I also probably need psychiatric help, but we won't go into that.


#1) Should I get a GT500 spoiler or keep it wingless?

A GT500 spoiler is the one and only spoiler I like for S197's. It's either that spoiler or nothing at all. I don't want or need anyone's opinions about that.

What I'd like to know is if someone could photoshop a GT500 spoiler onto my car so I can get an idea as to what it will look like. I've Googled it, but I haven't seen any black Mustangs with the blackout panel I have with a GT500 spoiler. These pictures might be useful to photoshop.






#2) What do you guys think about this grille?

http://www.americanmuscle.com/black-...ille-05gt.html

I'm still on the fence about it. I like it, but I'm not sure if it will look all that great. I've Googled this, too. But all I found was this picture and it looks awesome on this Mustang... and damn, I love that GT500 chin spoiler.



Disclaimer: None of this means that I am definitively doing any of this to my car. It's just that I've been thinking about it and have no idea as to what I want to do and I want some input.

 

I'm bumping up my thread so you guys will see it.

 

What does the GT500 spoiler look like?

/too lazy to open new window and search

I think Bullitt grille is the way to go, TBH, IMO.

<3

 

I do like the Bullitt grille, but I've decided I like my fogs and pony too much to get rid of them.

What kind of an angle do you need on the picture? I'm about to leave work, so I'll look for a decent picture when I get home... if I can get my ******* wireless internet in my room to work. If not, I'll post from my Wii.

Thanks, Pee.

 

See if you can get one from a side-rear or rear view, like your photos. The horizontal angle doesn't need to be dead on but the vertical angle needs to be, so you shouldn't be able to see the top of the wing.

np

 

Okay. I will try to find a picture tomorrow because I am posting on my Wii. Wireless isn't working for my computer. I don't know how to link photos from this **** and it is a pain the *** just to type this!

 

The Wii just doesn't seem hardcore enough for someone like you, BS. Haha

 

wings are pointless...

Wii rocks...

Pee rocks *****...

 

Your car is PERFECT!

Considering you dont want to add that bullitt grille.

 

Yea honestly id leave it as is, i think if you added a wing it would throw it off, and i just dont like the grill.

 

i would leave it.

 

Grille and wing! I hate wingless mustangs!

 

Wingless mustangs hate your guido ***.


lol

 

I personally don't think there is anything better than a duck tail spoiler on the 197's, they just look ******* perfect. If I had an 05-09 that would be my first mod after Wheels & Springs to get the stance right..

http://www.americanmuscle.com/cldecodusp2.html

Wayyyyy Cheaper directly from CDC.

http://www.classicdesignconcepts.com...ct_detail&p=96

That's JM2C.

Also, on the Grille.. The black Billett is cool, but I'm with Kevin, I prefer the cleaner/retro look, but more like this.. I also understand the want to keep the fogs, so that's more of a personal call.

http://www.americanmuscle.com/black-...le-0509gt.html

 

If any spoiler, go with the one thats parted, like its split by a smaller section, i cant seem to find a photo.

 

I personally like the GT500 wing...so I say go for it. And if it were up to me to replace the fogs/pony on the 05-09s I'd go with the retro one like Evan posted about.

 

Those other ducktail spoilers just don't do anything for me. I also don't like those plain billet grilles. Makes the headlights look too far apart and there's nothing to break it up in the front. Just makes the front end look too wide, in my opinion.

But thanks for your opinions, guys. I appreciate it.



Kevin, will these pictures work?



This one might work if you can flip it around. Plus, there is no denying how sexy that wing looks on a black Mustang.


This picture is HUGE, so I'll just paste the URL.
http://www.machinsanity.com/mustang/...iler%20002.jpg

 

Dont change the front of the it looks perfect the way it is, but put on the spoiler. Remember you're not putting on a park bench, just a little sutile finishing touch.

 

Thanks!


The main reason for me wanting a spoiler is because I don't want to have to keep dealing with the holes. I have rubber plugs in them now and they have started to deteriorate after over a year. I have this interior trunk panel thing I want to permanently install, and once it is installed, I won't have access to the spoiler plugs/holes unless I tear the panel off. If I get a spoiler, I won't have worry about those holes ever again. Or, I could just debadge the whole damn car like I planned on doing in the first place.

 

Well, as much as I hate Mustangs with no spoiler... I'd have to say leave it alone, never liked the GT500 spoiler.

I would go with the grille though.

 

I swear we had a conversation a few months ago about a little ducktail spoiler and you kept saying how you hate them!

 

I would definitely go with the spoiler. I say no on the grille, but only because I would LOVE to see a GT500 front end on your car.

 

We probably did and I do hate them. The only spoiler I like for S197's is a GT500. No other spoiler looks good to me.

No offense to anyone, but I never saw the point in conversions. It's just one of those double standards in the Mustang community that always got to me. I can understand maybe Cobra mirrors/sideskirts/spoiler, Mach C-Pillars, Bullitt scoops, maybe just a front bumper or something, but to convert a car to make it look like something it isn't just doesn't sit well with me. If someone is to do a front end conversion on an S197 to make it look like a GT500, that is accepted. But just badging it as something it isn't is not okay. I don't get it. Either way, the car is being posed as something it isn't. /rant

I don't think I'm going to go with that grille. I just realized I would have to drill holes in the stock grille and I'm not too keen on that. I could attach it with some 3M tape, though...

Making decisions sucks.

 

Just save your money and buy that supercharger that nobody seems to want you to get

Your car looks damn good already.

 

I got some late, late, late birthday money from my grandma that I was going to put towards the spoiler/grille. Supercharger fund will remain untouched.

I'm going to have to do something with those spoiler holes, though. I might try some plastic plugs like Sean has and see how those last.

 

http://www.classicdesignconcepts.com...ct_detail&p=97

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I know, I know.. Don't like the duck tail. yeah, yeah, yeah...

I'm trying as hard as I can, because I know that CDC duck tail spoiler would look f'ing sick on your car.

 

Sorry Evan, I just don't like it.

To me, it doesn't look like that spoiler belongs on that car. You see the lip where it attaches to the bumper by the tail lights? That part irritates me. I think those hole filler things look tackier than just having black plugs.

Thanks for your suggestions, though.

 

So what did you deicide on?

 

I came out of the store from getting gas this morning and I was like "goddamn, my car looks ******' GOOD...except for that flat black boring-*** grille that does nothing but hold dirt". So, I may end up going with the grille. I might hold off on it for a month or two because I want to buy some stuff from Dustin when he opens up shop.

But, I am still undecided. If that grille was an entire replacement instead of an overlay, I'd be on that junk like white on rice and a glass of milk on a paper plate in a snowstorm.

 

I actually like the grill overlay. If you didn't care about keeping fogs I'd definitely get that billet grill with the tri-pony, looks so classic and badass. As far as the wing, your call. I love the duck tail, the gt500 wing doesn't do a whole lot for me.