Great info here, and big thanks to the5. I have been looking to do the GT style fog lights to my mustang as well (but i don't already have the lower fogs). So its good to see others have done this successfully as well. Thanks all.

 

Hopefully I'll have my GT grille installed on Sunday. The only thing that would stop me is that it might rain :/

 

I installed my GT Grille today. It took 3 hours, but it was well worth it!!

 

Verry nice! Glad to see that the rain didn't stop you. 3 hours sounds just fine for having to take the bumper off and put it back on. Were there any hard parts about this or advice that you can give? Do you need to get the front lifted, or do you think this can be done without? I have ordered the parts to do this as well and hope to have it don't by the new year.

 

I got vehicle ramps. They are like 40 bucks on Amazon. They really made getting the splash guard out and wiring a lot easier, so yes, I would recommend getting the front end lifted. The hardest part was probably removing the bumper. I pulled really hard to disengage the clips that hold it on.

 

Ok, i got the new grille in and installed as well. It tooke me a bit longer about 4.5 hours to do. I don't have ramps or anything to life the car with so i did it all on the ground. the ramps or even some jacks would help, but i managed without.

The first step from the instructions caused took me some extra time as they tell you to remove two different kinds of bolts for the lower splach guard, however on my car there was only one kind of bolt, not a big deal, but it did make me take some extra time to ensure i was doing things correctly and not undoing something i shouldn't be. After that things went smoothly. Until i got to the end of the wiring, the last wire that needs to be run inside the car and go from the drivers side to the passenger side took me a while to get it fed through properly as well as to the it plugged into the proper place, there isn't very much room to work down there.

An extra set of hands for some of this is a definate help to keep things in place while re attaching parts or just for pulling them off.

All in all, pretty easy to do, i just spent a lot more time on it than needed. Here is the quick snap of it as it was just too cold outside to stand out and do a nice photo shoot (not to mention she needs a bath pretty badly).

 

Will the Gt grill fit the same way on a 2011 mustang v-6 or will it only fit on the 2013?

 

You need to change to the 2010-12 GT bumper to put the GT grille in the 2010-12 V6

 

So if I buy a 13 GT Grill with fogs, will I need the GT surround? Or is the surround usually sold with the grill?


That surround is $150, so this entire mod would cost like $400?

 

The surround usually comes with the grille. Just double check to make sure

 

Could a buy a 2013 V-6 bumper and put it on my 2011 V-6 then and the GT Grill?? I really want the v-6 bumper fogs light and Gt GRILL.

 

Yes but...

You would have to change the hood also. Your 11 hood would not close with curved top end of the 13 bumper.

 

i hear on the 2013 models it is a completely different mounting style for the clips and nothing from a gt will fit on a v6...its so lame cause v6 grills suck *** and the gt gets all the good ones...

 

This isn't true.

 

I've heard people say that the grill surround is different.

 

they are wrong.

 

This is true. I switched my V6 grille to a GT. You need GT surround to hold the fog lights. I don't think you need a new surround if you do CS though

 

Reference the post above and then stop sharing inaccurate info. You could have at least said, I "think" they might be wrong, because you clearly didn't know for sure.

 

hmmmmmm... I have a GT.... I switched grilles to the California Special.. yanked off old grille, swapped on new. The only exception is OBVIOUSLY the one that has foglights built into it's surround. In my case, I had to cut off the GT fogs or get a new surround. I cut the fogs.

 

I'm not getting in the middle of this, but if you go from the V6 grille and you want the GT or 302 grille, you need the GT/302 surround or else it doesn't fit.