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Old 9/3/11 | 11:37 AM
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Shelby GT-500 Spoiler installed

Did the project this morning, Easy to do. The hardest part was removing the factory tape from the decklid. Thanks to the guys who offered advice before taking on this project. here are pictures of before, during and after the spoiler swap.
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Old 9/3/11 | 12:41 PM
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Looks good! My trunk lid looked NOTHING like that when I pulled off my spoiler.
Old 9/3/11 | 01:58 PM
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The picture of the deck lid was well after removing the tape and cleaning off all of the "Goo-Gone", trust me it was scary looking for a while there...!
Old 9/4/11 | 06:14 AM
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The new spoiler looks great. Nice job.

Your car is very clean. How many miles?
Old 9/4/11 | 07:24 AM
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great look, i have the same spoiler on my white gt. is that a real gt5oo spoiler or a knock off? either way i really like the look but it causes the rear end of mine to create a vaccum and rear picks up dirt and light debris but a small price to pay for change.
Old 9/4/11 | 07:58 AM
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Looks awesome. I did the same thing to my black 07 GT. The stock spoiler just doesn't flow with the car IMO. It's either spoiler delete of GT500 spoiler. I bought the OEM GT500 spoiler and had a local shop paint it. Some day I may put my car 99% back to stock but I'll always leave GT500 spoiler. I just like it so much better then the pedestal spoiler.
Old 9/4/11 | 09:14 AM
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original owner, ordered in Jan.'05, it only has 1375 miles. The spoiler is an "OEM" service part, which is the only way I would have gone as I don't care for aftermarket spoilers.....
Old 9/4/11 | 07:40 PM
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nice werk and nice reflection. What kind of wax did you use?
Old 9/5/11 | 06:06 AM
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Glenn, I use Zymol cleaner wax. I use it on my F-150as well... always produces a great shine and protection......
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