Tri bar emblem...
Post the little touches...
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Anyone do any "little touches" lately? This is one of my favorite threads.
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+ 2 lol if this is wrap i may do that, i was planning on hydrodipping my parts in carbon fiber.
You guys painting your rotor hats, are you just spray painting without masking anything off and letting the brakes take off the paint?
Fox GT ultra smoked fogs custom mounted on the stock brackets with 6000k HIDs. Nobody ever notices till I say something, especially since they're dark
Several mods on the back of the car:
White with red script "Fast" emblem overlay in the stock style Ford script nobody EVER notices that, White Venom tag usually takes people a little bit to make the connection, red bumper letters aren't really subtle but nobody ever does anything but black on a white car, and slightly tinted tail lights
Several mods on the back of the car:
White with red script "Fast" emblem overlay in the stock style Ford script nobody EVER notices that, White Venom tag usually takes people a little bit to make the connection, red bumper letters aren't really subtle but nobody ever does anything but black on a white car, and slightly tinted tail lights
I've had this 99 GT for a long time, I've done all of the common mods, Mach 1 grill and chin, moved spoiler back, short antenna, 01 style hood scoop, blacked out lights,rims and lowering. So along the way I've tried to do a few mods to keep it a little different from the rest.
The car
Did LED's in my gauges and heater controls, tried a few different led bulbs before finally buying
from superbrightleds.com, very happy with their bulbs. Used the bright white bulb to turn my gauges
from the factory green to a nice mellow blue.
Also got sick of only having dome lights in the rear view mirror. The car was always so dark at night. I added LED bulbs under the dash, the bulbs are tied into the factory dome lights and only come on with the doors and with the factory switch. The car is so much brighter at night now.
Not incredibly unique, but I swapped out the dual single din dash bezel for the newer double din style. Not a huge job, but there was some cutting of bracing and a bit of fab work to mount the double din. I still need to buy blanks for the unused buttons.
With the new screen I installed a back up camera. I got a flush mount style camera and fit it into the factory key hole. Nobody has ever noticed the key hole is gone and the camera is in its place.
Painted the compartment around the license plate flat black, That area always had to much orange peel, so i sanded it smooth and flat blacked it. Also painted the grill pony flat black.
I bought some cheap mustang decals for my brakes years ago, I never expected a sticker to hold up to the heat and cleaning, but years later they still look brand new. Kind of corny, just doing what i can to make my GT brakes look a little better.
Changed out the huge chrome 35th anniv fender badges for something a bit more subtle and a bit more black. Did both fenders and the trunk badge.
05 style shift knob, had to cut a bit off the bottom, was too tall, even with the Hurst base.
The car
Did LED's in my gauges and heater controls, tried a few different led bulbs before finally buying
from superbrightleds.com, very happy with their bulbs. Used the bright white bulb to turn my gauges
from the factory green to a nice mellow blue.
Also got sick of only having dome lights in the rear view mirror. The car was always so dark at night. I added LED bulbs under the dash, the bulbs are tied into the factory dome lights and only come on with the doors and with the factory switch. The car is so much brighter at night now.
Not incredibly unique, but I swapped out the dual single din dash bezel for the newer double din style. Not a huge job, but there was some cutting of bracing and a bit of fab work to mount the double din. I still need to buy blanks for the unused buttons.
With the new screen I installed a back up camera. I got a flush mount style camera and fit it into the factory key hole. Nobody has ever noticed the key hole is gone and the camera is in its place.
Painted the compartment around the license plate flat black, That area always had to much orange peel, so i sanded it smooth and flat blacked it. Also painted the grill pony flat black.
I bought some cheap mustang decals for my brakes years ago, I never expected a sticker to hold up to the heat and cleaning, but years later they still look brand new. Kind of corny, just doing what i can to make my GT brakes look a little better.
Changed out the huge chrome 35th anniv fender badges for something a bit more subtle and a bit more black. Did both fenders and the trunk badge.
05 style shift knob, had to cut a bit off the bottom, was too tall, even with the Hurst base.
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Nice job thomaslet, I especially like the camera in the trunk key hole.
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Exactly. First time you hit the brakes it'll come right off. I've done this numerous times without issues on my Cobra.
:beer: Cool deal, mine are nassttyyyy looking. Never done it on any of my cars before, never really thought about it, but now that I'm out of school and can afford it I wanna really pay attention to the details on this car
I need to do this too. And wow another SVTP'r in Dacula?!? :thumbsup:
I knew there were a few in Ga, never knew any were that close! :beer: I'll keep an eye out for ya, you going to the NMRA/NMCA event this weekend?
Nope gotta go to an out of town wedding.
I've had this 99 GT for a long time, I've done all of the common mods, Mach 1 grill and chin, moved spoiler back, short antenna, 01 style hood scoop, blacked out lights,rims and lowering. So along the way I've tried to do a few mods to keep it a little different from the rest.
The car
Did LED's in my gauges and heater controls, tried a few different led bulbs before finally buying
from superbrightleds.com, very happy with their bulbs. Used the bright white bulb to turn my gauges
from the factory green to a nice mellow blue.
Also got sick of only having dome lights in the rear view mirror. The car was always so dark at night. I added LED bulbs under the dash, the bulbs are tied into the factory dome lights and only come on with the doors and with the factory switch. The car is so much brighter at night now.
Not incredibly unique, but I swapped out the dual single din dash bezel for the newer double din style. Not a huge job, but there was some cutting of bracing and a bit of fab work to mount the double din. I still need to buy blanks for the unused buttons.
With the new screen I installed a back up camera. I got a flush mount style camera and fit it into the factory key hole. Nobody has ever noticed the key hole is gone and the camera is in its place.
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Painted the compartment around the license plate flat black, That area always had to much orange peel, so i sanded it smooth and flat blacked it. Also painted the grill pony flat black.
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I bought some cheap mustang decals for my brakes years ago, I never expected a sticker to hold up to the heat and cleaning, but years later they still look brand new. Kind of corny, just doing what i can to make my GT brakes look a little better.
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Changed out the huge chrome 35th anniv fender badges for something a bit more subtle and a bit more black. Did both fenders and the trunk badge.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/U2Q4SaN.jpg[/MG]
05 style shift knob, had to cut a bit off the bottom, was too tall, even with the Hurst base.
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That looks good. Do you have a part number for the LED's you used in the dash?
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I actually just used some white 194 style leds from ebay. I bought a bulk pack awhile ago. I used universal 194 sockets. Overall it was pretty cheap and easy to do. I tied into the factory lights in the passenger side pillar, the hot is the black wire with the white stripe.
Something like this.
Bulbs
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=194+bulb&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR11.TRC1.A0.H0.X194+bulb+white&_nkw=194+bulb+white&_sacat=0
Sockets
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5X-Car-Socket-Xenon-LED-Light-Bulb-Truck-Connector-Extension-T10-W5W-194-168-T15-/141145427083?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item20dcec4c8b&vxp=mtr
I was originally going to go with an led strip, but i kinda had this stuff already laying around. I'm glad i went with the 194 bulbs, the light output is perfect! Very bright, but not blinding.
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