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Ordered this car in June 2012, only options being the Recaro cloth seats and the Track Pack, otherwise the car is a base-model GT with the 6-speed manual.
Car showed up at the dealer early August '12 with a broken-off pass side mirror.
That didn't stop me from taking the car out on a quick test drive with my at-the-time girlfriend by my side:



At the time I was a Service Advisor at that dealership, so as soon as the car showed up I ordered a new mirror and mirror cover for it. A mirror showed up 2 days later only to have it be missing the little blind-spot mirror built into the '13 mirrors. Ordered another mirror and this one was correct.
Meanwhile, the painted-by-our-body-shop mirror cover was waiting to be installed, so as soon as the correct mirror showed up, I quickly installed the new mirror and cover and started doing paperwork.

On Saturday 8-11-2012 it was finally time for the delivery.

The old and the new, Charger being traded in, Mustang being the new fun toy:
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And a couple of pics once I got it home:

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Then a short time later the mods started happening.

8-11-2012, same day I took it home, the car got a set of MMD hood struts
8-12-2012: GT500 mufflers, with the tips and their back sides painted flat black by me, with high-temp paint:
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8-28-2012: Plasti-Dipped my "5.0" front-fender badges:
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8-29-2012: purchased a used set of Boss302 blue coil covers which didn't get installed for months after I got them.
8-29-2012: A flat-black front-grille pony cover off eBay:
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8-30-2012: Tinted my 3rd brake light lens:
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9-04-2012 : LED's for the dome lights, license plate lights and the trunk light:
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9-05-2012: A Ford trunk organizer from latemodelrestoration.
9-06-2012: The CoolTech sound-tube delete kit.

9-07-2012: An eBay set of smoked front marker lenses:
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9-25-2012: Smoked the rear side marker lenses:
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09-28-2012: Bought Barton shifter bracket:
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10-05-2012: Bought 55D rear spring kit.
10-11-2012: Plasti-Dipped the trunk decklid panel:
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11-05-2012: Bought BMR rear lower control arms.

11-20-2012: Installed the BMR rear LCA's, Barton shifter bracket and the 55D rear springs:
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12-06-2012: EPCO shift knob:
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12-11-2012: JLT pass-side oil separator:
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2-15-2013: Ordered BMR rear LCA relocation brackets, Koni Sport shocks/struts, GT500 strut mounts, J&M adjustable panhard bar.
2-16-2013: Ordered DSS 1-piece aluminum driveshaft.
2-17-2013: Ordered CPC battery and master cylinder covers.
 
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2-22-2013: Installed the blue Boss302 coil covers:
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2-26-2013: Installed the CPC battery/master cylinder covers:
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3-23-2013: Installed the BMR rear LCA relocation brackets:
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3-26-2013: Installed a new Roush chin splitter and Plasti-Dipped the hood vents:
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3-29-2013: Installed BND Automotive trans fluid, rear diff fluid, and engine oil, all custom-blended for my vehicle:
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3-30-2013: Window tint:
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4-12-2013: Installed '05-'10 Koni Sport adjustable shocks/struts, Steeda Sport springs, GT500 strut mounts:
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4-13-2013: #13 pool-ball shift knob:
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4-20-2013: Painted my strut tower brace:
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4-22-2013: a new OEM Ford GT500 rear spoiler, primed, going out for paint shortly:
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Thanks guys ... there's a few more things on the soon-to-be-done list, and some time down the line, hopefully a supercharger, but honestly, this car is plenty quick to get into a lot of trouble with, so I may not bother with more performance other than a tune.
 

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Thanks guys.
Looking forward to adding the next mod to the list, lol
 

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So far so good Gabe. Makes me wish that I had taken more pictures of my car as it has progressed.
 

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Thanks TGR,

The GT500 spoiler is now at the body shop as of yesterday, hoping to have it back before the weekend.

Looking at the American Muscle grille that hides the fog lights behind it with the matching lower grille, and maybe a CAI/tuner combo, also from AM ... I love their 6% off code :)
 

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Do it Gabe! That's the grille I have. I just got it installed a couple of weekends ago and I love it. You won't be disappointed.

If you are so inclined to have the center fog light "Eleanor" look, check out this re-lo kit from ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/15100183570...AX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_344wt_1267

Here's a couple of pics of mine (sorry for the crappy quality) on the left next to a stocker on the right

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Thanks guys ... and I'd keep the fogs in the stock location, but looking into tinting them out a little so they'll blend-in better
 

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Good deal. Check out this stuff for tinting them:

http://www.lamin-x.com/

I've seen that stuff and I don't really want to spend the $$ ... I have some lens tint spray that I'm probably gonna try. I gotta check the can first to see if it's OK for high-temp / prolonged usage.

By the way,

I just ordered a Bama tuner / Airaid CAI combo, the aforementioned grille, and a brake-light pulser :)

I'm stoked !!!
 

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