Gentlemen,
I, along with several other members, have been pushing, cajoling, griping, pleading, and carping at some of our fellow GT owners who have the expertise, ability, and facilities to produce this most desirable Ford GT modification. And after two solid years of requests and all of the time and effort that went into it......I can't tell a bit of difference! The end result is thoroughly unremarkable. I almost can't believe it. Even upon the closest of inspection, I don't believe anyone could see any difference. Which is precisely the result I hoped for.
It looks exactly the same as before......only, without the flaws. Without the warping. Without the cracks.
Both of the side vents on my Ford GT had warped. Both of my top vents had badly warped and the post-holding one of them to the clamshell had broken off completely. The side vents are of relatively soft and pliable plastic. The top vents are much harder and more brittle plastic. The failure rate on these pieces, at least cosmetically on GTs that are driven, will ultimately be close to 100%.
I was not sure it would be possible to machine these pieces out of billet aluminum such that they maintained the look and color of the original plastic pieces so they were not visually distinguishable. A tremendous amount of skill would be required to pull this off. I requested a powder coat finish for maximum durability that had to be an exact color match to the original paint.
Pe2unia and Shadowman have risen to the occasion. This entire process has been covered extensively in another thread but I am so impressed with the results now that I finally have them installed on my car, that I thought I should take one final opportunity to show them off here and lord them over some of our less fortunate members who did not take advantage of the opportunity to have these extraordinary pieces built for their cars. I understand that Petunia and Shadowman have a few spares so at least a couple members still have an opportunity to acquire these.
Five years from now, everybody who doesn't have these on their car, is going to wish that they did. Thank you gentlemen for the time and effort you put into this. Those warped vents were like a big zit on the bare butt of a beautiful girl. An unwanted distraction.
Take a look at the photos below. Both the top vents and side vents shown here are machined billet aluminum. The coloration of the side vents matches the matt black finish of the original plastic pieces exactly. The gloss black powder coat finish on the top vents is a flawless match to the paint surrounding it on the clamshell. Can you see any difference? Incredible.
All the best.
Chip
I, along with several other members, have been pushing, cajoling, griping, pleading, and carping at some of our fellow GT owners who have the expertise, ability, and facilities to produce this most desirable Ford GT modification. And after two solid years of requests and all of the time and effort that went into it......I can't tell a bit of difference! The end result is thoroughly unremarkable. I almost can't believe it. Even upon the closest of inspection, I don't believe anyone could see any difference. Which is precisely the result I hoped for.
It looks exactly the same as before......only, without the flaws. Without the warping. Without the cracks.
Both of the side vents on my Ford GT had warped. Both of my top vents had badly warped and the post-holding one of them to the clamshell had broken off completely. The side vents are of relatively soft and pliable plastic. The top vents are much harder and more brittle plastic. The failure rate on these pieces, at least cosmetically on GTs that are driven, will ultimately be close to 100%.
I was not sure it would be possible to machine these pieces out of billet aluminum such that they maintained the look and color of the original plastic pieces so they were not visually distinguishable. A tremendous amount of skill would be required to pull this off. I requested a powder coat finish for maximum durability that had to be an exact color match to the original paint.
Pe2unia and Shadowman have risen to the occasion. This entire process has been covered extensively in another thread but I am so impressed with the results now that I finally have them installed on my car, that I thought I should take one final opportunity to show them off here and lord them over some of our less fortunate members who did not take advantage of the opportunity to have these extraordinary pieces built for their cars. I understand that Petunia and Shadowman have a few spares so at least a couple members still have an opportunity to acquire these.
Five years from now, everybody who doesn't have these on their car, is going to wish that they did. Thank you gentlemen for the time and effort you put into this. Those warped vents were like a big zit on the bare butt of a beautiful girl. An unwanted distraction.
Take a look at the photos below. Both the top vents and side vents shown here are machined billet aluminum. The coloration of the side vents matches the matt black finish of the original plastic pieces exactly. The gloss black powder coat finish on the top vents is a flawless match to the paint surrounding it on the clamshell. Can you see any difference? Incredible.
All the best.
Chip
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