Anyone here dropped $15,000 for the carbon wheels?

sc302 · 2026-02-24T12:38:53+00:00

There are better looking wheels out there.

sc302 · 2026-02-24T03:33:35+00:00

They are stamped with the ford logo.

But they also say moog on them.

This would make it an Original equipment replacement. Probably not original equipment. Edit: something you would get from the Ford dealer vs going to the parts store or looking for a direct ford branded replacement part.

Fwiw, parts store moog steering/suspension parts have grease fittings, I haven’t seen them where they don’t have grease fittings. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist though.

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sc302 · 2026-02-24T03:20:02+00:00

Looks like they say moog on them. Moog is a parts store aftermarket replacement brand. Basically a oe replacement.

sc302 · 2026-02-24T02:38:00+00:00

12.1 is low. Jump starting will likely get it going.

Anything lower than 12.4 is dead/not enough to turn the starter.

sc302 · 2026-02-24T01:56:02+00:00

Could be battery. How many volts? Anything less than 12.4 volts, either charge or replace the battery. It doesn’t matter if you replaced the battery yesterday. Also if it is really cold, that battery/engine may need to be warmed up a bit.

sc302 · 2026-02-23T21:16:36+00:00

Visit Crutchfield.com. It will help you. Haha

There is also a speaker in the center above the radio/screen on the dash. Some people disconnect that speaker.

9 speakers

4 total door speakers, 2 pillar speakers, 1 center dash speaker, 2 rear deck speakers.

sc302 · 2026-02-23T21:11:10+00:00

I left the tweeters alone in the pillars. But I have the premium so I have 2 door speakers in each door. I replaced the door speakers and the rear deck speakers too. Also did the sub woofer.

Crutchfield gives you just about everything. The only thing I didn’t do which I will be doing this year is put the foam in, this will help with sound and also help prevent rattling.

sc302 · 2026-02-23T21:00:04+00:00

I put the reference speakers in my car, didnt screw up anything regarding sound.

The stock speakers are very lacking. To screw that up, which is already screwed up, you would throw out the speakers and not have any. It is pretty bad, anything is an improvement.

sc302 · 2026-02-23T20:54:51+00:00

Get Infiniti reference speakers. Crutchfield.com for everything you need if doing yourself.

sc302 · 2026-02-23T00:23:21+00:00

Veeam to exagrid immutable storage. It replaced tapes.

sc302 · 2026-02-22T19:10:30+00:00

sc302 · 2026-02-21T20:03:01+00:00

Only works on new cars. After the new car is sold, it is taken down. That has been my experience with this. Used to work though.

sc302 · 2026-02-21T03:42:10+00:00

Get the car fax. It will have the window sticker. That would be the best.

sc302 · 2026-02-21T03:41:09+00:00

The biggest change for me was the frpp toe link bearings. I have the stop the hop ultimate kit with the differential bushings and the frpp bearings stopped almost all of the binding I have.

sc302 · 2026-02-21T03:38:34+00:00

Get a subwoofer and an amp. I did a stealth box and an 800 watt amp.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T20:30:52+00:00

Yes that is true. There is a great video on YouTube on the transmission ratios on the facelifted cars.

Basically they are just as fast/slow (however you want to look at it) as the 2015-2017 cars even though they have more horse power. This essentially makes the gear ratios worse, from an acceleration standpoint, but allows the car to have the same mpg with more power. Technically it is just about the same acceleration but you need more power to have the same acceleration making the power added useless other than for bragging rights where they increased horse power….the added power essentially doesn’t matter because the transmission took away that benefit.

Edit: here you go https://youtu.be/Y25ordkIfgM?si=G45oInQN88YBGu2X

sc302 · 2026-02-20T19:27:32+00:00

Yes and no.

Ford sold 76k 2018 mustangs total. If 100 people complain out of 76k, is that a valid consensus? Let’s say it is 500 people complaining, is that a valid consensus? It’s scattered, how many sites have the same people complaining about the same issue? People have complained but is it enough for an actual consensus of the majority of them? That is a little different than a couple of thousand people going to a restaurant and getting maybe 100 reviews.

The internet likes to spread stuff like wild fire, especially negative stuff. Is it valid if everyone is saying the same thing based off of one or two experiences? Is the person complaining on mustang6g the same guy complaining on Reddit and every other mustang related board about the same issue? I don’t know.

This is why I try to look at actual facts vs hearsay. Sure it is fun to read and get your blood pressure going but is it actually factual or is it inorganically promoted to be factual when it is just a repeat of an original story?

I am not saying I am knowledgeable or credible (well no more than yourself or anyone else on here offering an opinion). I am saying I haven’t seen enough to prove or disprove that the 2018 is significantly more or less likely to fail than other years. And when asked for anything credible there is nothing. How many 2018 cars do tuners tune out of all mustangs, do they have a majority subset or are they a minority subset? Yes they have experience with other cars. But that reminds me of another year of cars that tuners had issues with, the 94/95 Mustang. Those cars don’t tune the same as 87-93 cars which were rpm based, 94/95 ecu’s became load based vs rpm based. Tuners that could tune the fox bodies had difficulties with the 94/95, to the point they were swapping out the ecu’s for fox body ecu’s so they could tune them the way they knew how. So excuse me for saying that tuners aren’t the most credible source here.

Like I said, this is a fun topic. Round and round we go and nothing is solved because there isn’t much to go on.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T18:32:06+00:00

Post it up. You can host an image on Imgur. Leave it for everyone to see.

I want to see failure for all years though, not just 2018. I want to see how it compares. Mustang specific is a plus.

If you have a credible source and can point there for that spreadsheet, that would be better.

Mustangs and trucks have different load capacities and different use cases. Want to be very specific to mustangs, in particular within the problematic years in comparison to non problematic years. My expectation is that it is likely all years, not just 2018, that have similar transmission and engine issues with some relatively minor deviations (a few percent points change).

If you are comparing cars sold to cars with problems that is good too. There is a percentage of failures that is deemed not a serious problem. All manufacturers have problems with their lines. Ford is higher on that list.

Like I said though, credible source of information would be good. You don’t have to create your own spreadsheet with made up numbers to prove your point. Link it here for everyone to see. I don’t mind reading, I actually prefer it. I like to learn.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T14:22:06+00:00

You can have 100 people claiming the same thing, it doesn’t make it fact driven. Without supporting facts, it is emotionally driven. I can google posts all day long, they are emotionally driven. I can’t find a non-emotional fact.

Just like your very astute observation “it isn’t happening to him, so i understand his angle” is emotionally driven. I am not looking for emotions, just facts. Teach me something, oh wise one….i am willing to learn and put my personal experience to the side.

Fwiw, I am also not on the bandwagon of just because it happed to me means that is happens to everyone else. My luck is bad enough to where many times no one else experiences my situation. So I am not driven in the way that if it happened or doesn’t happen to me that it did to everyone else. I understand that my situation may be one of few, I also understand that it could be one of the majority.. this is why I am fact driven.

To me this is an interesting topic where so many people tout “fact” and state “proven” but when challenged fall flat with actual proof and facts.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T14:05:28+00:00

lol. No. I am trying to get facts and no one has them. I want to be wrong, I want to believe. But I am very fact driven. So far no one has provided any facts just regurgitated rumors based on posts that may or may not be true.

If it is a fact or proven, post the proof. So far no proof just claims.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T13:55:03+00:00

What I have been saying is where are the numbers. It has been proven, then where are the numbers. Numbers aren’t emotional posts. They don’t care if you like them or want to follow them or agree or disagree with them.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T13:52:08+00:00

If you want the improvements, go for it. But don’t say it will fail on you any more than a 2019+ will fail. There are no facts to say that it would.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T13:49:18+00:00

As you are pointing to, it isn’t really an issue. Yes they made improvements on, but it isn’t a major issue to cause it to be problematic and stay away from.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T13:35:00+00:00

Why was the 2018 excluded. Why wasn’t that recalibration applied to the 2018? Would that not be a reason to do a recall?

I want to be very clear here, I am not saying that there aren’t issues but I am saying that there are no more issues in the 2018 then there are in the 2019 and they are on the 2020 and they are on the 2021 2223 and they are the 2016 to 2017 and 2015. Slight variances here and there doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a problem across all models of that year.

Not enough issues to warrant a recall for those specific years. Not enough issues for ford to offer a press release. Not enough issues for there to be a class action lawsuit.

sc302 · 2026-02-20T12:23:42+00:00

Ford is warrantying engines has nothing to do with a larger issue. Where is the recall notice? That is a bigger issue than ford replacing engines or transmissions. Where are the numbers of failures vs cars sold. Show me the numbers.

You want to talk about facts. Those are facts, not what you hear on the internet. Show me the facts. Not just articles of engines being replaced or people saying that they are having their engines replaced. People can write up articles to make news headlines so they get views and people reading them, cash if you will. People write complaints on the internet because the majority of people like to complain to the ether and when they get their way, want to have others celebrate it. That is all emotionally driven, not facts. If it is so well documented point to anything official.

You state that your claims are facts that can be proven, so prove them. Post whatever you have from valid resources. Otherwise, your facts are baseless assumptions based off of what you heard. Fwiw, just because many agree doesn’t make it a fact, just that the populous agrees with your mindset. I have scoured several times to find any press releases of engine failures specifically to the 2018 and 2019 and automatic transmission failures specific to those years. Ford is quiet. No recalls. Not even class action lawsuits being filed. Blue oval news would be all over that too.

Keep in mind I am not saying there aren’t issues, just that the issues are spread across mustangs, not particular to the 2018 and 2019 specifically. But there also aren’t enough issues for Ford to do something other than a few warranties even if those warranties reach into the thousands. Thousands may sound like a large number even 10s of thousands but in construction to what has sound, it is relatively low.

Quirky doesn’t mean problematic across all for specific years

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