Abilor & Maude - Build & Maintenance Journal

[Abilor]

Well, it's that time... We've had Maude, our 2025 Mustang GT Premium Coupe, for almost a month now, and there's already been tons of work we've done to her. About time she had a proper build journal to document things as we go. I'll post a few more entries beyond this one, saving some room for various things.

If you're here having a look, thanks for checking us out, big things are coming I reckon, so stay tuned.

Abilor.

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[Abilor]

This was the day we got her over at DePaula Chevrolet on Central here in Capitaland.

 

[Abilor]

One of the first things we've been doing is a car audio build. Here the two JL 12s are finally in their custom enclosure.

 

[Abilor]

Let's not forget the first thing we did, added the Roush intakes (lol) along with LED light show with a hood switch cutoff. Proud of that redneck engineering...

 

[Abilor]

Wife was kind enough to lay down a whole lot of "dynamat" with me; got the whole trunk done over two days.

 

[Abilor]

Yesterday (6/6/25) we got both of the UPR catch cans on...

 

[Abilor]

Today was a big day. With 1,300 miles on her, Maude got her first oil change to flush out any "break-in" voodoo. Seems anachronistic now, but this is the way. Let her drain out fully over about 20 minutes with the oil at about 130F. Swapped out the filter with a Purolator Boss PBL 22500, and topped her off with 10 qts of Pennzoil Platinum 5w30.

Pretty mundane, but it was also the first time we fired up the Quick Jacks. My life will never be the same.

 

[Abilor]

Oh snap, almost forgot that Adrian over at Tint King hooked us up. Got 5% everywhere it's legal here in NY. Could have done windows, but apparently there have been crackdowns. We love our windshield strip though. State law is 6", which is almost 1/3 of our windshield. Wife says it makes her feel like she's in a fighter jet.

 

[goodlettjr]

Wife was kind enough to lay down a whole lot of "dynamat" with me; got the whole trunk done over two days.

I don’t have any practical experience with Dynamat. How is the stereo sound quality? Is it keeping the sound in or just reducing road noise? What does it do for the exhaust sound in the cabin?

 

[Abilor]

I don’t have any practical experience with Dynamat. How is the stereo sound quality? Is it keeping the sound in or just reducing road noise? What does it do for the exhaust sound in the cabin?

I've actually marveled at how much noise it rejects. When I cold start now, I hear the car, but it's only when I open the door that I realize just how loud the cold start is. The trunk now feels like an echo chamber, but we're still slotting the amp rack. We actually just completed our sound test a few days ago, and tonight I'm hoping to finally mechanically mount both the subwoofer enclosure as well as the amp rack prior to taking it all apart again for upholstery work.

I will say that the Kilmat looks, acts, and behaves just like the pricier Dynamat, for a fraction of cost at your local massive online retailer.

Probably will drive around rest of the week to perform "sound quality tests", you know, for science... I'll report back. Biggest goal was to tamp down any "buzzing", like some of my builds 20 years ago lol...

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