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**Toby** · 07-05-2013, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by 03MachMe

you have to be the only person that prefers the 11-12 tails to the 13-14s. The tails are the only thing that kept me from pulling the trigger on one earlier. I think the stock tail lights on the 11-12 is aweful. the 13-14s look like pure sex.

haha i can deal with the front end, that is easy to make look decent, but the taillights are fugly imo... by far the worst design I could imagine haha but I cant say much as i do not own one and probably never will...

**Kosovobandit** · 07-05-2013, 10:11 PM

I would have to agree that the 11-12's look way better. Not painting the rockers, the 11-12 hood looks way better (nobody can convince me the heat extractor hood on the gt does alot of good), the shelby wanna be front bumper. At least the 11-12 has an identity of its own amd doesnt try and steal the shelby identity.

**Toby** · 07-05-2013, 11:24 PM

the '13 hood does help to an extent, but i would take a cowl hood any day and have much better looks and function when setup properly!

**BLK2012GT** · 07-06-2013, 01:34 AM

Originally Posted by downtime!

Dang, I thought this was going to be about the '11-'12's looking like Mustangs and the '13-'14's like Chargers. My bad.

LOL now you said that I can see the similarities.

**fordplay** · 07-06-2013, 11:02 AM

I'd love the 13 taillights on my 11. The hood on the 13 is cool' I mean look the camaro followed the design cue and gave the camaro a landing strip heat extractor. I'm torn on the painted rocker panels , I like them but fear in 3 years the paint wold be rock chipped bare

**kn7671** · 07-07-2013, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by fordplay

I'm torn on the painted rocker panels , I like them but fear in 3 years the paint wold be rock chipped bare

I was thinking about the painted rocker panels (assuming you meant side skirts), and I believe that pretty much every iteration of the Mustang "GT" that's been produced with side skirts, (1987-1993 FOX, 1994-2004 SN95, and 2005-2009, then 2013-2014 S197's) has been painted.

This probably makes the 2010-2012 Mustang GT the oddball for painted side skirts. So in this regard, you would only have to look at the other 89% of Mustang GT's from 1987 and up to know just how well the paint holds up.

**Dominic Toretto** · 07-07-2013, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by 03MachMe

you have to be the only person that prefers the 11-12 tails to the 13-14s. The tails are the only thing that kept me from pulling the trigger on one earlier. I think the stock tail lights on the 11-12 is aweful. the 13-14s look like pure sex.

He's not the only one. I too feel that the lights look better on the 11-12 cars. Not that the 13+s have bad lights, I just don't like that huge black strip across the back.

Thanks for the responses everyone, I was mainly concerned with the engine differences. They are all great cars, everyone enjoy yours

-Alex

**Midnight11** · 07-07-2013, 01:28 PM

ill pull a Jeff lol

ive had both so i can compare. 13s>11-12

everyone does saleen grill and boss front so they really dont have an "identity" and the lights are way better, who wouldnt want factory hids and led fogs?

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**BLK2012GT** · 07-07-2013, 01:33 PM

Your car looks the same foo. Besides the catfish mouth and the tail lights. But yes I do like the '13 tail lights more.

**BLK2012GT** · 07-07-2013, 01:42 PM

I guess Dodge and Ford got together and said hey let's copy each other on the front fascia. Lmao

**Midnight11** · 07-07-2013, 01:46 PM

yea it looks nothing like that...

**BLK2012GT** · 07-07-2013, 01:48 PM

If you dont paint the front bumper on the mustang and leave it black it will identical to the charger.

**Kosovobandit** · 07-07-2013, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by BLK2012GT

I guess Dodge and Ford got together and said hey let's copy each other on the front fascia. Lmao

there is a lot of truth to this and the GT/CS is the best looking 13-14 GT. It would be the only one i would purchase.

**fordplay** · 07-08-2013, 06:59 AM

Yeah.. I meant side skirts, the bandit 2 posts above mine wrote rockers, and it was early morning and oh well.. and yeah I don't think the paint holds up well on a daily driver... as for the charger a mustang... I see what you are saying how they appear similar in the front end.. but not enough for me, I'd never compare them in real life

**Grandpa** · 07-08-2013, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by Midnight11

ill pull a Jeff lol

ive had both so i can compare. 13s>11-12

everyone does saleen grill and boss front so they really dont have an "identity" and the lights are way better, who wouldnt want factory hids and led fogs?

Not everyone does the Saleen/boss mods. I purposely haven't done those because they are so popular and because I like the throwback to 68-70 fastback look.

As for the lights, I don't think they belong on a muscle car. That's just a difference between our generations is all. I think the HIDS/LEDS belong on Hondas/Euro cars and don't look right on a muscle car. To me, it makes as much sense as putting Yenko stripes on a Civic.

I also think the 13+ front ends make the Mustang look even bigger than it already is then people add these ridiculously big front end splitters that are completely nonfunctional to make the car look even bigger. It's just more fluff to appeal to the new generation is all that is all about "more". Muscle cars aren't about fluff, they are about performance.