SpeedForm Decklid Blackout Panel (05-09 Mustang)

Video Review & Installation

Justin: SpeedForm's Decklid Blackout Panel here will be an easy and affordable way to add that smoked glossy appearance to the bare decklid of your 2005 to 2009 Mustang. Construction will be a dark one-piece composite material molded to fit the decklid perfectly while the peel and stick installation will be easy enough for just about anyone to tackle. So figure a soft one out of three wrenches here and about 30 minutes or less to complete from start to finish as we'll show you a little later in the video.So a full disclosure here, guys, outside of the vinyl kit on the site, this is gonna be one of your most affordable ways to blackout the decklid on your '05 to '09 Mustang. V6, GT, Shelby, BULLITT, doesn't matter, the SpeedForm option here will fit them all. Now I do use that word blackout kind of loosely here because as you can see, this isn't a completely black piece of plastic, instead, it's more of a dark smoked appearance. So just know that, just be aware of that before pulling the trigger, so there's no surprises when everything shows up.I will say however that glossy smoked appearance does flow really well with a set of smoked tail lights but ultimately that will be your choice. Now another good way to get a better idea of what this thing is gonna look like when installed is to read up on the literally hundreds of customer reviews here on this product while checking out some of the customer submitted images at the same time because you'll get a better sense of what it looks like once installed especially on your own color ride at home.But outside of that physical kind of smoked appearance of the decklid panel, there isn't a ton to talk about with the exception of construction of course. So injection-molded, composite-plastic will be your material of choice here and again it has been designed in a way to fit that decklid rather well given the budget-friendly price point.Now as you can see, there is a cutout here in place for that factory rear decklid emblem. But just a quick heads up here, guys, if you are considering going with a pre-painted trunk emblem from maybe MMD or something similar, fitment will not be guaranteed without modification with the aftermarket decklid panel in place. Now the factory emblem, gonna be just fine, right? But anything else, there might be some modifications required to get it all to kind of jive together.But now let's get into the installation. And if you didn't know already, this panel will secure to your factory decklid using the pre-installed 3M automotive tape here on the backside of the panel itself. So no cutting, no drilling, no permanent modification is needed. And to give you a better idea of how things are all going to go down, here's a detailed walkthrough along with a quick tool breakdown.Man: The tools used for this install are a damp cloth and a razor knife. So the first step to this install is gonna be to make sure that you're working with a nice clean surface, and then you're gonna use the provided alcohol prep pads to wipe down the surface where the 3M tape is gonna stick. Now I'm just gonna start by peeling back the corners of my 3M tape so that I can locate it on the vehicle and then I will finally peel off the rest of it when I have it in place. Just fold the edges over so that you can pull them when you have it on the car. Now you got all four corners peeled back, get everything located on the vehicle and stick it into place. Now you can apply some light pressure to make sure that your 3M sticks properly.And that's gonna wrap up this review and install for the SpeedForm Decklid Blackout Panel for your '05 to '09 Mustang. Thanks for watching. And for all things Mustang, keep it right here at americanmuscle.com.