2009/10 rear end treatment

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Ashton Crusher - 27 Oct 2009 04:44 GMT

they ruined the look of the rear of the mustang. God it's horrible.

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John S. - 27 Oct 2009 11:25 GMT

> they ruined the look of the rear of the mustang. God it's horrible.

Yep... that's why I went with the new Camaro... ;) I really loved my
2005 Mustang.. but the 2010 is simply over stylized... and I simply
cannot stand the rear.. UGH! It would have been a lot more palatable
say if the EcoBoost would have been an option! LOL!

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Itsfrom Click - 27 Oct 2009 12:25 GMT

dittos: almost as-if they thought the restyle wasn't enuff for the
average person to notice, so they intentionally accentuated the
butt-in-the-air look.......very un-Mustang, and its......well, its as
weird as a French car!!!!!

the only thing that might grow on me is the sequential turn signals -
remind me of my old T-Birds - lthough they don't come-off too well with
the close-spaced lenses. anyone know if the electronics are adaptable
to 2005-09s.....or is it back to JC Whitney?

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Ashton Crusher - 28 Oct 2009 04:00 GMT

>dittos: almost as-if they thought the restyle wasn't enuff for the
>average person to notice, so they intentionally accentuated the
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>the close-spaced lenses. anyone know if the electronics are adaptable
>to 2005-09s.....or is it back to JC Whitney?

There are a couple people selling kits to make any (non-computer
controlled) muliti lamp system do the sequential thing. I put them on
my 99. I think the cost now would be around $125 for a kit.

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Frank ess - 28 Oct 2009 05:45 GMT

>> dittos: almost as-if they thought the restyle wasn't enuff for the
>> average person to notice, so they intentionally accentuated the
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> controlled) muliti lamp system do the sequential thing. I put them
> on my 99. I think the cost now would be around $125 for a kit.

That's about right.

Shelby offers a kit for the S197 et seq that is touted as having 6
(six) different modes. I could only find five distinct ones, but none
that justified the extra cost over the common one (as sold by American
Muscle, for instance). I settled on the standard sequence slowed down
a barely perceptible beat.

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Brent - 28 Oct 2009 02:22 GMT

> they ruined the look of the rear of the mustang. God it's horrible.

It's a draw for me. There are things I like and hate about both.

The 2009 is got wayyyyy too much bumper cover. The 2010 is the same from
a structure standpoint obviously but spliting it into two pieces with a
black lower does make the bumper cover appear normal sized.

The contours of the 2009 are more like the classic mustang chrome bar
bumper. The upward taper on the 2010 is kinda odd for a mustang.

The dishing of the taillamp panel on the 2010 is like a '69. The 2009 is
more 1970. I've always prefered the '69 over the '70. I wish they had
made the dish deeper and had the tri-bars protrude too.

The white space between the tri bars on the 2010 is odd looking. the
little squares on the bottom of the inner tri-bars on the 2009 is the
same cheap solution ford has been using for over a decade. Reminds me of
maverick more than mustang. I'd prefer classic separate back up lamps.
I give them credit for trying something new, but they had to keep it
cheap by making one lens for all the parts.

So 6 of 1, half a dozen of the other IMO.

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