SoundGuyDave
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As some of you may know, I'm a very laid-back, low-key type, and while I have a firm grasp on the mechanical plan for my 'stang, I'm just a little bit clueless about appearance mods, specifically in the body department... I'm starting with an externally stock 2006 Satin Silver coupe, and I want to start differentiating it from the crowd, but without SCREAMING it, if you follow... I want to keep the look eclectic, yet still coherent, if that makes any sense. My initial thoughts are as follows:
Roush front fascia, without the lip spoiler. This fascia seems to have the most room inside for toys (brake ducts, oil, trans, and PS coolers) from the short list of Roush, Saleen, and Steeda, PLUS, it has a killer look to it. Aggressive, but not overly so, with NO rice quotient.
GT/CS rear fascia: dark grey diffuser area, the rest body-colored.
The other things I want to change are the hood and the rear spoiler, but I'm really not too sure which way to go with them.
Rear spoiler: I'm really torn between the GT500 wing and the Roush wing. The GT500 wing may be too much of the same for the back of the car, as I'm not trying to do a clone project. OTOH, the Roush wing looks a little tacked-on to me, but not too bad.
Hood: Here's where I'm really stumped. I want/need functionality in terms of lowering the underhood temps, so at first blush, the Steeda cowl wins it. OTOH, the entire back of the cowl is open, and looks like it would be a dirt and water magnet. This is for a daily-driver, and I do like to keep my engine bay clean, so... The other idea is a KR-style hood, or the Steeda street hood. The KR to me just looks bad-ass, but all the aftermarket hoods seem to have heat vents towards the rear that look like trouble. I have no idea how much, if any cooling benefit I'll get from the Steeda street hood. Maybe I'll use the Steeda race hood, and work up some vent-flaps off a vacuum servo...
One of the reasons that I'm trying to stick with OE or recognised aftermarket whole-car builders is to try to keep potential mods points down for road-race classifications, by using the model-year updating/backdating thing. I don't know if it will work, but the parts we're talking about aren't exactly wind-tunnel designed pieces, so I think it could be argued that they are stock equivalents. A 3D concepts piece, on the other hand is a definate aftermarket addition. If anybody from NASA, SCCA, MC, or other sanctioning bodies would like to chime in, that would be appreciated!
I'd like to invite any and all thoughts that you all may have, in terms of design coherency or opinions, as long as they don't involve washboard spoilers, "Type R" stickers, exhaust by Maxwell House, or undercar neon.
The only exterior mods to date are a set of Flowmasters out back, BMR suspension to drop the car and even out the rake, and a set of Liquid Metal "Static" rims with Nitto meats, in the GT500 sizes
Sorry for the text turning into a link... I have no idea how that happened!
Roush front fascia, without the lip spoiler. This fascia seems to have the most room inside for toys (brake ducts, oil, trans, and PS coolers) from the short list of Roush, Saleen, and Steeda, PLUS, it has a killer look to it. Aggressive, but not overly so, with NO rice quotient.
GT/CS rear fascia: dark grey diffuser area, the rest body-colored.
The other things I want to change are the hood and the rear spoiler, but I'm really not too sure which way to go with them.
Rear spoiler: I'm really torn between the GT500 wing and the Roush wing. The GT500 wing may be too much of the same for the back of the car, as I'm not trying to do a clone project. OTOH, the Roush wing looks a little tacked-on to me, but not too bad.
Hood: Here's where I'm really stumped. I want/need functionality in terms of lowering the underhood temps, so at first blush, the Steeda cowl wins it. OTOH, the entire back of the cowl is open, and looks like it would be a dirt and water magnet. This is for a daily-driver, and I do like to keep my engine bay clean, so... The other idea is a KR-style hood, or the Steeda street hood. The KR to me just looks bad-ass, but all the aftermarket hoods seem to have heat vents towards the rear that look like trouble. I have no idea how much, if any cooling benefit I'll get from the Steeda street hood. Maybe I'll use the Steeda race hood, and work up some vent-flaps off a vacuum servo...
One of the reasons that I'm trying to stick with OE or recognised aftermarket whole-car builders is to try to keep potential mods points down for road-race classifications, by using the model-year updating/backdating thing. I don't know if it will work, but the parts we're talking about aren't exactly wind-tunnel designed pieces, so I think it could be argued that they are stock equivalents. A 3D concepts piece, on the other hand is a definate aftermarket addition. If anybody from NASA, SCCA, MC, or other sanctioning bodies would like to chime in, that would be appreciated!
I'd like to invite any and all thoughts that you all may have, in terms of design coherency or opinions, as long as they don't involve washboard spoilers, "Type R" stickers, exhaust by Maxwell House, or undercar neon.
The only exterior mods to date are a set of Flowmasters out back, BMR suspension to drop the car and even out the rake, and a set of Liquid Metal "Static" rims with Nitto meats, in the GT500 sizes
Sorry for the text turning into a link... I have no idea how that happened!
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