Greetings from Bavaria, Germany!

[DE_Marcus]

What's up guys!
I'm Marcus from Bavaria!

A month ago I fulfilled myself a childhood dream and bought myself an 07 GT/CS.
Flew over to Ohio for a week, visited a dealer, looked at the car on a lift, test drove it and got my name on the title.

Really clean Texas Car (its seen its first snow at the dealer in Ohio), fully stock, 29.510 Miles on the clock and a clean one owner CarFax.
Everything works, engine runs super smooth and it rides like a dream. Built on the 10/10/2006.

Just got some minor signs of aging like scratches and rock chips on the hood and one on the windscreen plus the front bumper has been repainted since the prev owner probably parked into something.
But all of that can be fixed easily and once it is it will get some nice underbody sealing and a protective transparent wrap. It will only see weekends with nice weather anyways as my weekend fun car.

Currently its already in a container on its way to North Germany were we're gonna pick it up and bring it to the south. Gonna be probably another month until its here tho.....

You guys will probably gonna hear alot from me on here since I have some plans for it and will need some help figuring stuff out and locating parts haha
Its my first Mustang after all and I still can't really believe all of this is happening haha

Catch you all in the next post!

Here are some pictures I took on the test drive.

 

[Gladams]

Welcome to the club from Missouri.

 

[JC SSP]

Welcome from Miami, Florida USA.

Nice car!!!

 

[GriffX]

Welcome, you came to the right place. Eins der besten US Foren. Modding these cars is addictive, unfortunately.

 

[86GT351]

Welcome

 

[1 Alibi 2]

Welcome to the s197 forum.
Is there a large Mustang following in Germany ??

 

[DE_Marcus]

Welcome to the s197 forum.
Is there a large Mustang following in Germany ??

Well.... ever since the S550 came out and was sold officially through Ford Dealers you see alot more of them to the point the S550s have become boring (because everyone with a bit of money can easily get one, no work behind it importing one anymore). But S197s and earlier are still a rare sight. I still wouldn't call it small tho because Mustangs have been globally known for decades and they've been imported for decades.

 

[GriffX]

Good that you got the 18'' wheels, so you can upgrade the front brakes. It is nearby impossible to get 18'' Ford wheel TUV approval if you imported the car with 17'' size. It is easier to declare yourself as dolphin nowadays.

 

[DE_Marcus]

Good that you got the 18'' wheels, so you can upgrade the front brakes. It is nearby impossible to get 18'' Ford wheel TUV approval if you imported the car with 17'' size. It is easier to declare yourself as dolphin nowadays.

While we're already at the Topic of Brakes and TÜV. I know it's much easier when its already on the car. I'll do all the changes for regulation myself (so I know its quality work) and present the car myself at the TÜV so I might change some stuff before that haha

Which Brake Kit fits under the 18" tho? Since I wanted to get the GT500s but I don't already wanna swap out the wheels. I like them too much. And Ford tells you you need 19" for them.

Funny enough when digging through the parts catalog I saw that Ford put alot of different suspension and steering parts depending on your Wheel size

 

[GriffX]

While we're already at the Topic of Brakes and TÜV. I know it's much easier when its already on the car. I'll do all the changes for regulation myself (so I know its quality work) and present the car myself at the TÜV so I might change some stuff before that haha

Good decision. But, not sure if HID get approved and probably a CAI. Or Ford Performance sway bars, I installed some from a 2014 GT and nobody cares as long it is black.

Which Brake Kit fits under the 18" tho? Since I wanted to get the GT500s but I don't already wanna swap out the wheels. I like them too much. And Ford tells you you need 19" for them.

The brakes from the 08 GT500 should fit, but I'm not an expert. Not sure if it is relevant for TÜV, nobody takes care of my not approved brake pads, the Ford OEM are horrible for Autobahn.

Funny enough when digging through the parts catalog I saw that Ford put alot of different suspension and steering parts depending on your Wheel size

Or the supercharger options...... felt like Toys-r-us for men

 

[stkjock]

Please read these

https://www.s197forum.com/threads/hawgmans-board-rules.133776/

https://www.s197forum.com/threads/a-s197-posting-etiquette-tutorial.89602/

https://www.s197forum.com/threads/tech-section-topics-please-read-new-guys-especially.30272/

 

[DE_Marcus]

Good decision. But, not sure if HID get approved and probably a CAI. Or Ford Performance sway bars, I installed some from a 2014 GT and nobody cares as long it is black.

The brakes from the 08 GT500 should fit, but I'm not an expert. Not sure if it is relevant for TÜV, nobody takes care of my not approved brake pads, the Ford OEM are horrible for Autobahn.

Or the supercharger options...... felt like Toys-r-us for men

We got a TÜV guy that's not as strict (at least not on my brothers Sierra Denali) luckily. If its got a carb No. or is directly from Ford its not really a problem, but yea as long as no one notices.... I don't think the police will notice the HIDs not being legal if they say Ford on them. It's not a E46 or Mk5 Golf so they aren't trained on them lol.

So the 4 Piston 14" Inch? I don't know if the 18" CSs inner barrel is as big as the 18" GT500s. Doesn't look like it tbh... They are TÜV relevant, but if they're Ford GT500 brakes there probably won't be any issues. But yea even on the Test Drive I was like: "These brakes need some love".

Yea... but I told myself no mods for at least a year. I gotta learn the car first! Don't wanna end up in the next Mustang Crash Compilation.
Only exception are the brakes, OEM Options (like adding HIDs), Maintenance Items (like a Diff Cover with a drain and catch-cans) and just smaller quality of life stuff.

 

[DE_Marcus]

Please read these

https://www.s197forum.com/threads/hawgmans-board-rules.133776/

https://www.s197forum.com/threads/a-s197-posting-etiquette-tutorial.89602/

https://www.s197forum.com/threads/tech-section-topics-please-read-new-guys-especially.30272/

Done! I'll try my best to adhere to these rules