Crushinator Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 There was quite a bit of prep work to make these smooth like the body, but man they did an awesome job! I did the removal and install of the parts myself which saved about $200 in labor, so the final price was $400. For those wondering, the side skirts come off really easy. Plastic push pins along the bottom and another type of white plastic pin along the sides/inside (not sure what they're called). There's one small screw at the back of the skirt and two black pushpins at the front inside the wheel well. Once you get the plastic push pins out, you just give the skirt a good tug and they come right off. To get the rear diffuser off, you have to take the hole back end off...which may sound tough but it's relatively easy. Just have to remember where all the push pins and screws go. Very similar to the front grill install, the hardest part it getting the diffuser away from the body. Took about an hour each to take it off and install. I ordered a small 7" set of stripes to continue them down the back where the new paint is. They're supposed to be here tomorrow and it'll be finished. I ordered those through Tousley Ford, best prices around as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark pedone Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 they look real nice,i like it alot 400 bucks is not a bad price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclass Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thank you for posting. This mod is next on my list Didnt think about extending the stripes but it makes sense. Nicely done, looks awesome. Much better IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgmustang1 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 i like it alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingram4868 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 They look great !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelTownStang Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT0128 Posted August 29, 2012 Report Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thats looks great and a nice price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskup1 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Looks Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Blue Star IV Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueByU Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Look GREAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweenstang Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nicely done! IMO, this looks good and is worth it for light colors such as Grabber blue. BTW, better get some decent splash guards on the front if you don't have them - your nice side skirts may get beat up otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT NAJA Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Nicely done! IMO, this looks good and is worth it for light colors such as Grabber blue. BTW, better get some decent splash guards on the front if you don't have them - your nice side skirts may get beat up otherwise. ... or 3M clear bra material. Whoops... forgot to mention the paint mod looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT GT 12 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Very NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amigo GT500 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 It looks great mi amigo.......nice paint job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushinator Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 The stripes arrived today so I put them on the new painted part of the back end. I think it gives it more of a factory finished look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushinator Posted August 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Thanks for all the compliments guys! I'm really happy with it. Can I get that 3M clear bra at any autoparts store? I really don't wany to put bigger mudflaps on so was thinking I'd go the clear bra route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwa2wa2011 Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 Very Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezareth Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Looks great on the rear bumper but considering how chewed up looking my side skirts are I can't imagine those being painted. I think I kind of like the black side skirts as it gives the illusion that the car is "skinnier" than it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blk12svt Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Looks great!! One of the reasons I bought a black car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Blue Star IV Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 The stripes arrived today so I put them on the new painted part of the back end. I think it gives it more of a factory finished look. totally agree that the stripes were needed in that extra painted section...well done! Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goin2dirt Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I love this, looks awesome. I would like to hear and see what it looks like after several thousand miles. I would really like to do this to my car but am very worried how it would take to the roads. My car is a DD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushinator Posted August 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 I love this, looks awesome. I would like to hear and see what it looks like after several thousand miles. I would really like to do this to my car but am very worried how it would take to the roads. My car is a DD. I'm definitely going to buy the 3m clear bra material to give it some protection as that area of the car can really take a beating. However, as easy as the skirts are to take off, it wouldn't be too much effort or cost to have them sanded and re-sprayed if they did get chewed up. But I honestly think that would take tens of thousands of miles to happen...which my car probably won't see for a while...if ever as long as I own it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Fest Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Looks great! I'm sure you'll have several owners looking trying to figure out what is different about your car. Like those suttle changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweenstang Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 The stripes on the rear are a slam dunk. Would look incomplete without them. Looks stock with them. Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra2564 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Looks like a disaster to me. Why would you do that? I have the same car, they had the black trim for a reason, it looks like a fat pig without it. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SVT GT 12 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Looks like a disaster to me. Why would you do that? I have the same car, they had the black trim for a reason, it looks like a fat pig without it. Sorry. "Disaster"? "Sorry"? Can you explain to the rest of us the real reason for the black trim? I'm especially interested in learning this from you, in spite of the fact that the 2013 models don't have black trim? It seems to me that your taste is your business, but there is no need to be insulting. Crushinator, I think it looks great and am weighing the pros and cons of painting mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jskup1 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Looks like a disaster to me. Why would you do that? I have the same car, they had the black trim for a reason, it looks like a fat pig without it. Sorry. Hater! Jealous maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushinator Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Looks like a disaster to me...That was my goal, to make the car look worse. Why would you do that?...Just to piss you off. I have the same car, they had the black trim for a reason, it looks like a fat pig without it...oink oink Sorry...No need to apologize. Your negative comments don't mean squat to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra2564 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Sorry it was over the top in retrospect. In my opinion only, they put the trim on them to trim down the profile. If you park one of these next to a 67 or 68 GT500 you will see how big and broad the new ones are. I am not a hater and not jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lkempf Posted October 4, 2012 Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looks great. They sanded the texture off? I wouldn't have thought that would work. Changes the whole look of the car. The side skirts don't bother me much, but the stock bumper looks cheap with black plastic. The stripe continuation really tops it off. Definitely going to look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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