New 2025 GT premium with rear louvers and other exterior mods

[Starship Enterprise]

Can you post links for the Window louvers rear and sides and the black out panel!
i can say this is the first time i have seen a set that looks good!

Thanks! That’s a high compliment when someone’s opinion gets turned around!

These are the 1/4 window louvers. They are great, but read the reviews and heed the warnings about the included tape…..do NOT use the included tape...it’s garbage. Get your own 1/2” 3M double tape and 3M adhesion promoter. My set was a flawless beautiful gloss black. They fit the window perfectly.

https://www.americanmuscle.com/mp-concepts-mustang-quarter-window-louvers-gloss-black-438202.html

Below is the link to rear window louvers. Nice satin black aluminum. Every other set of louvers are plastic and too clunky looking For my taste. CJ’s has better pricing than American Muscle. They even had them on deeper sale for Father’s Day….close to $500!

Be sure to follow the video instruction…they set on 6 aluminum pads 3M taped to the window. Then locked in with acorn screws on the posts. I lined them up and locked the 2 bottom pads in place, then used them to set the louvers in place with the other 4 pads attached to it. Get a second set of hands to help you!!! You only have one shot to tape those mounting plates in place! That’s why I lined the louvers up and only locked in the bottom 2 pads at first. It worked well for me.

Yes, they are removable, but I can easily wipe the rear window between each louver.

From inside, they are lined up so perfectly with my sight line, they are near invisible. Zero blind spots!

I have since polished them with Meguiars fine polish and buffing pad on a drill, and it brought them to a more slicker satin sheen. I didn’t intend to do that, but I tried buffing a small scratch on them and accidentally made a shiny spot…so…….

https://www.cjponyparts.com/rear-window-louvers-black-aluminum-mustang-fastback/p/RL16/

I’m extremely happy with everything I got!

Looks great !!!! Isn't it fun cleaning those wheels? Would like to see how these look on Dark Gray Matter Metallic.

Thanks…lol. They are more fussy to clean than my old 5 spoke Bullitt wheels, but I clean them often with spray wax and a micro fibre cloth. I just take my time. They would look great on a Dark Gray body!

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[Zach@Granger]

Hi All! I Got this beautiful GT Premium with only 4 miles on it. Has the 3.55 ratio option and variable exhaust, which is extremely fun! I was set on getting the Vapor Blue, but this silver was sitting in the lot and caught my eye. (It’s odd, I don’t see many 2025 silver GT’s.) So I traded in my 2006 I drove since 2007. I got the Ford Employee promotion which helped the price, and got a very decent trade-in.

Within the first week I did what I personally considered Must-Have exterior mods.

From the Ford website:
Front splitter
rear black out panel
rear spoiler

From CJ’s
aluminum rear window louvers…CJ’s had best price. Went even cheaper for Father’s Day…D’oh! Doesn’t that always happen?!?

from AM
gloss black 1/4 window louvers…only $60 for the pair. (I heeded the warnings and didn’t use the included tape. Got my own 1/2” 3M tape and adhesive promoter!)

Funny, every one of these parts is only held on by 3M tape. I prepped like crazy …and applying every piece was nerve wracking!

Personally, I am very happy with every part that went on and the final look. I’m 60 and found driving fun again. (My 06 GT was lowered and ride was rough, and my wife hated the Flowmaster drone). I have nicknamed the car Starship Enterprise, because it does look and feel like a damn spaceship to me. My 06 felt downright crude compared to this!

So I’m still in the break-in phase and finding reasons to go anywhere…lol. Incredibly fun to drive!

Very sharp ride! Awesome aftermarket accessories!

 

[Paul's stable]

Starship Enterprise,
I recently broke 2k on mine and I basically do what you said. I do downshifting most of the time and let the car do the upshifting most of the time. My attention span won't let me shift through 10 gears! Glenn

I have a standard and it shows the gear your in. Do the automatics not have a gear indicator on the instrument cluster?

 

[Starship Enterprise]

Thanks Zach!

Paul, When in auto mode it doesn’t show the gear, but as soon as I flick a paddle, the gear shows up in the middle of the tach. Paddles can be used even if the car is in Drive. They overtake and will hold until no paddle input is given, then after about 5 seconds, it then reverts to automatic and the gear indicator dissapears.

for my purpose, if I’m lugging along in 10th gear in Drive, the paddle is fine for a few clicks to go up a hill more smoothly. But for a meaningful pass, I’d have to pull the paddle at least 4 times. Easier to just leave it in Drive and let the go-pedal drop the gear.

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