First impressions and eventual build thread

[Bluemustang]

Car looks fantastic! Congratulations and good luck on your mods to come! I would like to follow to see what you end up doing to it.

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[rebellovw]

Did 2 mods this morning. Made the engine bay look better AND the wall of my garage too! Probably increased property value....

Nice. I was going to make a shirt out of mine - or jockstrap as I’m uuge.

 

[Sivi70980]

Car looks fantastic! Congratulations and good luck on your mods to come! I would like to follow to see what you end up doing to it.

Thank you! The mods will be slow going now as I'm just going to enjoy the daily driving life.

 

[Sivi70980]

And some pics from a photo shoot with my bro and his new STI

 

[Sivi70980]

Soooo X pipe on order and will be here/installed tomorrow night. This morning as I walked by the front of the car (it had been running 3-4 minutes), I heard the bbq/typewriter tick but when I parked at work and got out to listen for it I heard nothing so hopefully I'm just hearing things. If I do officially have a bbq/typewriter tick then that means I have both rattle/tick sounds and my car is obviously doomed to explode at some point or gain super powers. Annoying yes, but all I'll do is make sure the dealership has them documented and continue enjoying this amazing car. I'll update in a few days after the X pipe is installed.

 

[Sivi70980]

Pics of window tint that finally happened.

 

[Sivi70980]

X-pipe installed. Wow it sounds good!!! Loved the factory sound but the X-pipe made it just that right amount louder and more mean. Doesn't wake the neighborhood on cold starts either so win win.

 

[Sivi70980]

Hit 135 this morning on the way to work. Not something I do normally but first time getting her into the triple digits. Maybe its just my hand placement and/or rough shifting but even going into 4th it seemed to unsettle her a bit. Might just need more testing done and to get used to it. I'm 90% sure it's a driver skill thing.

 

[Lb353]

Mine is a tight fit in the garage too, having to share space with our boat makes it even tighter! I am slowly making more space but if I gain any weight it will make getting in/out of the Mustang almost impossible. ;) View attachment 364299

Holy cannoli that is tight!

 

[DuRsT]

X-pipe installed. Wow it sounds good!!! Loved the factory sound but the X-pipe made it just that right amount louder and more mean. Doesn't wake the neighborhood on cold starts either so win win.

How many miles are on the car right now?

 

[Sivi70980]

How many miles are on the car right now?

just over 2200

 

[DuRsT]

just over 2200

Nice!

I had mine installed at 300 miles and wasn't super impressed initially with the volume but it got louder around 700ish miles.

 

[Rash]

What % is your window tint?

 

[Sivi70980]

What % is your window tint?

Only 35%. Looks great and loving it. Can still see out of it no problem at night.

 

[Sivi70980]

Nothing crazy for the car except buying a foam cannon and pressure washer for cleaning, should be fun. Main update is the BBQ/typewriter tick. I happens primarily during warm up and the other day when it was warm out and the car was sitting in the sun while I was at work (torture!), it was ticking like crazy like it was using that old typewriter to write a book or talk in morse code. I was standing outside talking to a co worker/friend for maybe 10 minutes while this was happening and it mostly stopped after a few cooling cycles. Throws out my theory of temperature differences and expanding/contracting materials as it was pretty hot outside. I want to be worried but I maintain my faith in warranty and at least a few key people managing to do the right thing if it comes to that. Will likely share some more pics and a review of the BOSS foam cannon from Griots in a week or 3.

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