If you're the owner of a 2018 and newer GT or EcoBoost Mustang and you're looking to
change up the look of that factory hood without blowing hundreds of dollars, then you might
wanna consider adding the AmericanMuscle Graphics hood stripes that we're talking about here
today.
Now, these stripes will fill the two voids in your factory hood behind those factory
vents with a 4-mil black cast vinyl, all for right around that $60 price point.
Install, according to the site, will get a one out of three wrenches on the difficulty
meter, take about an hour or so from start to finish.
But you guys hang with me for a little bit, we'll show you how it's done.
So if you guys didn't know, I'm a big fan of vinyl for the simple fact that it allows
you to change up the look of your ride dramatically at times, but without being terribly expensive,
and the best part is, if you don't like it or you get tired of the look, you just simply
pull it off.
Now, I've had a few doubts with vinyl myself on my S197, and while I did enjoy the look
of those GT500 style stripes for a few years, eventually, the time came when I was ready
for a different look, and that meant just simply pulling them off with minimal effort.
Now, the kit we're looking at here today, again, will appeal to the 2018 and newer GT
or EcoBoost owners who wanna switch up the look of the hood on your new S550 but without
making the leap to an aftermarket hood which, as you know, also will need to be painted,
and we all know that combination is not cheap.
So, that's where this kit from AM Graphics comes into play, give you some options, change
up the look of that factory hood, but, again, without breaking the bank.
Now, the specific part of the hood that this kit does fill in, in my opinion, was begging
for vinyl the moment these cars came out, and as a result, it was one of the first vinyl
exterior designs that the crew at AM Graphics came out with.
Now, we are featuring the satin black option here in this video, but you should know that
we do also offer this kit in other colors as well, such as silver, for instance, and
even a matte black version, so feel free to check out the complete list of all your color
options on the site if you're looking to do something a little bit more different.
Now, material-wise, the crew at AM Graphics uses nothing but the best stuff, and in this
case, that means the 4-mil wrapping cast vinyl, which has been rated at eight years of extreme
outdoor use without fading or peeling, thanks in part to the built-in clear coat layer up
top here.
Now, the bottom of the vinyl also features what is called air release technology, and
that's just gonna help prevent any bubbles during the installation process.
Finally, you guys should know that the crew here at AM Graphics does test fit, tweak,
and redesign each one of their vinyl pieces before sending them out on our own fleet of
cars here at AM, so again, you can just expect a perfect fit on your ride at home.
But now, we wanna show you just what it takes to get this pre-cut vinyl installed on your
S550 at home, so without further ado, here's a quick walkthrough of the job and some tools
needed to make it a little bit easier.
Tools required for this install: a soapy water mixture in a spray bottle, a clean microfiber
towel, the supplied squeegee.
Optional, but very helpful, is a heat gun.
So, today, I'm gonna show you how to install these hood stripes on our EcoBoost.
Now, I already have my soapy water staged up here as well as my supplied squeegee.
So, what I'm gonna do is actually spray down the hood first.
I'm gonna go all the way up.
Then, I'm also going to peel back our vinyl here and spray it down at the same time, so
I'm just gonna get a little bit showing here.
This top is probably gonna get cut off because we do have a little bit extra.
Be pretty liberal about this, because we can squeegee out all of it and even use the heat
gun to get everything out of there.
Now I'm gonna lay this on my hood and I'm gonna move it into position here, right over
our hood vents.
We're just gonna slide it into place here, then we're going to just move it and angle
to where it meets up with our body line here, and then we're gonna take our squeegee and
start squeegeeing some of that water and soap mixture out of there.
What we're gonna do now is take a fresh razor blade.
We're gonna find that hood line right here.
We're gonna cut about an eighth of an inch past it.
This way, we can wrap it back underneath that hood for a clean finish.
So now we're just going to tuck that stripe right underneath that hood, get our squeegee
out because we still have some air and some water underneath that.
Get rid of all that.
So, I'm actually bringing in the heat gun now to help get rid of a lot of that water
underneath and bend our end here underneath our hood.
So, I don't have this full blast, I have it right in the middle, but you can see it's
definitely helping get the rest of that liquid out from underneath and dry up that edge so
we can tuck it underneath our hood here.
All right, so we're gonna repeat those steps on the passenger side and get that hood stripe
installed.
That's gonna wrap up my install of the AmericanMuscle Graphics black hood stripes for your '18 and
up Mustang.
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