What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[19VelocityBlueGt]

Just changed Tranns fluid/filter and aftermarket aluminum pan…. Glad I did too the trans fluid was pretty dark..New pan drain plug will make the Jon way easier/cleaner next go around!!
Right now I’m Getting Trans temp up to operating temp to make sure it’s spot on!! Takes a while…

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[ice445]

Just changed Tranns fluid/filter and aftermarket aluminum pan…. Glad I did too the trans fluid was pretty dark..New pan drain plug will make the Jon way easier/cleaner next go around!!
Right now I’m Getting Trans temp up to operating temp to make sure it’s spot on!! Takes a while…

Mercon LV gets dark pretty fast, so that's normal. But good on you for getting it changed!

 

[ice445]

Lots of cars coming out of hibernation now, mine included

A good wash and the glass inside and out. I didn’t do the dreaded back screen on the inside, I got distracted by helping with the gardening (man talk for I got told ).

Took it for a quick spin to see my parents (and check on dad - came off his push bike at 82 but he’s OK). Couldn’t resist a quick photo from their kitchen door :

9 miles later …

Never mind, cleaned the door shuts, under the hood, dressed the tyres and gave the tips a good internal :

Got the youngest in bed and went out for an evening spin, only to see them salting the roads again WTF, got home quickly (and unsalted), sulked a bit and then fitted some nice wraps to secure the CTEK charging tail :

The standard cable ties were really cutting into the CTEK insulation that gets very soft with the under hood temps.

Not putting it back on the maintenance charger now, hopefully we’re done with that until late autumn - looking forward to some more good (salt free) weather

WD

I bet you attract quite the attention when you go out in that, especially with how clean you keep it.

 

[WD Pro]

I bet you attract quite the attention when you go out in that, especially with how clean you keep it.

Yeah in the big scheme of things they are a reasonably rare car over here (10,000 since 2015) and they seem well liked by most people.

Add in a stupid colour (and track mode exhaust lol) and it does attract a lot of attention - I was reminded of that today

WD

 

[JnBama]

Attended Sonic Cruise this afternoon everyone is welcome . Black 55 Chevy has supercharged Vette engine there was also several that rolled through .

 

[Prymetime1]

1st day of spring fun at the track! 1st seat time in the car too. Lots of fun, lota room for improvement.....but "car 54" had me smiling.. 9 trips down, pretty consistent.

 

[Prymetime1]

Nice, can you share a link?

Is this the "official" coyote? Meaning, the ones people put on their fender as an emblem and such?

Not the same coyotw but cool none the less.
Idk if this works but try here:

(x2) 5.0L Coyote V8 Engine Hood Vinyl Decal Sticker FITS Ford Mustang 3.5" x 9" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W4KJ61N/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_XMQYTZ12WXWSNBY46KQY?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Hadelson]

Woke up the Mustang after three months in garage. Changed oil, Cleaning Air filter, rotated tires and all set for warm weather.

 

[JohnnyGT]

Picked it up from the shop on Thursday. Alignment, oil change and retightening of all the braces' bolts.

Rolled over 23k miles.

2-3oz of oil in the catch can.

 

[DFB5.0]

Finally had some nice weather this weekend so I tackled the front windscreen. I think the previous owner had a coating applied and it had started to break down. I had this terrible film which was only noticeable when drying the window.

I've had all sorts on to try and shift it. Various cleaners, rubbing alcohol, etc. Nothing would shift it. So today I brought out the big guns.

Here is how it looked half way through (passender side has been polished).

And when all done.

I was hoping it might get some of the tiny chips out of the glass but my DA Polisher decided to die so I couldn't do any further passes. Here are the little marks that really annoy me when the sun hits the windscreen.

And we recently had a lovely dust cloud pass over the UK from Africa. So the car needed a good wash.

All clean again.

Phew. Now to go DA Polisher shopping.

Nothing like freshly polished glass! You will not get out deeper scratches or pitting from polishing though.

What polisher are looking to get? Battery or Corded?

I replaced my old corded polisher with two ShineMate battery machines recently. With two batteries, you will be armed with plenty of capacity. I love mine, so much easier to manage than a corded machine, without sacrificing too in power or correcting ability. Ideally, I would have got the Flex equivalent but they are so expensive in Australia. For the price of one Flex, I got two machines, four batteries, a charger and a storage bag.

ShineMate - EB351-5/15 15mm Cordless Random Orbital Polisher (cleanyourcar.co.uk)
ShineMate - EB351-5/12 12mm Cordless Random Orbital Polisher (cleanyourcar.co.uk)

Cordless Car Polisher | Battery Powered Car Polisher — Slims Detailing

For a corded machine, I would personally go with a Rupes LHR15 MK III. To be honest, the battery ShineMates have me very well sorted though -

Buy RUPES DA High Performance LHR15 Mark III BigFoot Polisher Kits | Slim's Detailing — Slims Detailing

I have also put a number of people onto the ShineMate version -

ShineMate - EX620 5/15 15mm Throw Random Orbital Polisher (cleanyourcar.co.uk)

 

[Mike Pfeifer]

Yesterday, finally tackled doing the jailbreak of Sync3 so I can play with the themes and wallpapers.

 

[Vertex]

Installed the new shifter and euro tail lights as well as an LED reverse bulb that actually was a much bigger pain in the a** than I was expecting with the rear diffuser.

 

[Bit_the_Bullitt]

Yesterday, finally tackled doing the jailbreak of Sync3 so I can play with the themes and wallpapers.

Nice, looks good.

Are there just more themes to choose from, or can you literally design whatever you want?

Also, does it give you more radio capability? One thing that drives me nuts on Ford Sync 3.4 is when hitting "next" on radio presets, it cycles only through the 6, then you have to swipe for next page and then it lets you cycle through the next 6.

On some loaner Escapes (which I think have SYNC 4, just the smaller version) you can hit next through all 15 presets. I'd gladly give up 3 presets for ability to cycle through them all instead of 6 at a time.

 

[Mike Pfeifer]

Nice, looks good.

Are there just more themes to choose from, or can you literally design whatever you want?

Also, does it give you more radio capability? One thing that drives me nuts on Ford Sync 3.4 is when hitting "next" on radio presets, it cycles only through the 6, then you have to swipe for next page and then it lets you cycle through the next 6.

On some loaner Escapes (which I think have SYNC 4, just the smaller version) you can hit next through all 15 presets. I'd gladly give up 3 presets for ability to cycle through them all instead of 6 at a time.

I’m just starting down this road, but yes you can design what ever theme you want, assuming you have the tools, skills, and understanding of what you are doing. This is a theme that someone else made and posted on the FMOD site. I intend to do my own in time. Some have written their own apps for the system and I’m sure if you knew what you were doing you could solve the preset issue. But you would have to get into the system pretty deep to do something like that.

 

[rxryanm]

Fortunately it’s just a flat, I’m working from home this week, got spares in a storage building, and roommates that’ll let me borrow their cars. But I don’t want to have to do this again.

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