To Hood Scoop or to not Hood Scoop

[69mach1-395]

I have a CS as well. I was thinking about a scoop for a long time. But I decided against it. Not because it’s fake, I think some cars look fine with one. But our CS’s have the spears and blacked out vents and I think adding to that would make the front look too “busy”. Your car looks great the way it is IMO.

I have to agree with this! I almost got a yellow one myself.

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[AmericanV8Guy]

I'm strongly considering adding a hood scoop (fake of course) to my 16 GT/CS. Either the Roush or the MMD V series scoop (I am not replacing the hood with a composite hood)) in black. I have also looked at adding a thick black stripe down the middle of the hood as an alternative but it doesn't look as aggressive as a hood scoop.

Just looking to see what other members have done or recommend.

Thanks,

Good looking car! I personally am not a fan of "fake scoops", although I did install one on my first car (08 V6 Mustang) before I knew any better That said, I did like the looks of it, but I was also younger and thought that my 210hp was true muscle! (still a great first car imho!) On the other hand, I am a fan of the "ram-air" scoops, that are in fact functional, like the Cervini hoods. That said, I am a big fan of stripes, and do think that it is an easy way to make your car look more aggressive. But in the end, to each their own. If you like the scoop, then great! Go for it!
Here's a pic of my '16 with Gt500 style satin black stripes (3 in. CF cowl hood helps a little too I guess....)

 

[rum_punch_ruby]

Don't put that fake junk on your car. Either get an aftermarket hood, or leave it stock. Looks trashy with stick on body parts.

Couldn't agree with this more. The body line gap left between the scoop and stock hood on all these aftermarket pieces really detract IMO.

 

[Babcomdave]

I think I am going to go with a 12" Super-snake black stripe down the hood and trunk. Not a wide strip so hopefully the hood doesn't look to busy and if it does then I can remove it.

https://www.americanmuscle.com/black-mustang-super-snake-stripes-2015.html

Thank you all for your feedback. I will post a couple of pictures once I put the stripes on in the next couple of weeks.

 

[bless0]

This is what my 17 triple yellow looks like with stripes.Hope this helps you decide.

 

[69mach1-395]

^ Looks like a 70 Mach1 stripe, my favorite one.

 

[Babcomdave]

I finally installed the hood stripe (and trunk stripe). IMO I think it looks really good and does not make the hood look too busy. No hood-scoop needed.

 

[Fordever]

I finally installed the hood stripe (and trunk stripe). IMO I think it looks really good and does not make the hood look too busy. No hood-scoop needed.

I must admit, it looks a hell-of-a lot better than I had imagined

But why didn’t you carry the stripe all the way down? Just curious....

 

[Babcomdave]

Going all the way down the front or back actually took it over the edge of making it look to busy with two many black accents overiding the yellow paint. If I didn't have a front license plate bracket I may have considered going all the way down the front and also with the back (for a consistent look). I have a lot of extra material since I didn't have to do the roof so I do have the option to go all the way down with the stripes if I want too in the future. I will probably look at a more aggressive chin spoiler for the next mod.

 

[JimsFury]

@Babcomdave

Not yet installed, MMD V Series from AM, but looking real hard if I want to or not, unfortunately the Ruby Red isn't a perfect match, so it will be going to my body shop for true color matching should I desided to install the scoop.
Like mentioned by OP, the car looks so sleek as is... Delema! Like You.

These pics should give you a good pespective of how agressive the car looks.

Looks damn good IMO!

 

[Dare2goBare]

Looks damn good IMO!

Thx, @JimsFury @Voo Doo , Whent to my custom shop yesterday with Voo Doo, It was sunny, we put the scoop on the hood, looks dead on for appearance. And they assured me they could do perfect color correction on the scoop so it would look factory paint.
That being said, my plans are to move forward with this project through this winter..

 

[Fordever]

Going all the way down the front or back actually took it over the edge of making it look to busy with two many black accents overiding the yellow paint. If I didn't have a front license plate bracket I may have considered going all the way down the front and also with the back (for a consistent look). I have a lot of extra material since I didn't have to do the roof so I do have the option to go all the way down with the stripes if I want too in the future. I will probably look at a more aggressive chin spoiler for the next mod.

I still don’t understand how your chin spoiler is so small. I posted earlier in this thread a pic of the spoiler on my CS and it’s way more aggressive. And mine is OE.

 

[Babcomdave]

My chin spoiler looks like a standard GT one. May have been a screw-up at the factory since the CS is supposed to have a more aggressive spoiler like yours. I think I have found one that I like anyways but it will be a 2019 mod.

 

[Babcomdave]

This is one of the chin spoilers I am looking at:

https://www.americanmuscle.com/street-scene-chin-spoiler-1516.html

Not sure if I would want to paint it black until I see it in person.

I should hopefully have my OEM black 5.0 front quarter panel badges on this weekend. The silver ones look ridiculous.

 

[69mach1-395]

I would have ford replace the chin spoiler with the correct one for free, if that is how it came...

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