Hytek

Thanks bro! I know I'm nuts for wanting to trade her in. Yeah surprisingly the BMR's are a bit lower. I was expecting the slight opposite but oh well it rides much smoother and looks killer.

FromZto5

Yeah your car is the only other car I covet other than my own. Lol. I love everything about it...esp the stripes and svt rims. Well....yours and maybe the new 2013 Shelby gt500

So you have konis with the bmr springs right? I have the ks with stock shocks...so maybe that's why I think mine are ok? but I wonder if bmrs would be ok on stock shocks too.

ford20

I cant wait to get my Kona Blue Boss

Hytek

Here's some videos of my exhaust. Posted separate thread too.

Roush axle backs with Ford Racing after cat Xpipe

MBarrette10

Very nice looking!

FromZto5

Ok John.... Nice vids... Wtf, I didn't know you got a new x pipe? . I like it! When'd you get it? I always thought about adding an after cat pipe. Did you notice a big difference? No drone?

I also heard ford racing x pipes have fitment issues? How was the install? I hope to do everything myself.

Either way, nice addition to your mods. Me likey

Hytek

Thanks

I got it I think at the end of January or February off another board member. Totally opened up the sound in a positive way. Very sweet mellow rumble at idle and mean growl while accelerating. Eliminated all rasp and popping. I think the after cat Xpipe with the Roush's is the perfect combo. Absolutely no drone what so ever. Now for the fit, it's horrible. Ford should have made it a quarter inch longer on each end. My local shop charged me $50 to install it. It came loose in 2 days so I went back. It then came loose again about a month later. After that I said F it and had it welded in. I highly recommend letting someone do it for you..Definitely not something I'd want to attempt on jack stands. All in all it was worth it because the sound is awesome.

FromZto5

Interesting...you're not the first person that I have heard that the FRPP x pipe has issues. That might steer me away from that.

I think I am going to start a thread for any suggestions of how to increase sound/rumble from the GT500's without adding X pipes, etc.... maybe an over-axle pipes?

Hytek

The easiest/cheapest route is just cut out your resonators or look for take off OTA pipes from a GT500....which are hard to find. Other than that the only other way is off road pipes.

2012GTCS

John, when you swapped out your springs how did you zap the top nut down on top of the mounts (with the assembly off the car)?? When I did my job that's where I got stranded. Cause the GT500 mounts are recessed where the nut goes. I think the ONLY way to get that tight is with an impact gun and physically holding the strut rod from spinning. I had to have a friend come with his impact wrench to put them on. You cannot use a socket or anything. Still never checked the torque on them either, just zapped them down real good

Hytek

We used an air impact gun. They went on super easy and didn't have to hold the shaft at all surprisingly. The first time we used my electric one and they spun.

06blackvertstang

Great looking car!!

2012GTCS

so then im not crazy when I thought in order to do springs yourself, you MUST have an Impact wrench. Yeah his was a snap-on 18V battery gun. Just a hand on the Strut rod was enough to hold it tho