There is a god . . . maybe

Perhaps I should change the name of this blog to 'Mustang News' or something. In any case, for those of you that are not tucked away under a rock somewhere Ford has unveiled the new 2010 Mustang. Actually you are unlikely to have heard about this unless you caught a story tied to the demise of the Big 3. As the truly ardent car fan that I am I have been following the release of this car for several months now. Every couple of weeks Ford has been releasing 'teaser' photos - shots of pieces of the new car, quite good marketing actually. Which leads me to a quick tangent - it seems like Ford markets their cars way more on the web than other brands but maybe I'm just biased. I mean right now I have an RSS feed from Fords website that notifies me of all the new Mustang news. In addition their website promoting the car is one of the best uses of Flash, crazy graphics technologies on the web that I've seen in a while. They manage to use the cool little tricks like rotating a picture 360 with your mouse in a way that's not forced - in other words they don't just use the latest and greatest because they can. Anyway back to the car. I will recount the awesome features as I remember them, there are undoubtedly more features than what I mention here but for me these are the takeaways:

• Navigation system with DVD, CD, 10 Gig jukebox, audio input


• Bluetooth


• Glass roof - this is really cool to behold


• Dual climate control


• Heated seats


• Power seats, both passenger and driver


• Rear mounted camera that displays in the nav system screen or in the rearview mirror


• Body color mirrors


• Plethora of new wheel options - 18",19"


• Gorgeously re-styled interior


• Drop dead gorgeous looks!

Eleanor Grill Installation

For me cars have been a hobby since I was able to purchase my first one. I still remember it, a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix. Back then, based off of the small black and white photo I saw in the Auto Trader magazine, I likened it to a large Camaro of the same era. Since then my love for cars has not waned however I rarely do anything but cosmetic modifications to my cars as I am not really mechanically inclined, I can read and follow instructions, which is usually enough.

My most recent endeavor - installing 3d Carbon's new eleanor grill on my 2006 Mustang GT. A relatively simple install with eye pleasing results, see photos (iPhone quality) below.

Note: when doing the install it wasn't necessary to remove the whole front bumper and fascia as the instructions recommended. Rather, just remove the radiator support and then the grill is easily removed by prying free several tabs attached to the bumper. The grill from 3d Carbon included a revised Mustang logo and some high intensity white bulbs.

Foolishly I forgot to take a photo of the car with the original grille for a before and after comparison. Lastly kudos to 3d Carbon as their product is top notch, also endorsed by Ford.