Hey, guys.
Adam here with americanmuscle.com.
Today, we're taking a closer look at and installing the MMD by FOOSE Rear Ducktail Spoiler, available
for the 2015 and newer Mustang.
You should be checking this out if you're looking to switch over from that factory spoiler
or if you don't have one at all on your S550 to something that has that stylish, very recognizable
ducktail-styling.
This thing is just really clean, really sick on the S550s.
We've seen this with previous generations, but in my personal opinion, it compliments
the body style of that S550 very nicely.
We've got this installed on our 2018 EcoBoost in that orange fury color, and this is a pre-painted
parts, guys.
This is painted right here in-house at American Muscle.
It's painted to the exact paint code of your factory S550.
As you can see, this is the paint code NL for orange fury, but you will be able to select
your own paint color on the site upon checking out.
This was designed by none other than Chip Foose himself, a legendary name in the Mustang
community, but not only the Mustang community, just the automotive community in general.
He builds custom cars, custom car parts, and MMD is one of his lines.
This ducktail spoiler is a brainchild of Chip Foose himself.
And again, we've seen this in the past.
It looks really clean.
It uses all of the factory OEM CAD data from Ford to ensure a perfect fit.
It really hugs the body lines of that S550 really well.
It goes a lot wider than that factory spoiler we had on our 2018 EcoBoost.
But again, if you don't have a factory spoiler, this is an absolute huge upgrade must needed
for your 2015 and newer Mustang.
It's a lot taller than that factory one.
It has a lot more of a concave shape.
It's gonna do a lot of work for downforce.
Now, with all that said, it's made from an ABS plastic material.
We know that to be impact-resistant.
It's extremely durable.
It's extremely lightweight.
Very common with aftermarket parts, especially spoilers, so nothing really new to report
there.
It's gonna be the same material as that factory one, so you're not losing any quality as far
as the workmanship goes.
This is just gonna be a really sharp spoiler to add at the rear.
Looks really good, really easy to install.
I'll show you guys step by step how to get that installed, but first, if you want to
pick this up for yourself, it comes in just around 400 bucks.
And again, that includes the price of getting it pre-painted.
As soon as you order it, it goes right to our paint shop and they custom paint it right
to the paint code that you selected upon checkout.
Now, as far as the installation, I'm gonna give this one out of three wrenches on our
difficulty meter for the guys out there who do have factory spoilers on their S550.
Now, I say that because the guys without factory spoilers will have to do a little bit of drilling
to get this one installed.
Overall, it's not too hard of a job, but if you do have to drill because you don't have
a factory spoiler, I'm gonna give it two out of three wrenches on our difficulty meter.
Because our 2018 EcoBoost did come with one from Ford, we are not gonna go through the
steps to do the drilling.
We, of course, don't need to do that.
It's also worth noting that if you have a California Special, the factory spoiler that
comes with that particular trim package, the holes in your trunk lid will not be covered
by the ducktail spoiler.
That's something worth noting.
So, from here, I'm gonna show you guys every single step of the installation process, so,
let's get to it.
The tools used in this install were a 1/4-inch ratchet, extension, 10-millimeter deep socket,
Phillips head screwdriver, panel removal tool, and upholstery clip remover.
The first step of the install here, of course, is to uninstall our factory spoiler.
Now, if your S550 does not come with a factory spoiler, then you don't have to worry about
that.
You can skip right ahead to the install portion of this section of the video.
So, what we're gonna to do since we have one, we're gonna pop our trunk here and we're gonna
to have to remove this trunk liner.
Now, there's a couple of bump stops here, there's this plastic piece, and then a bunch
of plastic rivets or push pin clips that we'll remove in just a second.
First, I wanna start off with the latch.
Now, this is a plastic piece that is stuck in place, but in order to get that off, push
up and pull straight back.
It comes off super easy.
From here, you want to get these bump stops out.
Now, some guys will pull straight back on them.
They are a little bit resistant, so you're gonna to have to twist until it's loose enough
to just pull out by hand.
I know it sounds weird, but these rubber bump stops are threaded, so to speak, so they thread
right into these open holes, so you want to twist those all the way out.
Next up, I'm gonna use a panel removal tool, a flathead screwdriver also works as well,
but this makes it a little easier to remove those plastic push pins.
You just stick it underneath, pull straight back, and they come out pretty easily.
All right, as you can see, once you get that last one out, the whole trunk liner is gonna
want to come off.
So, we can start to peel that.
We've got that emergency latch, put that through the cut hole, take this whole thing off, and
I like to just set it right inside of the trunk.
Next up, we're gonna move up to the top corners.
As you can see, we've got a rubber grommet plugging a hole.
We're gonna want to pop that out.
That'll expose a screw inside of there.
Same thing on the other side.
All right, from here, we're going to get our ratchet and our socket.
We're gonna go inside of these holes here and remove the bolts holding on that factory
spoiler.
I'm gonna use my 1/4-inch ratchet and extension and a 10-millimeter deep socket to get these
out.
Now, you don't want that nut to drop inside of the trunk lid, so it's a good idea sometimes
to tilt your trunk lid down when backing out that nut, that way it comes off inside of
your socket and doesn't have the potential to fall straight back down.
Same thing on the other side.
All right.
We've got two more inside of this big open hole that we gained access to by removing
that trunk liner, that's why that had to come off.
Now, this one's a little bit easier because once these nuts are loose enough, you gonna
just go in there by hand and make sure it doesn't fall.
All right.
Next up, I'm gonna use an upholstery clip to help remove our spoiler.
We can shut our trunk lid, but this is held on by [inaudible 00:06:58] 3M tape from the
factory.
It's on in there.
It's really secure.
Having an upholstery clip remover that has that flat end, that'll help us slide under,
remove some of that 3M enough to get this to pop off.
You can start here on the edge.
You can see that helps slide right underneath and helps lift up.
And it's safe enough that it's not gonna scratch your paint.
You can run this right along the sides, all right, and then lift straight up.
You're gonna set this aside.
Our factory spoiler is thin, it's short, it doesn't really wrap around and cover the entire
trunk going onto the fenders.
The MMD Ducktail Spoiler, however, does.
This is going to be a lot more aerodynamic.
The factory spoiler doesn't do much, if anything at all, for aerodynamics.
It's really just there for appearance.
Your MMD option, it comes up a lot higher than the factory one.
It's got that concave finish so it helps push air up and keep the downforce at the rear
end.
This actually does have a functionality, whereas the factory one, like I said, just for appearance.
The finish, the materials, the paint, all the same as the factory one.
Our paint code is the exact same.
The paint team here does a great job with these pre-painted parts, making sure that
they look identical to that factory paint code.
With that new S550, you know, it hasn't really sat out in the sun for a long time, so of
course, it doesn't have that sun fade, so the paint is exact match it.
The MMD Ducktail Spoiler does use that factory Ford data so it bolts up straight to your
factory holes that are already pre-drilled with your factory spoiler.
However, if you don't have a factory spoiler, there is a little bit of drilling you'll have
to do.
There's gonna be some templates included in the kit that you'll wanna follow to make sure
you're drilling directly into where you need to, to you use the hardware provided in the
kit to bolt this down.
As you saw, we took that factory spoiler off, so we're gonna reuse those factory holes.
I wanna show you guys how this gets installed, so let's get to it.
And before we can actually bolt down our new spoiler, we wanna take the alcohol wipes provided
in the kit and just clean off the area that our factory one came off.
This is especially important for the guys who have that factory spoiler because it had
3M tape on it from the factory line, so you want to get rid of some of that residue that's
on the back of your trunk.
All right.
Next up, we're gonna set this into place where it's gonna get bolted down.
You don't wanna put pressure on the 3M just yet.
You wanna get these lined up with the bolt holes.
You wanna make sure we put our hardware in place on the bottom of our trunk, tightening
that down just a little bit, but leaving room for adjustment on the spoiler.
It'll hold it in place just enough for us to peel off that 3M tape backing, put pressure
all around, and then go back and tighten down the hardware.
So, make sure you have it in place first.
All right.
Now, we have those holes lined up.
You wanna get your Phillips head screwdriver, make sure they lined up on both ends, and
we're gonna tighten it down.
Just wanna get a couple of threads in there to hold that spoiler in place, that way we
can lift this all the way up and work on the two on the inside.
These ones we can thread down by hand.
We have them threaded down just enough.
From here, it's still a little loose, so at this point, we can drag that 3M tape backing
away, peel that completely off.
From here, you wanna shut your trunk lid and put pressure all around for that 3M tape bonding.
Open it back up and tighten down the screws, and you'll be good to go.
At this point, we can start putting stuff back together.
We're gonna start with the grommets all the way on the left and right.
Just push straight down in the center and those will pop into place.
Now, we can throw our trunk liner back on the inside of the trunk lid.
Now, with this, you don't wanna forget that emergency release.
You wanna feed that through that cut open slot.
Same goes with the wiring harness here.
Grab one of those push pin clips to hold it into place.
All right, work your way all the way around.
Latch just snaps right back into place, that'll hold.
Last but not least, those bump stops.
If you remember, these were twist-offs, so we're gonna do the same thing to get these
back on.
Right.
With that reinstalled, you're good to go.
You can shut our trunk and hit the road.
That's gonna wrap up my review and install of the MMD by FOOSE Rear Ducktail Spoiler,
available for the 2015 and newer Mustang.
If you want to pick up the MMD by FOOSE Ducktail, you can do so right here at americanmuscle.com.