I read on Facebook that it's anew design feature. Late '16's and all 17's+ will feature the flow striping.
It's like chevys flow-tie on z28's.
The stripe delete on the front bumper reduces updraft turbulence. It basically lets smother air into the grill openings. Smoother air is denser and less choppy. It aids all aspects.
The painted sections of bumper have different temps and different texture than the vinyl decal'd sections. Ends up making a huge pressure anomaly then gyrates.
They found it in the wind tunnel off their testing facility in the Kansas Rockies.
1 of 1 with partial stripe package and there's another "1 of 1" with leather front seats and cloth rear seats. Not only are they reliving the nostalgia of the GT350 nameplate, they're also reliving the quality control of the '60s.
A guy on the other forum refused delivery of a yellow one because it was all banged up (~3k in damage I think). I wonder if this could have been the car, front bumper was resprayed and they have yet to reapply the stripes
Funny, when I hear that helps the Aerodynamics. The question that always should be asked is: At what speed?
So much of the aero doesn't come into play till above maybe 100-120..
Just remembered, a guy at the track had a white with blue, and right at the top of the front head light, the clear coat was missing. Difficult to see, but over time, the section will weather differently.
There are no facts to back up my post. I mentioned Kansas Rockies at the end in hopes of eluding to that. A more subtle approach than saying they found it on their ocean front property in Colorado.
Not sure what happened here, but the QC on the S550 has been poor since introduction. Ford even wrote a dealer memo about the subpar build quality on earlier GT350 units and that there would be improvements over the model year.