What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[Kevin08]

The active shutters didn’t appear on the GT until MY2018

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[BigRed550]

Supposedly the grill shutters are standard across all ‘18+s

 

[fmc_smt]

The active shutter grills are a pita , have to let air flow.

 

[gnatsuM]

Doesn't seem very aerodynamic to me with them closed. It's like a large flat plate. Try moving that through the air compared to a plate with holes in it, which has less aerodynamic drag? Then again I'm no aerodynamic engineer.

 

[Blue Moon]

I took the shutters off about a week ago. My thinking is, MAYBE they reduce drag a little at high speeds which MAYBE is a little better gas mileage, but taking them off DEFINITELY reduces the car's weight, which DEFINITELY helps at all speeds.

 

[Kevin08]

I took the shutters off about a week ago. My thinking is, MAYBE they reduce drag a little at high speeds which MAYBE is a little better gas mileage, but taking them off DEFINITELY reduces the car's weight, which DEFINITELY helps at all speeds.

How much weight, though? You could probably take a couple of big dumps and not eat restaurant food for a week to make up the difference.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I took the shutters off about a week ago. My thinking is, MAYBE they reduce drag a little at high speeds which MAYBE is a little better gas mileage, but taking them off DEFINITELY reduces the car's weight, which DEFINITELY helps at all speeds.

Plus like anything some will fail. If they fail closed, you can be stranded or worse. I'd take them out and pay for the extra .05 MPG

 

[emdavis197]

"Dipping" the spoiler. The coating is still wet in the pic. I'll send a finished product when it's done. My hope is that the black will really pop against the velocity blue paint.


Getting prepped:

First coat down (still wet):

( ... more to come... )

 

[Kevin08]

It wouldn't have been easier to pop the spoiler off? or are they taped on

 

[emdavis197]

It wouldn't have been easier to pop the spoiler off? or are they taped on

With Plasti-Dip it is MUCH easier to mask off the overspray areas and spray it on with the spoiler on the car. Like 2 hours easier. Removing the spoiler is a chore. Getting to the 4 mounting bolts underneath is easy. But its the two-sided tape all the way across the mounting surface of the spoiler and trunk lid that is challenging. The "fishing line" technique works well, but then you have to deal with removal of the old adhesive and re-installing a new adhesive strip. It is a process. Plasti-Dip is forgiving. The painters tape will pull right off without any effort. Masking the car took 15 minutes.

Finished product. The dip came out beautifully, just not sure if I love it. I'll give it some time and worst case I can peel it off if it doesn't grow on me.

 

[redtrack]

The active shutters didn’t appear on the GT until MY2018

My '18 GT PP1, doesn't have shutters.......

 

[Blue Moon]

How much weight, though? You could probably take a couple of big dumps and not eat restaurant food for a week to make up the difference.

Hey, I resemble that... Are you gonna eat that last donut? Mmm, thanks.

Not much weight, I don't have a small scale, but I'd guess 2 or 3 pounds. Every little bit helps.

 

[Kevin08]

First wash. The paint and windows are in need of serious correction, certainly not as good as paint right off the train ride. I’ll have to spend a weekend on that and ceramic once it’s not 90* 90% humidity outside. View attachment 391202

 

[emdavis197]

Looks good man. A bit more matte finish than my blackout package. You should do the roof next.

Thanks Mike! Yep. Plasti-Dip doesn’t come in gloss unfortunately. But once you get past 4 or 5 coats it becomes like a satin finish which looks pretty good. I think gloss black would look better but I didn’t want to do anything permanent yet. Thinking about going gloss black on the roof. If I do it will be a vinyl wrap and I’ll have the spoiler re-done the same. For now it kind of matches the lower body trim and front splitter so it doesn’t look too out of place.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

OK, got motivated, finished the splash guards Rear done, and I swapped out my beat up red lugs for the same style, but black.

(side note: I need to do something with the garage floor ... )

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