers:
Ford Mustang:
Length: 188.3 in
Width: 75.4 in
Jaguar F-type:
Length: 176 in
Width: 75.7 in
Audi RS7:
Length: 195.8 in
Width: 75.2 in
Nissan GTR:
Length: 183.9 in
Width: 74.9 in
BMW M6:
Length: 192.8 in
Width: 75.56 in
Man of Honour
RS7 drivers be like "Mines 7 inches bigger than yours"
Associate
It's not exactly a wide drive, Although with a little convincing to go outside before I go home and tape measure, assuming a Mustang is 2080mm as described online including the mirrors he's got 220mm to play with.
Pleasantly surprised.
Soldato
I came away from my passenger ride in the other Mustang at Curborough very impressed, the way it handles (and especially how it stops) belies the size and weight of it, but theres no getting away from the fact it is a huge car. My first impression on getting in it was how absolutely massive it felt, with that big barn door of a bonnet stretched out in front of you. I felt the same when I passengered in an F Type mind, that seemed huge (although somehow cramped inside and with less space than the Mustang).
There are those that would argue that all of the cars you have listed are too big to hustle along a windy and typically narrow British B road, you've got to admit thats some pretty massive competition you've listed there, its not exactly going to convince anyone its not a huge car!
I came away from my passenger ride in the other Mustang at Curborough very impressed, the way it handles (and especially how it stops) belies the size and weight of it, but theres no getting away from the fact it is a huge car. My first impression on getting in it was how absolutely massive it felt, with that big barn door of a bonnet stretched out in front of you. I felt the same when I passengered in an F Type mind, that seemed huge (although somehow cramped inside and with less space than the Mustang).
There are those that would argue that all of the cars you have listed are too big to hustle along a windy and typically narrow British B road, you've got to admit thats some pretty massive competition you've listed there, its not exactly going to convince anyone its not a huge car!
The point I am making is some people make it like its some huge american boat heavy tanker of a car. Yet its no bigger or heavier than other cars in its class and actually handles a damn site better than most of them and more importantly is a lot more fun to drive. Plus as you said inside it is roomy and the cabin quality is absolutely fine, people say its tacky and cheap inside, to me its a nice place to be.
Hustling down a narrow b-road, yes you gotta be careful just as you would in any other similar car of equal class, its not an old E46 M3 or Porsche 911 and its most definitely not an MX5 but they are very capable cars.
At the end of the day its not really designed to be hustled down a twisty damp leaf littered British B road.
However that said it does do it with aplomb, and far better than many others of similar size.
And to be honest what other car with that power and speed out of the box, can you get for the price of a Mustang ?
Every car in Gibbo's list costs a lot more than a Mustang, and will never give the grin factor a Mustang will, OK maybe the GTR will, but so it should at that price, you can have two Mustangs for price of a GTR.
However that said it does do it with aplomb, and far better than many others of similar size.
And to be honest what other car with that power and speed out of the box, can you get for the price of a Mustang ?
Every car in Gibbo's list costs a lot more than a Mustang, and will never give the grin factor a Mustang will, OK maybe the GTR will, but so it should at that price, you can have two Mustangs for price of a GTR.
Caporegime
I don't know, I recon a V8 F-Type would have a similar amount of smiles per gallon. More money though!
Soldato
Same money 2nd hand i'd imagine
Nope.
Clean convertibles V8 are 45-50k and clean coupes are 50-60k. Compared to a used 18 month old Mustang GT which can be found for around 30k for a clean example, so still quite a considerable saving and the money saved can be pocketed or do as I've done and enough left for a supercharger if 800 horses takes your fancy.
I do like the F-Type Coupes lovely things, I'd want a V8 but they struggle like crazy to put power down which is why the V6 is actually the better and nicer car to drive. Alas that the real reason why Jag did the AWD F-Type so it could actually put its power down as the chassis simply cannot handle the power of the V8, AWD is really a must and then your talking 70k plus for used examples.