Many Mustang GTs from the New Edge show their age, but this custom pony car still shines like it’s new.
This video comes to us from the Mustang Gurus YouTube channel and it features a 2003 Ford Mustang GT that is in remarkable condition for a 15-year old pony car. To show off how clean his New Edge is, this owner devotes a video to washing the car from top to bottom, followed by giving us a close-up look from every angle.
The Mustang Gurus 2003 GT
The car featured in the video above is a 2003 Ford Mustang GT coupe with custom wheels, the chin spoiler and taillight blackout panel from the Mach 1, a grille delete, an off-road x-pipe and Flowmaster 40 Series mufflers.
There are plenty of these cars on the road, but after a decade and a half, many of them are showing their age with faded paint and corroding body panels, but this Mustang – located in North Carolina – still looks great inside and out. To show off how shiny this 15-year old pony car is, the YouTuber devoted an entire video to watching him wash the car and applying tire shine spray to the black painted exhaust tips.
Washing the Car
Most YouTubers make videos of themselves talking to the camera before heading out onto the road in whatever performance car they use to draw viewers to their page. This guy starts the car and drives it around his apartment complex a bit, but we don’t see any real driving footage. We do, however, get to watch him drive the car into the grass in front of his crib to shine up his New Edge Mustang.
After thoroughly washing the entire body, the owner turns to the wheels and finishes up with some spray-on-and-dry wax. He then drives the car back to his designated parking spot so that he can shine the exhaust tips with tire spray.
The video ends with a walk-around of the car after its bath and we have to admit that for a 15-year old Mustang, it looks great.
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