Front spoiler install

 Time for a new chin

One of the changes I had always planned on doing was to add a front chin spoiler to the car. This, I think sets off the front of the car. They are available as reproduction items and it a lot of cases were originally installed by the dealer. So I thought, why not..

Here is the car before.

Here is the spoiler before I installed it.

I found that there were 2 pilot holes already in the front stone tray, so installing was simple.

I simply added screws to the 2 pilot holes and then installed self tapping metal screws into all the other mounting points on the spoiler.

I then went for a bit of a spin to take some pictures.

For the remainder of the day, I reassembled the new (old) callipers to enable them to be sand blasted. 

I then installed the new bearing seats into the new front disk assemblies ready for install.

Next job, sand blast the callipers and front spindles.

Replace basic warning light part of dash with tacho

 Tachometer install.

A few months ago I discovered a guy in the US who can upgrade the original "idiot" light part of the standard dash in my mustang with a tacho and retain the warning lights around the outside of the tacho.

Here is the web page https://www.rccinnovations.com/index.php?show=menu-tach-all

The process involves sending a "core" to him that is the base part of the dash and he then upgrades it. As sending my core would render the car unusable for some months plus the cost of postage, I thought this was not feasible. I found a wrecker in the US that could supply a good core and send it directly to the guy that does the upgrades in the US.

After about 6 weeks the new tacho core arrived.

This is what that base dash set up looks like. Commonly called idiot lights.

The install was fairly simple. I removed the dash cluster, replaced the core and reinstalled. As I already had a small tachometer working in the small gauge cluster under the heater controls along with the water temp and oil pressure, the wiring was also simple.

Here is the completed install.

I'm happy to report that it works like a treat..

Next job, front spoiler.