2016 CompO "5.sl0w" S550 Project

[Strengthrehab]

Oh no. She's onto us

 

[07DarkHorse]

I'm an Italian woman. I will always find shit out.

Now as for these mods...

 

[Grabber5.sl0w]

^^ LOL!

 

[GallopingFord]

Ken, you better get as many mods on before you move to TX... haha

 

[Gabe]

Ken, you better get as many mods on before you move to TX... haha

^^^ HAHAHAHA ,...... yup!

 

[Strengthrehab]

Orders being placed.

 

[quiksilver15]

Just look for them off ebay, I got black new take off hood vents for around $90 shipped. They look great against the silver.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-2016-M...ash=item2ca21a9a41:g:a4cAAOSwezVWulrC&vxp=mtr

 

[Greg Hazlett]

Oh no. She's onto us

OH NO!

 

[Greg Hazlett]

Just look for them off ebay, I got black new take off hood vents for around $90 shipped. They look great against the silver.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-2016-M...ash=item2ca21a9a41:g:a4cAAOSwezVWulrC&vxp=mtr

Heard the Rousch ones were functional although more money.

 

[07DarkHorse]

Ken, you better get as many mods on before you move to TX... haha

Orders being placed.

Well apparently that's happening.

Some of us have to be adults and repair house issues.

 

[Grabber5.sl0w]

Quick update to the build. Hoping to have my Brembos back from the powder coater this week. Also finished up cutting out my stock grilles with a buddy of mine to fit the steel mesh similar to Nick's Strongarm Grilles. Let me say that cutting the OEM Grille to open it up was not hard at all using a Dremel with a plastic cutting blade.

Quick iPhone pic,

Tomorrow we are going to fit the mesh, cut to size and drop off at the powder coater on Wednesday.

Also, ordered a black rear Roush Spoiler from Jay at Hypermotive.

Quite a few changes on the way!

 

[TGR96]

Dang, who needs an aftermarket grille on an S550? Just cutting out the honeycomb makes a world of difference.

#freemodsFTW

 

[GallopingFord]

Yeah really. My fiances brother just did the RTR grille and that looked pretty dang good too.

 

[Kobie]

How do you plan on letting out all that extra airflow?

 

[Grabber5.sl0w]

Dang, who needs an aftermarket grille on an S550? Just cutting out the honeycomb makes a world of difference.

#freemodsFTW

It was super easy to do too lol. Anyone with a brain stem, a semi-steady hand and a Dremel could do it.

Yeah really. My fiances brother just did the RTR grille and that looked pretty dang good too.

That was my second choice out of all the grilles on the S550. Something about the lines not following the hood lines bother me though...

How do you plan on letting out all that extra airflow?

I don't think it's really going to be an issue. There are quite a few people out there running just the open grille and haven't ran into any problems with extra airflow. It does have hood vents, so that should alleviate some flow at least.

 

[Grabber5.sl0w]

Putting in some work the past couple of days on the mesh grille. Successfully cut out the plastic in the grille, positioned the grille on the mesh, traced and cut out. Also test fitted them on the bumper to get a glimpse of them and make sure they fit okay. They will be dropped off for Matte Black powder coat tomorrow. Hopefully will get them back sometime next week.

Zip tieing the grille to the mesh to trace a template out.

Once we cut it out, we test fitted them to the grilles.

Annnd, test fit on the bumper.

Also have an MMD Roof Spoiler on the way from American Muscle.

 

[KatoS197]

Putting in some work the past couple of days on the mesh grille. Successfully cut out the plastic in the grille, positioned the grille on the mesh, traced and cut out. Also test fitted them on the bumper to get a glimpse of them and make sure they fit okay. They will be dropped off for Matte Black powder coat tomorrow. Hopefully will get them back sometime next week.




Also have an MMD Roof Spoiler on the way from American Muscle.

Awesome job, as always, brother. +1 for the roof spoiler. I love those things!

 

[Grabber5.sl0w]

Awesome job, as always, brother. +1 for the roof spoiler. I love those things!

Thanks man! It's been a fun DIY for sure. As for the roof spoiler I'm 50/50 on it, but we'll see once I throw it on.

 

[07TGGT]

So much spoiler Trevor lol.

 

[KatoS197]

Spoiler alert?