Sice Scoop update
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08-21-2005 | 09:23 AM
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Sice Scoop update
My black 2002 has the Gt scoops on the side, and one day I was driving along, minding my own business, hardly speeding at all, when one of the dang things fell off (be advised, their aerodynamic properties appear to fail above 140mph - obviously a bad design).
I bought a new one from a Ford dealer ($150, and $19 for the plastic grill, and $8 for the new rivet kit) and the new push rivet kit (there are 6 that hold the things on). Upon exanimining the new rivets and the 1 remaining original rivet, its clear that Ford has recognized the problem, since the new pieces have twice the gripping surface of the old ones!
As far as "How to Do It", the scoops pry off with your fingers (! if you didn't know this, neither did I !) if you're a strong male, or with just a little persuasion with the all-purpose towel-wrapped flat head screwdriver. Remove the original fasteners and replace all 6 with the new, improved models. If you want to do a little lo-tek upgrade to the car, now's the time to replace the black abs plastic grill. Some companies make prettier metal versions, and I'm sure they're great. Having just laid out nearly $200 for a vanished non-funcitonal body accessory, I chose to paint them a satin chrome. I think they look good. The grills have 3 keyed portions that hold them to the scoop - just squeeze them with your fingers and they pop loose, then push gently down and disengage the last L-shaped key on the bottom. Reverse to install.
Whole process takes about an hour, depending on whether you remove the scoops by hand or via my method of blowing them off at high speed...
tripleblack
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I bought a new one from a Ford dealer ($150, and $19 for the plastic grill, and $8 for the new rivet kit) and the new push rivet kit (there are 6 that hold the things on). Upon exanimining the new rivets and the 1 remaining original rivet, its clear that Ford has recognized the problem, since the new pieces have twice the gripping surface of the old ones!
As far as "How to Do It", the scoops pry off with your fingers (! if you didn't know this, neither did I !) if you're a strong male, or with just a little persuasion with the all-purpose towel-wrapped flat head screwdriver. Remove the original fasteners and replace all 6 with the new, improved models. If you want to do a little lo-tek upgrade to the car, now's the time to replace the black abs plastic grill. Some companies make prettier metal versions, and I'm sure they're great. Having just laid out nearly $200 for a vanished non-funcitonal body accessory, I chose to paint them a satin chrome. I think they look good. The grills have 3 keyed portions that hold them to the scoop - just squeeze them with your fingers and they pop loose, then push gently down and disengage the last L-shaped key on the bottom. Reverse to install.
Whole process takes about an hour, depending on whether you remove the scoops by hand or via my method of blowing them off at high speed...
tripleblack
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08-21-2005 | 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by tripleblack
My black 2002 has the Gt scoops on the side, and one day I was driving along, minding my own business, hardly speeding at all, when one of the dang things fell off (be advised, their aerodynamic properties appear to fail above 140mph - obviously a bad design).
I bought a new one from a Ford dealer ($150, and $19 for the plastic grill, and $8 for the new rivet kit) and the new push rivet kit (there are 6 that hold the things on). Upon exanimining the new rivets and the 1 remaining original rivet, its clear that Ford has recognized the problem, since the new pieces have twice the gripping surface of the old ones!
As far as "How to Do It", the scoops pry off with your fingers (! if you didn't know this, neither did I !) if you're a strong male, or with just a little persuasion with the all-purpose towel-wrapped flat head screwdriver. Remove the original fasteners and replace all 6 with the new, improved models. If you want to do a little lo-tek upgrade to the car, now's the time to replace the black abs plastic grill. Some companies make prettier metal versions, and I'm sure they're great. Having just laid out nearly $200 for a vanished non-funcitonal body accessory, I chose to paint them a satin chrome. I think they look good. The grills have 3 keyed portions that hold them to the scoop - just squeeze them with your fingers and they pop loose, then push gently down and disengage the last L-shaped key on the bottom. Reverse to install.
Whole process takes about an hour, depending on whether you remove the scoops by hand or via my method of blowing them off at high speed...
tripleblack
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I bought a new one from a Ford dealer ($150, and $19 for the plastic grill, and $8 for the new rivet kit) and the new push rivet kit (there are 6 that hold the things on). Upon exanimining the new rivets and the 1 remaining original rivet, its clear that Ford has recognized the problem, since the new pieces have twice the gripping surface of the old ones!
As far as "How to Do It", the scoops pry off with your fingers (! if you didn't know this, neither did I !) if you're a strong male, or with just a little persuasion with the all-purpose towel-wrapped flat head screwdriver. Remove the original fasteners and replace all 6 with the new, improved models. If you want to do a little lo-tek upgrade to the car, now's the time to replace the black abs plastic grill. Some companies make prettier metal versions, and I'm sure they're great. Having just laid out nearly $200 for a vanished non-funcitonal body accessory, I chose to paint them a satin chrome. I think they look good. The grills have 3 keyed portions that hold them to the scoop - just squeeze them with your fingers and they pop loose, then push gently down and disengage the last L-shaped key on the bottom. Reverse to install.
Whole process takes about an hour, depending on whether you remove the scoops by hand or via my method of blowing them off at high speed...
tripleblack
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#3
08-21-2005 | 03:17 PM
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4 times as much
That occurred to me, but 2 things stood in my way:
1. Availability. The GT Anniversary scoops are stocked, prepainted, at dealerships. Bullits are few and far between, cost more, and are not prepainted.
2. I only lost 1. It would have cost about 4 times the $ to change over to the Bullits. I considered changing to the Cervini Stalker/Saleen type with the little dividers, but they cost about the same as the Bullits, would have to be painted to match, and cause a wait, etc.
tripleblack
1. Availability. The GT Anniversary scoops are stocked, prepainted, at dealerships. Bullits are few and far between, cost more, and are not prepainted.
2. I only lost 1. It would have cost about 4 times the $ to change over to the Bullits. I considered changing to the Cervini Stalker/Saleen type with the little dividers, but they cost about the same as the Bullits, would have to be painted to match, and cause a wait, etc.
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