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Was looking for awhile to get a 2014, found one online and on May 27th drove my 07, Gt500 that I bought new down to North  Carolina to make the purchase. The dealer did a beautiful job painting Grabber Blue Shelby top stripes on the Black car. 8 hrs later After driving in a monsoon the whole way it Was home! Added the Grabber Blue rocker stripes and had the paint detailed and ceramic coated. Just installed new plugs, JLT intake tube and air aid filter. Oil separator for the pvc is on order. Totally different driving experience compared to the 07, although I really think both are outstanding fun cars!

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Congrats and welcome to the Shelby family!  Looks like a great car.  I'd like to see/hear more about your painted stripes.  (Pics here don't show much detail.)

BTW, these forums aren't very active. You might want to check out SVTP and/or FordGT500.  

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Thanks guys, been a Team Shelby member since 07, just haven’t been active on the site for a long while ! The dealer bought the car at auction. I believe it was a stripe delete and in the process of them fixing paint issues the dealership owner really liked the Grabber Blue stripes on Black offered on 10’ thru 12’ Shelbys and had the upper stripes painted then clear coated the car.You cannot feel any seams of the stripes, whoever sprayed  it did a fantastic job! Car definitely needed the rocker molding stripes to complete the look so I got a set from Big Worm graphics that matched the Grabber Blue perfectly. B4BE3886-DA65-4165-83C2-27489581A998.jpeg.c463b6cb2950795ac7ab8ee02dafb35c.jpeg

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Congrats and enjoy your "662"  which is what I call the 2013-2014 Shelbys.   I recently traded my 2015 Shelby GT350 (yes, 2015 not 2016) for a 2013 dark blue GT500 convertible with 19,000 miles.  After selling my 2008 GT/SC convertible, and being without a convertible for the first time in 45 years, I decided that a wanted another convertible and settled on a  2013 "662" convertible.  During my search, I discovered that the '13 and '14 convertibles are a fairly rare bird with only about 800 made each year.   Also, in doing my research on these GT500s, I was surprised after reading all the positive reviews they were given unlike the reviews for some of the earlier GT500s.  The '13 and '14s are great cars and the performance will definitely put a smile on your face.

Again, congrats and enjoy your car for many years to come.

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The 13 & 14 GT500s were about as good as the GT500 could get.  Up until those years, everyone talked about all the power and handling mods they were doing.  Everyone left the 13 & 14 pretty much alone.  I don't think it was because there was no interest but because just about everything that could be done had already been done at the factory.  Of course there were things but the traditional tuner aftermarket pretty much was non existent. 

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17 hours ago, old school said:

Thanks guys, been a Team Shelby member since 07, just haven’t been active on the site for a long while ! The dealer bought the car at auction. I believe it was a stripe delete and in the process of them fixing paint issues the dealership owner really liked the Grabber Blue stripes on Black offered on 10’ thru 12’ Shelbys and had the upper stripes painted then clear coated the car.You cannot feel any seams of the stripes, whoever sprayed  it did a fantastic job! Car definitely needed the rocker molding stripes to complete the look so I got a set from Big Worm graphics that matched the Grabber Blue perfectly. B4BE3886-DA65-4165-83C2-27489581A998.jpeg.c463b6cb2950795ac7ab8ee02dafb35c.jpeg

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They look great!  I'm envious.  Converting to painted stripes is something I'd really like to do, for the exact reason you mention - getting them under the clear coat with no seams.

 

12 hours ago, springer said:

 I recently traded my 2015 Shelby GT350 (yes, 2015 not 2016) for a 2013 dark blue GT500 convertible with 19,000 miles.  After selling my 2008 GT/SC convertible, and being without a convertible for the first time in 45 years, I decided that a wanted another convertible and settled on a  2013 "662" convertible.  During my search, I discovered that the '13 and '14 convertibles are a fairly rare bird with only about 800 made each year.   Also, in doing my research on these GT500s, I was surprised after reading all the positive reviews they were given unlike the reviews for some of the earlier GT500s.  The '13 and '14s are great cars and the performance will definitely put a smile on your face.

Congrats on your upgrade!  Agree with your assessment of '13/'14 GT500s.

 

8 hours ago, twobjshelbys said:

The 13 & 14 GT500s were about as good as the GT500 could get.

Another spot-on assessment.

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