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2012-2013 Boss 302 Mustang
Out of the ashes, a Phoenix is born (Boss 302 teardown and rebuild)
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<blockquote data-quote="ford20" data-source="post: 15110471" data-attributes="member: 140884"><p>I guess I will just make this my general build thread from here on out. As I said before, I think that I can break just about anything. When I went to go put on my blowfish tow hook I ended up breaking one of the bolts from the Laguna Seca bracket while taking it off the car. It looks like someone replaced it at one point since I only had 3 out of 4 bolts installed and the 3rd bolt that I broke was a different kind of bolt all together.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/710/22265275163_a1405ed03a_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If you look at the bolt heads, you will see that 2 of them are painted that brown primer color while the broken one isn't and even the bolt itself is different. I'm not sure if that is by design but it looks like the bracket was replaced at one point.</p><p></p><p>The install is pretty straight forward, you basically center the bracket up and line them up in the recesses in the bumper bar and you can bolt the two halves together. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/574/22467816439_472c0fe533_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Since I have a 2012 I had to use the supplied spacer along with the longer carriage bolts.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5832/23426559185_5002d4ce5e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Oh, and I ended up braking a bolt from the blowfish hardware -_-</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/644/22468088798_d4d4939554_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I sent a message to Steve and within like 4 minutes he sent me a message and we talked about and said he was going to send new hardware out on Monday. I got the in hardware in a couple of days and I was back in business. He even sent me two new bolts and inserts for the top of the mount which was very nice. The customer service from my side of things is absolutely excellent with Steve, I would HIGHLY recommend the blowfish bracket. It appears to be very well constructed and the hardware seems to be of pretty good quality (despite me breaking one) and the powder coating on this is very nice! I bolted everything up and used Blue Loctite #242 on all of the bolts for a little bit of extra security. </p><p></p><p>On the 2010-2012 with the Boss 302 front valance you have to cut a hole in it so that the tow hook assembly can fit through the bumper. It is pretty easy though so no big deal here.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/576/23130865700_ac6902dc06_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While I had the bumper off I figured I would take the old turn signals out and put some new blackout ones in which was a pretty simple mod. Just remove these two plastic nuts, pop the old one out and put the nuts back on.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5683/23016956566_d9ea4a914e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Old vs. New</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5771/22650769629_afab825fd9_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Finished product</p><p></p><p><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5816/22624680627_b2834d178c_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ford20, post: 15110471, member: 140884"] I guess I will just make this my general build thread from here on out. As I said before, I think that I can break just about anything. When I went to go put on my blowfish tow hook I ended up breaking one of the bolts from the Laguna Seca bracket while taking it off the car. It looks like someone replaced it at one point since I only had 3 out of 4 bolts installed and the 3rd bolt that I broke was a different kind of bolt all together. [IMG]https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/710/22265275163_a1405ed03a_b.jpg[/IMG] If you look at the bolt heads, you will see that 2 of them are painted that brown primer color while the broken one isn't and even the bolt itself is different. I'm not sure if that is by design but it looks like the bracket was replaced at one point. The install is pretty straight forward, you basically center the bracket up and line them up in the recesses in the bumper bar and you can bolt the two halves together. [IMG]https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/574/22467816439_472c0fe533_b.jpg[/IMG] Since I have a 2012 I had to use the supplied spacer along with the longer carriage bolts. [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5832/23426559185_5002d4ce5e_b.jpg[/IMG] Oh, and I ended up braking a bolt from the blowfish hardware -_- [IMG]https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/644/22468088798_d4d4939554_b.jpg[/IMG] I sent a message to Steve and within like 4 minutes he sent me a message and we talked about and said he was going to send new hardware out on Monday. I got the in hardware in a couple of days and I was back in business. He even sent me two new bolts and inserts for the top of the mount which was very nice. The customer service from my side of things is absolutely excellent with Steve, I would HIGHLY recommend the blowfish bracket. It appears to be very well constructed and the hardware seems to be of pretty good quality (despite me breaking one) and the powder coating on this is very nice! I bolted everything up and used Blue Loctite #242 on all of the bolts for a little bit of extra security. On the 2010-2012 with the Boss 302 front valance you have to cut a hole in it so that the tow hook assembly can fit through the bumper. It is pretty easy though so no big deal here. [IMG]https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/576/23130865700_ac6902dc06_b.jpg[/IMG] While I had the bumper off I figured I would take the old turn signals out and put some new blackout ones in which was a pretty simple mod. Just remove these two plastic nuts, pop the old one out and put the nuts back on. [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5683/23016956566_d9ea4a914e_b.jpg[/IMG] Old vs. New [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5771/22650769629_afab825fd9_b.jpg[/IMG] Finished product [IMG]https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5816/22624680627_b2834d178c_b.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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