Ok, so I went and looked at my gt500 today. just came in last night..I am still going to wait until end of may to get it..however I do have some complaints about it that I cant believe a $46k+ car has on it.
The Exhaust: My gosh it is quiet...I already upgraded to the FRRP stingers
Prop Rod: A freaking prop rod under the hood, are you kidding me. Why would ford still roll them out like that on the GT500....its a $100 mod for crying out loud....I will definitley be doing this change
Eaton supercharger: again, I dont understand why they when this route..they had 2 other gt500s at the lot that the dealer was upgrading the Supercharger to the whipple upgrade...
Stripe seam alignment: this one surprised the hell out of me. I looked at every gt500 (5 of them here and 4 at another dealer) and they all looked the same the stripes had an imperfect overlap to them....I mean you have to look for it but they all did....this truly surprised me...
anyway..I am not whining...just some items I noticed when I went to finnally see my car in person...now the end of May is right around the corner........GT500 club here I come
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SOLD S197 GT350 TRIBUTE.
2008 SHELBY GT500
VISTA BLUE WITH WHITE STRIPES
SHAKER 1000 WITH SIRIUS SAT
HID LIGHTS
GT500 SIGNED DASH PLAQUE AND SILLS
FRPP CAI WITH PRO CAL TUNE
FRPP BORLA STINGERS
NOT AS FAST AS SOME, BUT NOT AS SLOW AS SOME THINK!!
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You are correct on all accounts. I noticed the same thing on my stripes. That's part of the reason I pulled them out. When I'm ready to have real ones, I'll get them painted on like I did with my GT.
I would add one more item to your rant. The mirrors......[:@] My wife's Corrola came with painted mirrors. WTF was ford thinking.
You are correct on all accounts. I noticed the same thing on my stripes. That's part of the reason I pulled them out. When I'm ready to have real ones, I'll get them painted on like I did with my GT.
I would add one more item to your rant. The mirrors......[:@] My wife's Corrola came with painted mirrors. WTF was ford thinking.
+1...yeah forgot that one too.....
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SOLD S197 GT350 TRIBUTE.
2008 SHELBY GT500
VISTA BLUE WITH WHITE STRIPES
SHAKER 1000 WITH SIRIUS SAT
HID LIGHTS
GT500 SIGNED DASH PLAQUE AND SILLS
FRPP CAI WITH PRO CAL TUNE
FRPP BORLA STINGERS
NOT AS FAST AS SOME, BUT NOT AS SLOW AS SOME THINK!!
Congrats on the Shelby! I will be adding the Stingers to mine as well in the next few days. I removed all the stripes off of mine right from the start.
Don't forget the brake dust....I have to spend 30 minutes cleaning the wheels after every second ride or so.
I did notice some imperfections on the stripes too...on the spoiler I have a very slight rub in the stripe. I think I'm just going to get them painted on too down the road.
They could have given a bigger heat exchanger for the Heaton too. All in all, very awesome car though.
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You are correct on all accounts. I noticed the same thing on my stripes. That's part of the reason I pulled them out. When I'm ready to have real ones, I'll get them painted on like I did with my GT.
I would add one more item to your rant. The mirrors......[:@]Â*Â* My wife's Corrola came with painted mirrors. WTF was ford thinking.
ITS CALLED CHEAP!
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2008 Shelby GT500
Black with White Stripes/Crimson Red Leather
Premium Trim/Shaker 500 with Sirius Radio
Ford Racing M-5230-GTB Mufflers
FRPP CAI with PROCAL Tune
Underrated at 540hp & 510tq
#740 of 1278 {Only 178 Produced With Red Leather}
Well, considering what I DID GET for 45K, I'm not complaining. Show me how many brand new cars from the factory you can get for 45K with 500 horses stock? Then when you take into the potential of these cars, they really are a great deal. Every thing mentioned here already can be easily fixed by me for a little bit of $ and time, so I am not complaining.
Your being philosophical about the whole thing. We're just bitching a little because we paid more than 45.....[&o]Lots more....[&o][&o]
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Well, considering what I DID GET for 45K, I'm not complaining. Show me how many brand new cars from the factory you can get for 45K with 500 horses stock? Then when you take into the potential of these cars, they really are a great deal. Every thing mentioned here already can be easily fixed by me for a little bit of $ and time, so I am not complaining.
Your being philosophical about the whole thing. We're just bitching a little because we paid more than 45.....[&o]Lots more....[&o][&o]
No worries. I know some of you did pay A LOT more than 45K, but either way it is still a great deal IMO. Sure, there are some things that could have been different, but at some point Ford had to draw the line or these cars would have started out a lot higher than they did! If any of you are really annoyed by your GT500's, you can give them to me.
Ok, so I went and looked at my gt500 today. just came in last night..I am still going to wait until end of may to get it..however I do have some complaints about it that I cant believe a $46k+ car has on it.
The Exhaust: My gosh it is quiet...I already upgraded to the FRRP stingers
Prop Rod: A freaking prop rod under the hood, are you kidding me. Why would ford still roll them out like that on the GT500....its a $100 mod for crying out loud....I will definitley be doing this change
Eaton supercharger: again, I dont understand why they when this route..they had 2 other gt500s at the lot that the dealer was upgrading the Supercharger to the whipple upgrade...
Stripe seam alignment: this one surprised the hell out of me. I looked at every gt500 (5 of them here and 4 at another dealer) and they all looked the same the stripes had an imperfect overlap to them....I mean you have to look for it but they all did....this truly surprised me...
anyway..I am not whining...just some items I noticed when I went to finnally see my car in person...now the end of May is right around the corner........GT500 club here I come
Hey cheftjpeck remember me JB we first talked last year when i got my shelby.. CONGRATS u finally did it good move. Youll love it. Its good you brought this pin stripe issue up. I have only one complaint on my GTS and its the pin strips.They are starting to getoff color faded blotches that dont come out.I think it may be due to the minerals in our water and/or the sunbut im not sure anyone else has this problem?Ford has ordered new stripes and they told me there was one other person that had the same thing and they dont know why this happens. I like the stripe anyone have any suggestions on how to avoid this from hapening again I do keep it out of the sun and in the garage and also covered. when not in use mmmmm I hope it aint my cover . Anyway send me LOTS OF pics cheftjpeck of your gem.
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2007 Ford Shelby GT STOCK
Eng- V8 4.6L
hp - 325
Torq- 330 lb-ft
Axel Rat 3.55:1/2.41:1
0-60 5.0 sec
1/4 13.1 sec
Complaints on the GT500
