No, 15-17' have the exact same exhaust. The tone and volume of the stock exhaust changes slightly after 5-10k miles, maybe that's what you're hearing? Or he could have secretely put in an H or X-pipe.
You should have a rigid foam piece there which has a cutout for the tire inflator kit. I also have a 16' Base GT and mine comes with it. Either someone took it out or it was an error from the factory. Just go to the dealer and say it was missing.
Oil change (Pennzoil Platinum Ultra 5W-20, Motorcraft FL500S) and rotated my tires. It looks like my stock tires need to be changed at 20k miles, and these are the stock 235/50/18's.
I may be alone on this but I think the best sounding exhaust on an S550 is the Roush axlebacks with the stock resonator, besides the GT350 of course. Unpopular opinion but I'm not of a fan of how Corsa's sound either.
Fairly certain they will. The shape and pattern seem to be exactly the same as the 15-17' Recaros. They are going to be extremely expensive though, probably $3500+ new from Ford. Yea, you could wait for a set from a wrecked car but the chances of that are extremely low and the price would still...
Expensive package for sure but not unreasonable if you breakdown the costs:
$2200 401A Package
~$400 premier trim (based on 15-17' pricing)
~$800 voice activated navigation and SAT radio (based on 15-17' pricing)
~$300? heated steering wheel
~$700? 12" digital cluster
It's ideal to use high-temp paint but it's not necessary. I'm fairly certain places that offer customer painted engine trim like RPI Designs, use regular automotive paint and they hold up just fine. I painted my coil covers with Krylon Fusion spray paint about a year ago and it hasn't faded or...
No one really knows if the driveshaft and AC condenser issues will be fixed with the 18's. Besides those known issues from the 15-17's, the updated Coyote engine may have some issues with direct injection but no one really knows until it comes out. Your call really.
Get a set of Mcgard wheel lock/lugnuts, get a security cam, catch them in the act and report them to the authorities. Stealing wheels or vandalizing a car is one thing but purposely loosening someones lugnuts can be considered premeditated homicide. If your wheel or wheels come off when you're...
Anyone have any insight on Ambit/Doss wheels? Fairly new company (less than 2 years old) that offers $240-300 flow formed wheels that weight ~20lbs for a 19" wheel. Obviously made overseas (China most likely).
Doss FF1 - ~$260 per wheel...