THERAPY: My 2017 GT "project" car.

[fiveoboy01]

Back in April of 2017, I sold my airplane and on the same day took a portion of the funds to a dealer, and purchased a new 2017 GT in Lightning Blue.

Car had the performance package and equipment group 400A, and that was about it.

I stroked a check to Van Drunen Ford in Homewood, IL for $38,601.44 on April 21, 2017.. and drove it home

The plan was to not modify the car in any way, that didn't last too long.

Now that it's 9 years old, I'll need to dig back and find what I can for previous mods, etc.

I have a picture of it at the stealership but I can't find it, so this is the next oldest known photo from the day I brought it home.

More to come.

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[fiveoboy01]

First order of business was undoing the damage the dealership had done. Car was immediately washed, taped up and wheels bagged - corrected and coated.

Spot polishing some deeper stuff. There were a few very deep defects that are still there today.

Wheels were coated too.

Boredom with a camera and tripod:

Post correction. First "mod" on everything is window tint. 20%, and 5% windshield strip.

 

[fiveoboy01]

Next item was probably mandatory for any Mustang guy all the way back to the Foxbody era...

Catback! I wanted something that was nice, and didn't sound like raspy dog poop.

Answer was AWE Touring. Exemplary construction, fit and finish. You always take a gamble on whether or not your ears will like it, but mine did. Sounded wonderful.

 

[fiveoboy01]

This is not my first MT82. My previous car was purchased in 2012, and it was also equipped with 3 pedals:

So.. shifter. MGW. Not a lot of pictures of that. In fact I'm having trouble digging up pictures from so long ago, doh.

 

[fiveoboy01]

I knew car was going to get up in the air enough that I didn't want to destroy pinch welds, so Steeda jacking rails were installed. Not much more to say about those.

Here's a neat pic stolen from Steeda's website. LOL.

 

[fiveoboy01]

Ferd Performance catch box was added...

 

[NGOT8R]

What hood is that? It looks like a mini cowl hood.

 

[fiveoboy01]

What good is that? It looks like a mini cowl hood.

What?

 

[NGOT8R]

What?

My bad, that should have been hood, not good.

 

[Cplennon17]

looks like the stock hood to me.

 

[fiveoboy01]

It’s the OEM hood.

 

[Paul McWhiskey]

Ha! Thanks for clearing that up! My brain wasn’t making the trip from air/oil separator to hood.

 

[fiveoboy01]

Neither was mine lol

 

[fiveoboy01]

Sometime a year or 2 after I got the car, my friend bought me Eibach Pro-Kit springs, so I threw them on. Before and after.. I don't think the car had settled yet, didn't look like the advertised change. Those springs eventually got the boot anyways.

 

[fiveoboy01]

I think a year went by, I had no plans to go further, then my roommate kept being cute "put a blower on it, you won't" and initially I ignored him.. and then I gave in.

Called Beefcake and had a system put together.

At this point the car had 4,806 miles on it. Warranty? Eh who cares.

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