Quote from: lamrith on May 10, 2018, 03:05:08 PM
I am working on visual mods to the SHO and am wondering about the lower grill area. I have a PP so no adaptive cruise. I believe on the adaptive there is a mesh panel on the driver side for the sensor? I honestly am curious as to why Ford left them covered like they did in teh non adaptive cruise cars? They have an obvious shape like they could have or should have been opened up, but then they did not do it? I am wondering if there is any benefit to opening up the side sections?
At the same time though that will change how air enters the nose of the car and maybe it needs to be channeled at the center where all the cooling cores are? Could air rusing in there right at the wheel well liners cause problems with the liners? I can see it as being another way for water and dirt to get in there and make a mess, but visually I think it might be better and it will put more cool air in there to push hot air out..?
Thoughts?
My dad and I have always been fans of opening the grills up. I never did so on my SHO, but on my mustang I put a termi (03/04 cobra) front bumper on for additional cooling due to a larger opening (and to show off the intercooler). We made a mess grill with I believe gutter mesh, and painted it, it is literally attached by a few zipties in trick locations, to keep bugs out. He did the same type of grill and opened up the lower grill/bumper portion on his 2011 F150 Ecoboost.
I say go for it if you want to. Remove the OEM stuff, rather than modifying it, so you can put it back if you want to.
Oh, and Pics when you do it.