What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[AMChief5.0]

Ordered my first mods: JLT oil separator and a gloss black pony emblem for the grille. Mustang ETA is 11/23/16.

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[z06psi]

Sounds like an alternator thing. Ive read of a few folks here that had loose alternator belts/loose alternators.

Nah. Green light is out and the voltage meter says 14.6 on the alternator. Going to have the battery checked and buy a new one.

 

[z06psi]

Battery was only half way filled. That and zero charge obviously.

Charging now to see if it will recover.

Car has 9000 miles. No way that battery should have drained itself of water like that.

 

[dash]

how hard was it getting them off? Did you save stripes can they be put back on?

Removed my stripes.

 

[e2blade]

We're so close to being done. Our one off Yokohama's our back in our hands and so are the Toyo R888R's!!!

 

[MattW]

Kicked some sound-tube ass:

 

[plc268]

how hard was it getting them off? Did you save stripes can they be put back on?

You really can't save vinyl stripes. They'll get deformed in the process of removing them.

A heat gun and patience will make easy work of removing most vinyl on cars.

 

[z06psi]

Battery was bad. They charged it and it started to ooze acid.

 

[Warhead]

Had my brother in law paint the aluminum wrapped dash pieces (4 parts) in high gloss white, to match my shift knob and stripes.

 

[Boggus]

Getting GT500 Mufflers installed, picked them up off Craigslist for $100 off at 2010.

 

[c-rizzle]

Oh man that GT350 looks great without the stripes. Getting sleeper like...

Damn I passed on a GT350 below MSRP (2nd chance offer from ebay) b/c it was red with white stripes and I thought the white stripes were painted on.

 

[Brawndo]

Damn I passed on a GT350 below MSRP (2nd chance offer from ebay) b/c it was red with white stripes and I thought the white stripes were painted on.

If the car is new and the stripes didn't bake under the sun, it's a fairly easy job to remove. Just need to be patient.

All the stripes were removed easily with an hair dryer and pulling slow and steady, except for one small stripe on the trunk where I got lazy and pulled too quick. What would have been a 2 hours easy job turned into a 8 hours nightmare removing that huge patch of glue that was left on the paint. After many blisters on my thumbs, swearing, and a 6 packs of beer, car looked perfect. Just a few extra swirls at that specific part under flashlight at night, that can be polished eventually. Also, some place thin lines of glue on each side of where the stripes were had to be removed but that was easy and quick, but the glue was already showing when the stripes were on. That was what motivated me to remove them and the "sleeper" look, if you can call that a sleeper really not sure.

Trick is taking your time and heating properly without overheating. Also, the stripes on the trunk going to the back of your trunk go under the spoiler. So I used a cutter carefully to cut them under the spoiler without touching paint but lifting the stripe up. Didn't want to remove the spoiler.

Yeah, they are just that; stickers.

 

[TURTL3]

Installed the Steeda clutch spring and it lived up to the hype. Makes this car so much more fun to drive.

 

[HavasuCat]

Getting GT500 Mufflers installed, picked them up off Craigslist for $100 off at 2010.

I've seen others go this route and I'm also interested. Are you still running the stock resonator? Also what needs to be done to make these fit? What years GT500 mufflers will work?
Sound clip after your done please.

 

[WhiteyDog]

Took mine to a reputable, local detailer where I had work done before to get a price on having the lifetime Ceramic Pro treatment and Xpel film installed on some parts.

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