My Mustang Journey

[DFB5.0]

I got them quite a while ago, before my car was even in the country.
Ordered them from LMR. They don't ship to Australia, so I used Stackry as a parcel forwarding service to get them here.

I had a feeling you were going to say that.

What is it with the local Mustang suppliers, they are just so behind the game with offering stuff.

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[bfets]

When I got my car, the dealer (pretty useless, but more on that later) just left the underbody strakes in the boot. I wanted them installed, so today I decided to try my new jacking pads and see if I can install the strakes.

First step off course is to jack up the car. As I mentioned in @5.0ALM 's thread, I wasn't sure how I was going to get the trolley jack in under the car and then put the jack stands in as well. This turned out to be fairly easy. I ended up putting the trolley jack on the jack pads, with a microfibre cloth in between as to not scratch or mar the pads. I then lifted the car high enough so that I can also get a jack stand with another micro fibre cloth under the official designated pinch weld jacking point (marked with a triangle). To avoid any damage to the pinch weld, I kept the pressure on the jack, not lowering the car onto the jack stand. I just left the jack stand in place in case of jack failure so the car will fall onto the jack stand instead. I only left a millimetre or two between the jack stand and the pinch weld.

With the car properly jacked up, I made a rather embarrassing discovery. The dealership never removed the damn shipping blocks! What's so embarrassing is that I was aware of these things existing. They were left in for the truck ride to the PPF installer some months ago, but when the car was returned I was told by the dealer they are removed as part of the pre-delivery inspection. When I picked up the car the dealer also told me they were removed. What the hell. When a dealer tells you something, go check for yourself because these idiots clearly cant be trusted. In the two weeks or so of ownership, I've done 300km but not heard a creak or anything by driving with these in the spring. I cant believe the dealer just lied to me like that, and I want to kick myself for not check it myself. Oh well, they are removed now.

With these blocks removed, I moved on to the strake install which is really easy with a 7mm socket. There are 10 bolts in total. Super easy to install.

After this, I gave the car a nice bath. Squeaky clean and looking mint, ready for the next drive.

 

[VB50GT]

I bet it drives a bit better now too - a bit more suspension travel...

 

[bfets]

I bet it drives a bit better now too - a bit more suspension travel...

Yeah probably. Haven't driven it yet, but will take it for a drive tomorrow.

 

[N1T3MRE]

Hey @bfets.......from this happening to people in the states (one guy did over 1000miles), it doesn't seem to affect the car too much, but it will definitely change the stance of the car now, when they took the stops out when I picked up the car at the ppf workshop, the nose dropped at the front was about 30mm lower, and I swear after a 1k km drive home, that it settled again. Pic for reference so you can see height in wheel arch.

I cheated and got dealer to fit aero strakes during piece of mind service.....I still need to get a jack and lift up the car and check underneath still.

 

[bfets]

Hey @bfets.......from this happening to people in the states (one guy did over 1000miles), it doesn't seem to affect the car too much, but it will definitely change the stance of the car now, when they took the stops out when I picked up the car at the ppf workshop, the nose dropped at the front was about 30mm lower, and I swear after a 1k km drive home, that it settled again. Pic for reference so you can see height in wheel arch.

I cheated and got dealer to fit aero strakes during piece of mind service.....I still need to get a jack and lift up the car and check underneath still.

Thanks. Yeah I can see mine is sitting a bit lower already. I like it!

 

[prestj1]

Yeah probably. Haven't driven it yet, but will take it for a drive tomorrow.

Can you check these without jacking the car? Is there enough room to see them? Gunna have to check mine now as I told the dealer 3 times to make sure but now I’m wondering

 

[bfets]

Can you check these without jacking the car? Is there enough room to see them? Gunna have to check mine now as I told the dealer 3 times to make sure but now I’m wondering

Yeah you'll definitely be able to see them without jacking up the car. You just need to look in there at the spring under the fender. I just didn't check at all until today.

 

[bfets]

Some shots taken today in East Perth. Man I love this thing...

 

[bfets]

Took my car to Titan Ford here in WA for its 3 month peace of mind service. After finding the shipping blocks in my springs, I really didnt want to take it to my local dealer where I bought it from for any servicing. If they cant even work out how to do a proper PD service, I don't want them anywhere near my car.

I was impressed so far with what I saw at Titan. They really seem like they are Mustang enthusiasts. Saw more Mustangs than Rangers yesterday which was surprising.

They also have the Pony Mod shop at the dealership, and they told me they have already done a couple of Whipple installs too. Nice setup with plenty of merch and upgrade parts available. Contemplating getting an H-Pipe install from them at some point.

They sorted an annoying rattle I had in my cars rear parcel shelf. They also updated the software to include a fix for the "keep your hands on the wheel" lane keep assist message that has everyone just turning lane keep assist off when they get in the car. This one is a little mixed. Its way better than it was before, but I still got the message twice on my way back home. Big improvement yes, perfect fix, unfortunately no. I'll still be double tapping that button twice on the wheel to disable lane keep assist as part of my startup routine I reckon.

 

[5.0ALM]

....They also have the Pony Mod shop at the dealership...

....They also updated the software to include a fix for the "keep your hands on the wheel" lane keep assist message that has everyone just turning lane keep assist off when they get in the car. This one is a little mixed. Its way better than it was before, but I still got the message twice on my way back home. Big improvement yes, perfect fix, unfortunately no. I'll still be double tapping that button twice on the wheel to disable lane keep assist as part of my startup routine I reckon.

Excellent find!
That dealership seems quite progressive and switched on.

Steve, can you do everyone a massive favor and see on your service report if the software update for the keep your hands on the steering wheel has an operation reference number, and tell us what that is?

The invoice will have three columns per service item; Labour, Operation, and Description.

 

[bfets]

Excellent find!
That dealership seems quite progressive and switched on.

Steve, can you do everyone a massive favor and see on your service report if the software update for the keep your hands on the steering wheel has an operation reference number, and tell us what that is?

The invoice will have three columns per service item; Labour, Operation, and Description.

Sure! They didn't actually give me a piece of paper and said they'll email me an electronic copy which I'm yet to receive. I'll see whats on there when I receive it and report back.

 

[N1T3MRE]

Took my car to Titan Ford here in WA for its 3 month peace of mind service. After finding the shipping blocks in my springs, I really didnt want to take it to my local dealer where I bought it from for any servicing. If they cant even work out how to do a proper PD service, I don't want them anywhere near my car.

I was impressed so far with what I saw at Titan. They really seem like they are Mustang enthusiasts. Saw more Mustangs than Rangers yesterday which was surprising.

They also have the Pony Mod shop at the dealership, and they told me they have already done a couple of Whipple installs too. Nice setup with plenty of merch and upgrade parts available. Contemplating getting an H-Pipe install from them at some point.

They sorted an annoying rattle I had in my cars rear parcel shelf. They also updated the software to include a fix for the "keep your hands on the wheel" lane keep assist message that has everyone just turning lane keep assist off when they get in the car. This one is a little mixed. Its way better than it was before, but I still got the message twice on my way back home. Big improvement yes, perfect fix, unfortunately no. I'll still be double tapping that button twice on the wheel to disable lane keep assist as part of my startup routine I reckon.

Don't know what the wife would say for 6 day round trip for servicing....i have a fair idea though ....need to find somewhere like this on the east coast.....how much for the H pipe? Found one from the states for $390aud delivered($310 for pipe on sale, using address forwarding service for postage) was contemplating doing myself, same mob also had ceramic front pads to fit DH Brembo($270aud for front pair).....another under serious consideration.

 

[bfets]

Don't know what the wife would say for 6 day round trip for servicing....i have a fair idea though ....need to find somewhere like this on the east coast.....how much for the H pipe? Found one from the states for $390aud delivered($310 for pipe on sale, using address forwarding service for postage) was contemplating doing myself, same mob also had ceramic front pads to fit DH Brembo($270aud for front pair).....another under serious consideration.

 

[IFFV68]

Some shots taken today in East Perth. Man I love this thing...

Excellent find!
That dealership seems quite progressive and switched on.

Steve, can you do everyone a massive favor and see on your service report if the software update for the keep your hands on the steering wheel has an operation reference number, and tell us what that is?

The invoice will have three columns per service item; Labour, Operation, and Description.

Thank You.
Your Ford Dealership is Light Years ahead.
They seem to be Customer Service oriented.
Some Ford Dealerships haven’t quite figured this out?

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