Chrome Trim - Missing or US Spec?!

[dadio77]

Hi All,

Bought my first Mustang (online) last month and massively enjoying it! After plenty of research I sourced a low mileage 2017 Blue 5.0 GT and am already thinking about trading up for a newer model!

However I looked out of the bedroom window yesterday and noticed that the chrome trim on the passengers side door (at the bottom of the window) appears to be missing... yes it took me a month to spot it! I contacted the Ford dealer I purchased the car from and they came back with the following explanation:

The trim on that side isn’t chrome because the car is US spec and they leave it black so it doesn’t get hot when drivers of left hand drive cars rest their arm on the door they don’t burn themselves.

That sounds reasonable I guess, however I've been searching all morning and can't find another car like it for sale in the UK! Am I not looking hard enough, or is the dealer on a wind up?! 😁

[Saleen836]

Dealer is talking out of their backside!
Sounds like it might have been repaired and had the wrong trim fitted, the only US S550 that had chrome window trim is the Bullitt and that has it on both sides

[LuS1fer]

I'm not sure the S550 had chrome trim as standard bar on the 50th Anniversary models.
Chrome trim seems to be aftermarket. Maybe one fell off?
Or possibly the European models have it? Hard to see in photos.

[rolster]

Hi i have a Euro 2017 GT and can confirm both the drivers side and passenger side have chrome trim around the windows top, bottom and around the rear quarter window as well.

[dadio77]

Thanks all, confirms what I thought! Will go back to them now and see what I can do