Cheese302

i am a very big general motors hater, but there is a decent size spot in my heart for c2 corvettes, my uncle just bought a 65 a couple years ago, and i love it

no it isnt functional. NOT ALL OF MY MODS ARE FUNCTIONAL. just because i dont find a mod to be functional doesnt mean that i wont do it. my main argument is with scoops anyway. i HATE when there are fake scoops on cars, i just think its soo dumb. The eject button, thats just to be something for people to see and laugh about when they get in the car. i also have a shorty antenna, which makes the antenna less funtional, so there being an anti-functional mod, done for looks so people dont think my car is radio controled. i have MAG mirror caps as well, functional.. no. i just put a roush racing tool kit, is it functional in my terms, i dont think so, but it gives me a more prepared feeling because if we need a socket or a pair of pliers, just go to my trunk. I just got GT500 wipers.. functional YES, because they increase the performance of the wipers, they also look cool and are an added safety feature. this is the last post i am making about my def. of a functional part. i believe this thread was originally started to illustrate peoples feeling on the non functional features on a GT/CS, which is the reason i did not get a CS when i ordered mine. if there wer no side scoops, and i think you cant use sopiler delete, or i would have gotten a gt/cs. not trying to specifically attack you hear.... and yes after re-reading it def. sounds like i am.. just trying to show my point of view.

i hear where you are coming from, but i just disagree, call me whatever you want to me a non functional part on a car is something that looks like its supposed to serve a purpose, but doesnt. i think an old hot rodding example would be the side pipes you see on some 50's cars... the ones that have covers on the ends, and when you look under the car you see the pipes are just bolted on, and dont have exhaust running to them. thats what i am talking about. I as well am extremely proud to be a member of the car enthusiast hobby, and although the ricers dont push my buttons, i still respect them. MOST people on this board dont, and it annoys me. i personally am a very big VW nut, water cooled vw's that is. and that gave me my very distinct euro- feelings for cars. which means no non functional scoops, no tacked on plastic junk looking body kits, no dumb looking aluminum wings on the back (for me meaning no spoilers/ wings at all) none of that. as for the mustang, you'll get this. i am a HUGE BOSS mustang fan. BUT the boss' seem to me a more clean, smooth car. the flat black hood, done so that there is reduced galre on the windscreen, rear louvers, done to reduce the glare as well. fron chin spoiler functional even on the street cars. i actually enjoy the boss 302's that didnt have the soiler, and the rear louvers. but the ont that my father and i bought (a 69, in whimbeldon white) has those two features. doesnt bother me, its still one of 1632 ever built. i also LOVE subarus, they make an awesome car. i am also a fan of hondas, becasue the efw that my family owned (including my first car 1985 accord se-i ) have been awesome cars. not from performance, but just as a car. an appliance if you must.

so i dont hate everyone who disagrees with me, i dont hate anybodies cars that have stuff on them that i wouldn't put on mine. if i dont have something nice to say, i dont say anything at all, unless my honest opinion is specifically requested. which it almost always isnt. one of my closest mustang buddies is on this board, and he has done a lot of non-functional body mods to his car, most of which i dont find attractive at all, but i dont say anything, because thats what he wanted, and thats good for him. not my style though. So i apolgize to a few people, one anyone reading this forum that ws confused by the way i presented my argument, also that i am taking such a long time to write this. 2. the creator of the thread becasue we arent really staying on topic, but i tried a few posts ago to get it back there. so hopefully you guys have a better understanding of what i was saying. and please dont try to pull stuff out of my signature to think you are pulling one on me how my argument isnt sound. maybe i am in a minority, but whatever, i have been looking to buy another VW anyway. the 96 cavalier i have isnt cutting the daily duties that well anyway. thats the way i individually feel and i present myself to you, but apparently that just makes me in idiotic outcast. so dont ask me when you want to install parts, and i have done it to mine (functional, AND non) i am always willing to lend a hand, over a PM or in person. i guess i am just too used to old stangs too. i dont know.

here read this if you'd like it shows my experience with my beloved mustang. hopefully you guys can see where i am coming from.

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=59950

ok guys i need to go to bed. if i ever run into anyone that has posted in this thread.... first round is on me.

hi5.0

IMO, if it helps the car go faster, stop better, and turn sharper - to me, that's FUNctional stuff that will go on. If it won't contribute in any way toward that end, I'll pass. Still, it's hard to argue that some of the best looking 'Stangs had non-functioning styling cues and they wouldn't look as good without them. Then again, the beauty of cars like the early GT350 and Boss 302 was their scoops actually served a purpose while looking good to boot.

Cheese302

finally someone that kinda agrees with me. in 69 there were no scoops availible on the boss302, but in 70 there was an optional shaker. and it was a nice piece, my father wants to retro-fit it onto ours, need to find a second hood first. i am holding out to slap a 4 webber manifold on it, get some ITB scream out of the motor.

the original gt350 is an amazing car. i friend of ours has an all original 66, and its a beaut.... even though i really dont like stripes. (i am not going any farther into that one, just read my other thread)

n00bstang

i just think some people have a special spot of hatred in their hearts for fake hood scoops.

jmo.

GottaHaveIt

I will have to agree with you here , like implants even makeup they dress to kill right and so do an auto mobile , and if its done at the factory lrvrl then in a way I guess its blessed or cristenend by Ford too ? as says the Vin #

DaddyJ

I'm a waffler on this one. Function is what something is supposed to do, whether it be performance or appearance.

Personally, I agree that if it is factory dress up, that's fine. Like a lot of other things, looks play a big role in what we like or don't like.

That said, anything I would do post-purchase would need to be performance functional. Yeah, even louvers, they help to add privacy, and down here in Florida they help to cut down on sun and heat (although when its 100, does a few degrees amke a difference you can notice?...).

Hood scoops look good, mostly, but I'm not cutting around and drilling up my sheetmetal without a benefit beyond the thumbs up from people who can't drive yet... ... but that goes for anything else that is an "appearance" change that suggest a "performance" change.

My whole philosophy is ya gotta feel good when you look at what you spent money on.

05GT-O.C.D.

You're right. I'll admit I hate them.

GRAYPNY

Make your car your own! Scoops were for function when we had carbs and side scoops were for cooling down drum brakes.

I went with a early Shelby look and am very happy with the outcome. If people like it (and they seem too) then great but I did it for me not them! JMO~

davisinla

The Boss was certainly not immune to non-functional add-ons...it was also equipped with racing stripes, a rear spoiler (often oddly aiming the wrong way) and rear window louvers that has become a cliche for fake stuff...even today!

All that being said, I don't want fake stuff on my car - but I can understand and appreciate the fact that, like clothes, everyone had an idea of what "style" means to them.

It would be pretty boring if everyone drove a stock-looking gray car with no exterior mods.
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Steve

Everything has a function. Looking good or enhancing looks is simply one function. Increasing performance is another.

Why argue over something so subjective as an opinion? If YOU like it, put it on YOUR car. If you DON'T like, don't disrespect someone else for having it on theirs.

Sheesh... we'll argue over the stupidest things; especially an opinion - which absolutely has NO function whatsoever.

Fireball1

Good point. This is from the "Form Follows Function" school of aesthetics and it is rational. The opposing school could be called "Beauty As An End In Itself." An extreme example of the former school is the Scion Xbox: a purely utilitarian look. An extreme example of the latter school is the Lamborghini Countach: a dizzying display of ducts, scoops, wings & spoilers.

To stay within the context of the Mustang, this car is inexpensive and thus fully functional body implements are beyond its price range. So really, Mustang enthusiasts have the choice of a plain exterior or non-functional add-ons: spoilers, scoops, louvers, caps, wings, diffusers, etc. Personally, I like the mix of plain & adorned Mustangs; if all Mustangs had plain hoods, trunks & side panels, they would be a bit too monotonous IMO.

mrkabc

<shrug> How much do you want to pay? I think that the $34k I paid for my car is ENOUGH. I'll deal with the stick ons for THAT price... if I had to pay double for functional things it wouldn't be worth it.

LEO_06GT

H.I. 50 was the pic in your avatar taken behind Mckenna Ford in Kailua???

Cheese302

ummm...... if you read previous posts. the rear sopiler was actually functional. pointing the wrong way because the adjustment bolts are loose. thats right the rear spoiler was factory adjustible. The racing stripes. well they arent really racing stripes, the hood and deckilid are flat black to reduce windshield glare, as well as the addition of the louvers, which my 69 boss 302 is equipped with although i would not miss them if they were taken off. AGAIN no they arent functional mods, but that doenst mean i wont do them/ dont like them. i LOVE the look of the boss with all of the non-functional mods on it. THe sides of the car have a reverse c-stripe to designate it a boss 302. The cool part of those is that its a flat black sticker thats also reflective, so when yoiu take a picture of the car with a flash on, it shines really bright. i just thank god mr. shinoda got rid of the sport-roofs dumb quarter scoops on the b-302. even the b-429 had them, and they just look horrible

Cheese302

i agree but i am just really sick of people putting words in my mouth (or i guess fingers on my keyboard, or whatever) and am trying to get people to understand where i am coming from since once every couple days people dont bother reading my entire post, or reading them at all.

07gtcs

Wow, I posted this last week and forgot about it...a lot of reading to do.

07gtcs

I think the point is that the parts do server a function. IMO, If a side scoop cools off the rotors...it's a function. If a side scoop beefs up the look and the owner likes is...it's a function.

07gtcs

Okay, so how many items in your car don't serve a funtion?

07gtcs

Totally agree with you...and hey, if you think about it even the color of a car has no function (according to purists). The color of a car is for looks.

07gtcs

Are you sure your stang doesn't have that stuff?