Justin: Hey, what's up everybody? Justin with americanmuscle.com. Welcome back to
another installment of our customer build series. A series of videos where we talk to
customers from all over the country about their rides, their modifications, what they like,
maybe what they don't like, and maybe give you guys some ideas for those 'stangs at home.
Now, today, I'm actually catching up with an old friend of mine, a gentleman named Kevin,
local guy here to us in the North East. We've seen him at a lot of our AM Shows over the years,
and I'm actually really pumped to be talking to him today about his white S197,
kid's got good taste. Guys, if you want to see a complete breakdown of Kevin's modifications,
check out his build page back on the site, or if you're catching this on YouTube,
just go ahead and click on that link below. But say what's up to Kevin. How you doing man?
Kevin: Good. Everything's been really well man. It's been a while. How have you been?
Justin: It has. Kevin and I go back to, gosh, I forget what year I first met you
at our AM Show. Kevin's always out at our show, always representing, having a good time,
and always kind enough to take the time out of his day to come talk to me a little bit,
and I appreciate that man. I'm a big fan of your ride because,
like myself, you're a big fan of the white S197 GT. So, let's start with the front end.
The first thing that jumped out to me as an S197 fan is that Boss front end, like
the lower splitter. I think it adds so much to your car. What's your experience like with that?
Kevin: When I first got the car, I knew that it was missing something,
but I knew that that was probably the first thing I wanted to do to the vehicle,
was just to clean up the front end. I went ahead and I ordered the Boss 302
front fascia and I threw in some Raxiom LED lower fog lights just to kind of modernize the
lighting a little bit. Those yellow bulbs were kinda killing me a little bit, so.
Justin: Yeah, it looks good. So you have the Raxiom Halo fog lights on the car,
and you had a factory HID car too as well, huh?
Kevin: Yeah. I got pretty lucky with that. I didn't really notice that the
car had HIDs up until I saw it in person and got to look at the car and just fell in love with it.
Justin: Awesome man. Also up front, I think you also have some Axial stuff
going on as well, correct? Some of the marker lights and stuff around the car?
Kevin: Yeah. As soon as I saw those Axial side marker lights, I really didn't want to have to
put black side markers. I'm not really a fan of the whole storm trooper look, but as soon
as I saw that Axial released a clear housing, I was set on them. I ordered them and put them in
the same day they came in. I'm very, very happy with those, have them in the rear and the front.
Justin: Nice. You also made another really good move with adding the '13,'14 style taillights.
Kevin: Yes. It was a big thing that had to go.
The stock taillights look like two candy canes on the rear end of the car man.
And since I was going with a lot of updated lighting, I had the Raxioms up in the front,
the Axials on the side, needed something to do with the rear end, and super happy with them.
Justin: That's awesome man, that's really good. They really do make a world of difference. Let's
talk stance, and again, this has been kind of an evolution for you. And as far as your stance is
concerned, I see you've got the STR.Ts as far as your dampers. What spring is the car on?
Kevin: On my last Mustang, I had the Vogtland Sportlines.
I knew that I wanted to go with the Vogtland Sportlines as soon as I got
this car. I think this past winter, the car was just sitting. I was detailing it,
was just giving it some love, and I wound up ordering those Vogtland Sportline springs.
Justin: Behind those four performance wheels,
you've got some Power Stop stuff going on, correct?
Kevin: Yup. Power Stop performance brakes, and then, I wound up pairing them with some
drilled and slotted rotors up in the front. I am going to do the rears just to kind of match
up everything. It's definitely something I'd like to take care of hopefully soon.
Justin: That's awesome man. Well, I'll tell you, a factory HID car with Brembos in white,
that's a unicorn right there man. Now, let's see. Let's move around the back of the car.
I believe you still have the GT500-style spoiler, the prepainted spoiler on, correct?
Kevin: I love how the GT500 looks. It just kind of flows very well with the body lines. The guys over
at the AmericanMuscle Show, when I bought it, they were super super helpful with the process.
Ordered it the morning, received it back in the afternoon, and that same night, I put it on.
Justin: Awesome. Paint match is easy to make that happen too,
right? Like you don't have to wait for it to get painted.
Kevin: The paint matching that you guys do in your booths are...they're A1, spot-on.
Justin: That's great man, I'm glad to hear it. And
I also saw that you pulled the trigger on an Airaid filter.
Kevin: So an Airaid filter. Fortunately, I got the whole car's tuned by VMP,
super awesome guys, I know they work very closely with you. I threw a bunch
of questions at them because it was my first time tuning my car. The car was
sleeping a little bit before the tune, and the tune tied everything together.
Justin: I can't say enough good things about Justin and Joe down there at VMP. Those guys
are awesome. Justin did a great job on my car, had it running great. We kind of
segued into a thing I always like to do which is basically what's some future modifications. Now,
you kind of hinted at a few, maybe the Paxton, maybe some rear brakes.
Anything else you really have your eye on that you'd like to have down the road?
Kevin: In terms of performance, I really would love to swap over the intake manifold. I'm still
doing a little bit of research on that. Probably within the next two years, would love to get the
Paxton kit that you guys offer. Aside from the force induction, I feel like that would kind of be
the climax of the car, you know what I mean? I've built it from aesthetics, and then went over to
some performance. I feel like that Paxton would be a very, very good way to end the build if you know
what I mean. I think getting in a stronger block would be a very good idea. Long term would be to
get a '17 block, build it from the block up, and then slap on that Paxton, and I'll call it a day.
Justin: Last question is something I ask everybody, and I think I already know,
but I just want to make sure that I get it right. Do you have a name for the car?
Kevin: Yes, actually. A friend of mine looked at the car once, and he asked me, he was like,
"Do you have a name for it?" I really didn't pay too much attention to that sort of thing,
I wasn't really like a name guy. He was just like, "Why don't you name it Delilah?" And
I was like, "Delilah?" Delilah was a name that rolled off his tongue,
and I was like, no, that's dumb. And the next day, it just stuck with me. The name
sticks and it's part of the character of the car, part of the personality.
Justin: Dude, thank you so much again for taking some time out
of your schedule and talking with me today about Delilah,
I appreciate it, and hopefully, we'll see you at the next AM Show next year.
Kevin: Yeah. For sure Justin. Thank you very much for reaching out to me,
I appreciate it. Whether it's at the AM Show or just here, I'm always going to take some
time out of my day to say hello to you, wish you well. Hope everyone is well and safe and healthy.
Justin: Appreciate it brother, likewise.
Kevin: All right. There you go, guys. That was Kevin and Delilah, his 2011 GT. I tell you man,
I love that car. With factory HIDs, factory Brembos from 2011, that's a rare car,
and he's done a great job getting it started in the right direction. Sounds like he's got
some awesome plans down the road with a Paxton, maybe some other goodies,
and hopefully, we'll be catching up with Kevin and Delilah in person next time we
have one of our AM Shows. Guys, we hope you enjoyed this installment. Again, as always,
if you want to see a complete breakdown of Kevin's ride and his modifications, check out his build
page back at americanmuscle.com, you can see a ton of his pictures, or as always, just click
on that link below in the description if you're watching this on YouTube. Guys, in the meantime,
thanks for watching. I'm Justin. For all things Mustang, keep it right here at americanmuscle.com.