johnny1
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Our dealership got new 18 in and it is tight on drivers side but passenger side has a little gap but not bad. But then again a lot didn't have any gap till sit for months in showroom or after driving awhile.
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Rear bumper TSB disaster
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REDLINE
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Hi guys, I’m new to all this. The gaps you speak of...is this for just the rear bumper or all the body panels? Does just apply to gt350s or is it a “across the board” with all mustangs issue?
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I'm a gap man myself. With this car I live by the motto of not putting it in harms way any more than I have to. I haven't brought myself to take in in for the oil cooler line recall either.
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Austinj427
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GT350 rear bumper is pretty heavy and they can sag.
Some guys fixed it themselves, others let Ford do it.
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Dang. That’s crazy! I thought it was just the lower fascia/valance that was different than the regular GT. How is it that the gt350 rear bumper is that much heavier than regular mustangs? I’m assuming hidden aero enhancements?
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My right side gap began to open up a bit a few months ago but has not gotten any worse. It’s in one respect good that Ford developed a fix but it is not one I personally could sign off on. No cutting allowed on my car period. If the gap becomes obnoxious I will fix it myself. Really feel for the OP. Not one thing right about what happened to him.
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Damn
Having a black car the gaps are much less noticeable, I'm going to live with mine for now. I agree with others on the perfection of body panels on simple A to B people movers. Don't tell me to go buy one. Shitty quality control shouldn't be acceptable because a vehicle has other nice attributes. My wife has a 2014 Honda Accord and every damn panel gap on that car is perfect, but what a boring car.
Having a black car the gaps are much less noticeable, I'm going to live with mine for now. I agree with others on the perfection of body panels on simple A to B people movers. Don't tell me to go buy one. Shitty quality control shouldn't be acceptable because a vehicle has other nice attributes. My wife has a 2014 Honda Accord and every damn panel gap on that car is perfect, but what a boring car.
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MustangGT350
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This is why I won't do TSB's unless they are a safety thing or absolutely necessary, I am always scared that my car will leave in worse shape then it arrived.
Sorry to hear about your problem, talk about frustrating!!
Sorry to hear about your problem, talk about frustrating!!
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I had the same issue with my local Ford dealer. I drop off the car last week and picked it up a couple days later. They actually made the rear bumper gap worst. I dropped it off again today and hopefully they get it right this time.
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We need a TSB VIDEO Ford Should realize their dealers are too dumb to read those instructions and get it right. Just like they did for front spoiler install. Todays workers can't absorb through reading, they need a video. How many KEA projects get screwed up. Americans can't comprehend what they read. Do you ever hear anybody say the book was better than movie. I think if you scanned millennials brains the part that lights up when you read would be dark/black. Reading lights up the brain way more than watch a video. If you don't use it you lose it. Of course if your on this forum you are a reader!
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