Picked up a 2010 Hardtop GT

Remote tuners are common and finding good ones is tricky but not that hard,
Ironically one of the best remote guys in the world is Mexico, guess this guy does wonders.
He gives you base tune, has you data log it, send it back to him and writes the tune.
I will see if I can find his name it is on G6 forum.

I agree with Marc, Desilva is great, Pete in New hampshire was also great, few guys that good around.
But its time consuming and adds massively to the cost,
With what your going to do most good tuners will give you all you need and a little data logging
will make it fit your car just fine.

Palm Beach dyno are also famous for Mustang tunes, and they work local and all over the world.
Seen thier names on multi forums with great results and many in southern east coast go to them directly as well.

If you go down the normal path mods and do not do anything crazy like I did with my 08
getting a good tune will be no issue for you.

I suspect you have a fair bit of reading and doing the reserch and eciding on what
you want is half the fun, you have abit of mechanical ability and you enjoy it, so do the mods you can
do yourself, some are hard and may take you a bit of time, but lots of rewards in doing what you can yourself.

Besides rewards in the drive when done are the greatest rewards.
I did mine for few years, with many more planned, when my current car came along
and changed all that, this does not have to be done all at once.

plan, do in winter, drive in summer phase 2 next winter :)
 
Ohtobbad said:
Remote tuners are common and finding good ones is tricky but not that hard,
Ironically one of the best remote guys in the world is Mexico, guess this guy does wonders.
He gives you base tune, has you data log it, send it back to him and writes the tune.
I will see if I can find his name it is on G6 forum.

I agree with Marc, Desilva is great, Pete in New hampshire was also great, few guys that good around.
But its time consuming and adds massively to the cost,
With what your going to do most good tuners will give you all you need and a little data logging
will make it fit your car just fine.

Palm Beach dyno are also famous for Mustang tunes, and they work local and all over the world.
Seen thier names on multi forums with great results and many in southern east coast go to them directly as well.

If you go down the normal path mods and do not do anything crazy like I did with my 08
getting a good tune will be no issue for you.

I suspect you have a fair bit of reading and doing the reserch and eciding on what
you want is half the fun, you have abit of mechanical ability and you enjoy it, so do the mods you can
do yourself, some are hard and may take you a bit of time, but lots of rewards in doing what you can yourself.

Besides rewards in the drive when done are the greatest rewards.
I did mine for few years, with many more planned, when my current car came along
and changed all that, this does not have to be done all at once.

plan, do in winter, drive in summer phase 2 next winter :)
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Thanks for that, more great information.
 
67 AGAIN said:
They’re not hard to use.
For a CAI like you’re planning, you're going to install the CAI. Then dump the tune in with the tuner.
Any vendor will explain how it works. You can likely call them to walk you through the process when the time comes.

The tune will be in the tuner.
You just have to dump it in.
Plug into OBD port.
Turn ignition ON, without starting the car.
The tuner will come on with power from car.
There will be prompts on the screen to navigate with.
Forward and back arrows, up and down arrows, an OK button and a Back button.

Best comparison is like using a video game console.
Follow the prompts. Confirm or back out if not in right spot.
It’ll be intuitive.
Can’t really damage anything.
A wrong action can be reverted.

I’m sure there are how to videos on youtube.
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Just make sure your baytery fully charged before you do the instalation of the tunner because not the time the baytery goes down .on you.
 
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Not sure if this qualifies to be in a “build thread”, but I changed the cabin air filter yesterday. Unlike most cars where the filter is accessed through the glove box, this one is accessed by unclipping the plastic trim behind the battery. Getting the new one down and snapped in place was like trying to stick a wet noodle up a wildcat’s ass. Does anybody change these? This was was filthy and pretty well clogged, as was the one on the used Civic I purchased in August, that was moldy.
 
KBStang said:
View attachment 81086View attachment 81087Not sure if this qualifies to be in a “build thread”, but I changed the cabin air filter yesterday. Unlike most cars where the filter is accessed through the glove box, this one is accessed by unclipping the plastic trim behind the battery. Getting the new one down and snapped in place was like trying to stick a wet noodle up a wildcat’s ass. Does anybody change these? This was was filthy and pretty well clogged, as was the one on the used Civic I purchased in August, that was moldy.
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not much good, maybe help your immune system breighing that shit 😁
 
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While waiting for parts to arrive, gave the car a good wash and clay barred it. Original paint is in good shape with some surface scratches, which were much more visible after the clay bar removed all of the wax. There is a bit of fading on the near horizontal surfaces on the bumpers, but looks like the Meguiars Compound will bring them back. Once hit with the compound, the paint has a good shine, and the color is much deeper. I will wait for the striping to arrive and has been installed before giving it a ceramic coat.
 
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After working at the paint by hand an hour or so a day the past few days, I dug out the electric polisher today and did some serious paint correction, and finished it. Near the end of the job I actually wore through the foam applicator pad. Amazing how well the paint came back and how the surface scratches are no longer visible. The dark trim on the car was all faded to a light grey and a trim restorer brought it back to where it should be. After doing some research, I ordered 4 Firehawk Indy 500 tires. I’ve got a line on a JLT Series 3 CAI and I have to settle on a tuner. Exhaust, front splitter, etc enroute.
 
I'm always trying to figure out which polish or compound is going to do what I need it to do.

Meguiars Compound is a little more aggressive than the Meguiars Polish, looks like you got some good results !!

What ceramic coating are you going with in the spring ?
 
The paint did not look too bad when I picked up the car, but after I clay barred it, there were more fine scratches visible. I am guessing that previous coats of wax had masked the fine scratches. I tried a number of different cleaner polishes, including Mother's, and Scratch X, but the Meguiars Compound gave the best results, particularly with the electric polisher.

I had used Chemical Guys Hydro Slick Ceramic Coating on the 2024 and got good results, but it is more of a wax than a true ceramic coating, and will have to be reapplied every 6 months, or so, but I enjoy cleaning any waxing. After reading some reviews, I purchased a more expensive Adams
Ceramic Coating a couple of months ago, but I have not tried it yet.

I tried about 8 different waxes on a red Civic I have and a 4-5 year old can of Mothers paste wax gave the best shine.

All that to say I am not sure what I will end up putting on the 2010. I will likely try some different products on small areas and see what gives the best shine.
 
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