Found it.....its from Anderson Composites
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Leaked GT500 Pics and specs from dealer meeting today!
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Was just coming here to post this. More reason to wish that Ford had based the GT500 front end off the 2018!Found it.....its from Anderson Composites
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AV8R
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Iāve been reading and listening to guys on here and YouTube going on and on (and on and on) about the GT500 using the old style lights. That I finally had to say something.
Be honest guys. The old style is a better, meaner looking design than the āderpyā new style.
You just donāt like them because theyāre old. (And itās just the shape we are talking about here, as Ford Iām sure, will use the latest technology inside the old shape headlight).
Iāve looked at pictures of the new face shot from the best angles, and looked at the car in real life from all angles, and I donāt like two aspects. The lights and the lower outer front bumper.
The reason the new lights look kinda āoffā is that the outer corners donāt flow with ANY other line on the car in that wheel arch area and down into the lower bumper area. The old style lights do.
I suspect the designers for the refresh were trying to get back to the design cues of the original mustangs.
If you look at the 60s cars in profile the lights donāt have to flow with the arch as they are far enough in front of the wheel arch to not be affected, so can be at their own design angle.
It would just take a minor tweak to adjust this and the new lights would look way better.
The same can be said of the big triangular slab at the outer corners of the lower bumper on the refresh car. Itās too big an area without some design detail, and doesnāt flow parallel with the line of the upper grille intake shape. Roush must agree with me as their new face design tries to minimise this area with a black plastic intake insert.
Anyway, just my thoughts in counter balance on the lights issue.
I for one Love the GT500 look and think they did a great job.
Be honest guys. The old style is a better, meaner looking design than the āderpyā new style.
You just donāt like them because theyāre old. (And itās just the shape we are talking about here, as Ford Iām sure, will use the latest technology inside the old shape headlight).
Iāve looked at pictures of the new face shot from the best angles, and looked at the car in real life from all angles, and I donāt like two aspects. The lights and the lower outer front bumper.
The reason the new lights look kinda āoffā is that the outer corners donāt flow with ANY other line on the car in that wheel arch area and down into the lower bumper area. The old style lights do.
I suspect the designers for the refresh were trying to get back to the design cues of the original mustangs.
If you look at the 60s cars in profile the lights donāt have to flow with the arch as they are far enough in front of the wheel arch to not be affected, so can be at their own design angle.
It would just take a minor tweak to adjust this and the new lights would look way better.
The same can be said of the big triangular slab at the outer corners of the lower bumper on the refresh car. Itās too big an area without some design detail, and doesnāt flow parallel with the line of the upper grille intake shape. Roush must agree with me as their new face design tries to minimise this area with a black plastic intake insert.
Anyway, just my thoughts in counter balance on the lights issue.
I for one Love the GT500 look and think they did a great job.
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AV8R
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Darkane, I think you could well be right. In that case, I wonder why itās taken so long to release the car?
I read a rumour about third party parts quality issue somewhere, but Iād be curious to know why itās taken them so long.
I read a rumour about third party parts quality issue somewhere, but Iād be curious to know why itās taken them so long.
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...and it looks better.
If you'd have said "in my opinion" I'd have respected your post. But honestly I prefer the new style light. To me they look meaner than the '15-'17.
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Tsk.....another one forgetting "in my opinion"
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I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrongTsk.....another one forgetting "in my opinion"
To be fair there's far more wrong with the fascia design of the '18 than the headlight.
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Automakers typically have a few dealer meetings a year to show the dealers what's coming before introducing it to the general public. Showing the GT500 at the most recent dealers meeting in October just means they are ready to show the car either at LA in November, or more likely at Detroit in January. Especially since they said in January 2018 they would provide more details in 2019. NAIAS is as early in 2019 as you can get. The real question, in my opinion, is why bother to say in January 2018 "we'll show you something in 2019"? My thinking, as I've said before, is Ford wanted to deflect some of the attention Corvette was getting for the ZR1 so they had to say something. That and the GT500 was really s'posed to come out by January 2018, but got hit with delays.
AV8R
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Oh donāt get me wrong, the new lights have cool elements (in my opinion), its just theyāre not (in my opinion), homogeneous to the cars lines (in my opinion).
Iād be interested to talk to the designer to find out the reason for the new shape. If it was a nod to the past, or something regulatory that necessitated the shape they are.
Itās all subjective anyway, and Ford will do what they do. And while I much prefer the old style for the look of the car, Iāll probably buy a GT500 whatever lights they end up putting on it!
Iād be interested to talk to the designer to find out the reason for the new shape. If it was a nod to the past, or something regulatory that necessitated the shape they are.
Itās all subjective anyway, and Ford will do what they do. And while I much prefer the old style for the look of the car, Iāll probably buy a GT500 whatever lights they end up putting on it!
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Ford will hold off on "revealing" the car until NAIAS to try and curb some of the enthusiasm of GM revealing the C8/Mid engine. It's all a hype war, and if they don't wait to release it then, NAIAS will be all about Chevy
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