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I had 2 nw shifters under warranty for the same thing. The second I was actually out of warranty period by a few months. Even the third one let go after I sold the car as I saw it at my local Ford a few weeks later. You just have to firm with them and make sure they understand you are not happy and a new shifter under warranty is the only way to fix that. Dont let them give you the old "Interior Trim is not covered" it happens to just about every manual car at some point and is clearly a manufacturing fault or poorly designed part. I am extremely fussy with my cars and would look after them better than most and this type of thing still happens.

I may be slightly bias but if the GTS is that good, write up a comparrison selling the GTS. Dont hang sh*t on the Ford making the GTS just better in comparrison. Also doing it in the wet is less than ideal and as he said, the GT was not driven to its full potential.and in the drag race clearly hits the brakes. There is a far better more neutral comparrion between the GTS and a AMG. Funnily alot of the GTS faults in that video are the Pros in this video. I am sure the GTS will be a great car. Essentially whats not to like, massive SC V8, massive brakes, heaps of tech and adjustable suspesion, it just wears the wrong badge. Its a new generation model with a heap of money thrown at the whole develpment whereas the GT is the last of the FGs already on a shoestring and is close to making way for a new model. For me though it has not lived up to the hype surrounding its release. None of the reviews have matched HSVs "claimed" figures which in themselves were a little average after they were talking the car up. 4.4s to 100 is not comfortably faster the 4.5s like they were quoting. These cars on the numbers (apart from price, my GT was $72k) are going to be much closer to each other than HSV would like. They have after all shunned FPV and discarded them as a rival. Although it is just another figure, Wheels tested the Rspec with a 4.5s sprint to 100 and a 1/4mile of 12.6s. When they tested the GTS its was slower across both. Bragging rights still remain with the RSpec for now. Unfortunately that's about it.

Aaronm, that green bit is the stock shifter. In fact everything you see in that picture is how the shifter is sold. you can just buy the leather boot, or the knob, you have to buy the whole lot at $500. I fought Ford for a while to have it replaced as the leather wrap came loose and span around the knob. I was out of warranty by a few months, but still just sh*t quality and they want $500. The green bolts face the ICC and bolts up to the short throw.

Correct, ASL do not offer a Sat Nav for the FG2. From what I can see the Top half of the ICC unit (the screen) is locked and has Sat Nav as part of the hardware. There is no sat nav unit located behind the glovebox anymore. The short of it is that the only way to get Nav is to swap te screen part of the unit over. Fortunately it is plug and play, no need to visit Ford for them to configure it for your vehicle. Unless someone whats to start playing around with the Screen and hack it, its unlikely to be useable for anything else.

My ute used to creak in the rear at slow speeds. Turned out to be the tailgate moving slightly.

I would also like to know a little about the new ICC's. Are there 2 ICC systems, one with Nav another without? Surely not I would think. If not how are ford adding nav.

This picture on the front cover is a photoshopped Taurus with some stripes and GT wheels. Not even very creative.

Mustang will be built from the factory as RHD. It WILL NOT be bought in as LHD and converted like the failed attempted by FTE a decade ago. Ford have already confirmed factory RHD versions for the UK and its a given we will get it as well due to the One Ford policies and the confirmed 30% increase in models that will be on sale. Its likely to have 4,6 and 8 cylinder options. I think Ford will put a silly price on it unforuntately. It wont be $100k though. A 4cyl ecoboost could be as little as 32-35k. They would be stupid to put more than $50k on the V8 GT, but I could see Ford rubbing their hands together and asking up to $80k with lower models also marked up. There wont be any expensive conversions to push the price up with them rolling down the production line with the steering wheel already on the right side. I just hope they dont get greedy considering the prices in the states, im not holding my breathe though. I hope we see a GT500 at some point as well with a sensible price tag.

FPV already stated that the current firewall will not hold any further power upgrades. Prodrive were working on an intercooled Miami before the Ford handover but couldnt use it without doing firewall strengthening mods. Remember nothing has been confirmed about the future of FPV, F6, GS and the GT. Could be that Ford just discontinue FPV sooner rather than later to avoid putting any further money on the line that just wont be recouped. Realistically how many FPVs will be sold before the doors close?

If the marks are down to the metel it wont buff out. You can only polish the clear coat layer of the paint. If the flaps rub through that, its going to need new paint. Put it this way you cars will generally have around 50-80 microns of Clear Coat that's makes your colour coat nice and glossy. that's not even as thick as a peice of paper. You will need to leave the car at a panel shop for the work to be completed so it will probably a 3 days turn around. Just be mindful of who gets used. Ford will likely advise the dealership to get some quotes from local shops and pick the cheapest. My ute was fine, but had some rust repaired on my Ranger and the panel shop did a crap job.

Yeah its a full respray of the sides of the tub unless they can polish the marks out. But a 3yr old car the rubs are going to be quite significant. You are entitled to the work to be covered under warranty but it is alot of work to get it all done.

I had my ute fixed under warranty. Fortunately both sides were the same so help prove my case. I beleive its fairly well documented. How old is the ute?

Good on em. Things wont happen over night, but they will. Nothing will happen if we just stand around complaining with our thumbs in our arses.

25 got the XR6T ute, now 29 and pick up a new GT Rspec in Vixen next week.

my springs were different. The idiot who did the install then put them in the wrong way round and the ute was really pissed. Swapped around and it sits fine.

I had a customer with a 325 LS3 clubby special and made less than my FG stock. Intake and tune only made 260rwkw. I also had one of these this week I will wait to the official press release for the GTS specs. 430 is a big jump in badge power and the public cry babies finger waggers are already having a whinge in comment sections on the interweb. Still even at 430, the 335 GT is just about on par if actual outputs are stamped on the bootlid.

I am going to be a *beep* to say forget a Falcon completely. Plenty of NAs, falcons and commodores wraped round trees with P-plates in the smashed glass on the road. Go out and spend a few grand on a Laser, Excel, 323 or even an old 4pot beemer. Learn to actually drive rather than pulling a license out of the Cornflakes box or from where ever else they are giving them away from and when you have got your opens then get whatever you want. Even with a NA XR you will need a tube of KY in the glove box as your will be bending over for the 5-0 quite abit.

Jumping from an FG to an FG11 there are quite a few interior bits that have been revisited. Carpet mats now have proper clips rather than a screw in hook. The mats themselves are different, same shape but different construction. The steering wheels look the same but have a different feel about them. The leather also looks to be better quality. Infact the whole interior just feels better put together. Not saying the FGs were in any way bad but the quality just feels better. The first 8" touchscreens were quite laggy aswell, theres been an update though which makes them better. There have been engine bay rearrangments too. The air con lines around the airbox have been altered. Intercoolers changed mid FG to have plastic end tanks.

Good buying, Jase the original owner is/was a member here.

Good to hear your getting a result your pleased with. As I mentioned in your other thread, you need something to clean the paint down after your done. A 20% Isopropyl mix with water is a good place to start, or Carpro Eraser from Waxit. If you leave any swirl remover or UC on the paint when you apply your wax, it wont stick properly. Kinda like trying to paint a greasy surface, it just wont stick. Definitely a good idea to post the picture. Ford are shocking for delivering cars with paint defects. Alot of people think its a cool effect of metallic paint. There are even cars out there that guys intentionally introduce holograms as flames etc.

Holograms are created by a poorly used rotary. The whispy white lines are thousands of micro scratches all etched into the finish as the machine moves in a that direction. Generally its from using aggressive compounds or wool pads, and not keeping the pad flat, pushing it along on an angle. Just about impossible to get thm by hand or by random orbital machine. But as Spinr said you can get micro marring instead.

If the applicator gets dirty it will need washing so you will need more than one. Dont be cheap!!! Your black car will hate you for it. As I said Ultimate compound finishes down really quite well so you would get no extra benefit from swirl remover. Everyones technique is different but generally its not needed. I would spend the money on a Random Orbital machine as the time saved alone makes it worth it. You will need multiple days to do it by hand. As for waxes, Ioncoat Naviwax is really good and a great deal although wont be back in stock for a few weeks. P21s, Collenite, Dp all do some decent products for reasonable prices.

Dont use paper towels sct911, use a microfibre applicator. You will probably find you need more than once pass with ultimate compound to get a decent result. Doing things by hand is slow and tedious. 2 small blobs, pea sized, is enough to do a sq foot area or so with machine so should be good by hand as well. Work in small areas. Ultimate compound finishes down pretty well so you may find you dont need the swirl remover afterwards. You will need a cleaner type product like Carpro Eraser or a 20% Isopropyl Alcohol water mix to cleanse the panels of polish. Once your done get yourself a decent wax to protect the paint, not megs nxt tech or any of that junk something from a dedicated car care supplier like Waxit or CCP.

Mine works fine as well.

Well done Karl, looks awesome on the rollers.