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Wrecked 2016 Mustang GT Rebuild!

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I recently purchased a black 2016 Mustang GT Performance edition from IAAI which is an insurance auto auction. The car is fully loaded out with 30k miles on it. The Mustang was in a front end accident. The car runs and drives and the coyote 5.0 sounds amazing!

The plan for this build is to bring this out coyote out of retirement and back on the road. The first step is taking it to the frame shop to get the frame rails pulled back to spec, and potentially weld in a new upper rail depending on the damage. Luckily the damage was all before the front strut towers. Since The front end is damaged I plan to replace the front end with the gt350 replica parts, and instead of using the heavy steal IKON gt350 hood, I plan to be the guinea pig for the community and plan to try out the aluminium gt350 replica hood from ebay. The IKON replica has the cleanest design, but I dont want to add weight to an already heavy car. I'm not going to label this car as a GT350 as a clone, I've just always been a fan of the better visibility of the GT350 hood and aggressiveness of the front end.

I'll post some pictures when I get home tonight from work. Stay tuned as I revive this pony and get it back on the road! I also will be documenting the build on my Youtube Channel. Here is the link below to the Intro to the build series! :headbang:
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very cool. i enjoy these builds.... how much did you give for the car after auction fees?

any plans 4 boost?
 
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Thanks! I ended up paying $9,500 after fees. Honestly i plan to stay N/A for now, but you never know what the future holds. :cool:
 

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Cool! Looking forward to this build.
 

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So when is the next video?:D
 
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I wanted to go with the gt350 style front end on this build since I figured I was gonna have to replace the front end anyways. I liked the style of the Ikon gt350 hood but I didn’t like the weight of the hood. So I started looking into aluminum gt350 style hoods. Typically they were around $2000 so I took the gamble and purchased one off of eBay for $800 that had similar lines as the Ikon replica but was aluminum. Initially the hood looks great, the build quality it’s top notch, and best part about it is that it’s light. I’ll test fitment once the frame has been pulled and other body panels are on the car.
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Here is the newest video of the build where I give my initial impressions of the aluminum gt350 style hood and take the mustang to the frame shop!
 
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Good News, I sourced a driver's side frame rail and will be installing this weekend!
 
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After taking the Mustang by the frameshop I learned that the whole drivers side strut, both lower control arms and Knuckle were all bent. I found a great deal on a whole complete knuckle off of another GT. I also recieved a majority of the parts for the build including a new drivers side headlight, the airbags and I found out my passenger side tailight was bad. Also I received my Ikon GT350 style fenders from Zachmd1 off of the forums. Great seller, fenders were packaged great! Here’s an update video!
 

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Looking forward to seeing those fenders on the car!
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