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Originally Posted by Hawaii 5.0

I like the idea od DRL's. LED turn signals and tailgihts wouldnt be too bad either to compliment the HID's. Maybe new grille, rocker panels, and definitely some changes in the "diaper"
And of course new interior options
Nothin big, just some small things to set itnapart from the previous year but still be the same car

The plastic "diaper" and other plastic on the 2011 actually looks really good if you get it painted!!! I love it

Paul, that GT500 interior is basically the current 300A/400A interior. Seats look real similar. I wouldn't mind adding some color, maybe dark gray or silver inserts.

D'oh, thanks Steve. I obviously need to read up on the latest specs.....I didn't realise those were available! Seems all the 2010s/11s in the UK have been specced with black interiors, some with the odd single blue or cashmere stripe :)

Something that would be very useful for Mustangs (unofficially) imported into the UK would be turn signals built into the wing mirrors.....but I won't hold my breath.

This is the neatest modification I've seen yet.....but it's not cheap :)

http://www.teslaynengineering.co.uk/...siderep+CU.gif

Nicely "smoothed out" rear end. Shows what's possible without sheet metal changes :)

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/...8ee13f63_b.jpg

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo

Nicely "smoothed out" rear end. Shows what's possible without sheet metal changes :)

Wow i really like that actually, where was this at?

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Originally Posted by Hawaii 5.0 (Post 6021189)

Wow i really like that actually, where was this at?

Photo shamelessly stolen from another thread on here. The car is at the Detroit Motorama :)

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo (Post 6021159)

Nicely "smoothed out" rear end. Shows what's possible without sheet metal changes :)

That rear end is **** nice. What thread was that from if you remember? I can't find any info on it anywhere.

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo (Post 6005747)

Here are some examples......

Burningman's improved rear end!
https://themustangsource.com/attachm...abber-rear.jpg

http://www.motorgen.com/pic/data/500...ng_GT_Rear.jpg

I think I like the first of those better.

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo (Post 6008591)

Thanks Overboost......kinda hard to keep you guys on-topic :poke:

:D

First spyshot!

OK, only joking, this was a PS from when the 2010 was first launched. Can't remember who did it (looks like a TopNotch job) :)

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1296851039

That is PRECISELY what I'd do for a minor refresh: change the tail lights to a rectangular-ish shape and maybe some little changes inside.

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo (Post 6010029)

I'd love that to be what the 2015 MY looks like, but my fear is Ford will be taking a BIG leap on that design.

2013 MY is a chance to right the (few) wrongs with the current car. I already love the current car, so a few nip n tucks have me very excited for what is likely to be the last S197.

:)

Sorry to get off track, but if I had to guess, I'd wager that the exterior design of the next car hasn't been finalized yet.

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Originally Posted by FCMalie (Post 6021469)

That rear end is **** nice. What thread was that from if you remember? I can't find any info on it anywhere.

https://themustangsource.com/f647/44...2011-a-492256/

Click on the Flickr link in the thread :)

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Originally Posted by Overboost (Post 6012700)

I would like to see the two-stage heated seats come back, as well as an HVAC system that has a digital readout on the screen for fan and temp.

We never had two-stage heated seats. They were in a couple of the teaser pictures leading up to the 2010 reveal, but they apparently got left on the cutting room floor, as none of the production (or pre-production, for that matter) cars had them.

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Originally Posted by Topnotch (Post 6014176)

Daytime Running Lights...

Raptor spied with them
http://blogs.cars.com/.a/6a00d83451b...5b71970b-800wi

Do not particularly want.

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Originally Posted by Automagically (Post 6018209)

On a side note. Seeing as how I am figuring that my next vehicle with be an automatic again, I would really appreciate some paddle shifters or even a sport shift mode with the selector. It's looking like more and more that I will go back to a 2 car situation that both my wife and I can drive either. But the Mustang will at least be a little prize for myself. Even if it's an auto. That's all I'd like, just some sport shift option. Especially with firmed up shifts via programmer.

This. Since the 6R80 seems to be a rebadged ZF transmission (the ratios are the same as the ZF 6-speed), I don't why Ford couldn't add a SelectShift function to it. Use the gate from the Fusion Sport, but with the manual gate oriented towards the driver instead of the passenger. I know Ford has rev matching downshift software/code in the SHO, so I don't see why it couldn't come over to the Mustang, along with adaptive shift logic, which is used in several other cars, including the Camaro and Challenger.

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Originally Posted by Overboost (Post 6018511)

I agree. Just adding paddles and/or the button on the shifter is weak. I'd much rather see the DCT make its debut in the autos, but we might not see that til '15.

That was one of Car & Driver's gripes with the new Focus, the button on the shifter, and that car has a DCT. I honestly do not understand why Ford (and GM) went that route; it seems really silly. I'm not sure we're going to see DCT's in the Mustang in 2014/15, though; high torque dual clutch transmissions are still pretty new and expensive (ask any Porsche 911 Turbo owner).

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Originally Posted by Captain Spadaro (Post 6021906)

I know where they were from, but I think that it's silly to not have them. Plenty of other Ford vehicles use a dual-stage heat element, and the Mustang should follow suit. I'd expect there's an existing solution already available in the family somewhere.

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo (Post 6021156)

Agree with you on that one, is that a conversion kit that's available to the general public ? And if so how much does a kit like that go for.

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Originally Posted by montreal ponies (Post 6022123)

Agree with you on that one, is that a conversion kit that's available to the general public ? And if so how much does a kit like that go for.

I know that Mustangs sold in the Japanese market have mirrors with integrated turn signals.

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Originally Posted by Overboost (Post 6021942)

No argument here.

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Originally Posted by montreal ponies (Post 6022123)

Agree with you on that one, is that a conversion kit that's available to the general public ? And if so how much does a kit like that go for.

That's a conversion done in the UK.....it costs almost £2k, but also includes LED amendments to the front and rear lights too (rear amber turn signal plus front "side" light).

:)

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Originally Posted by Twin Turbo (Post 6022487)

That's a conversion done in the UK.....it costs almost £2k, but also includes LED amendments to the front and rear lights too (rear amber turn signal plus front "side" light).

:)

Link?

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Originally Posted by Overboost (Post 6022495)

Link?

http://www.teslaynengineering.co.uk/...CA_LSMF3.shtml

:)