Ian Tasker - 2008 Ford Mustang Roush

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My name’s Ian Tasker,

Instagram: @the_purple_dildo 

I’m a 38-year-old I.T nerd currently living in the magical town of Northampton where hopes & dreams go to die!

Currently drive a 2008 Ford Mustang Roush, and also have an EP3 Type R J

I've been into modified cars since I could drive, god I miss the Max Power days! The first car was a Nova SR, cost me £600 to buy, spent every penny on it, and that truly gave me the modifying bug! Since then I’ve been involved in the majority of “scenes” from jap (owned 350z, Pulsar GTiR, Civic), VW (owned classic bug), yank (owned numerous muscle cars from ’66 Mustang, ’72 Nova, Camaro, Chevy 3100, and current Mustang).

I’m not overly involved with the current car scene. I get to a few meets but prefer the more mature ones these days. I’ve found the “illegal”/unplanned meets attract too many clowns, and therefore get shut down promptly. That said I’ve met some great people from various clubs, with my current fave being Mustangs Unleashed!

My dad was a massive petrol head, and he was always there to help advise/fix things when I blew them up (including 3 engines on the Nova!).

So onto the car…

It’s a 2008 Ford Mustang Stage 1 Roush – the stage 1 is mostly body styling e.g Roush body kit, high-performance exhaust etc. I picked this as you simply can’t beat the sound of V8 muscle, and I wasn’t a fan of the new shape S550 Mustangs.

If the Instagram tag didn’t give it away I don’t take things too seriously and like to have a laugh. Indeed the tag and car nickname came round because friends decided to take the piss when I had the car initially wrapped in a purple/fuchsia colour, and they said it looked like a dildo! 

I bought the car approximately 2 years ago, and it was pretty much standard. Quickly got to work by adding ordering the trufiber hood & Raxiom Headlights, the import fees alone cost more than the actual items!! I then added some 20” rims, lowering springs, and had it wrapped. Unfortunately, the initial wrap was absolutely shocking! It went back 3 times and still wasn’t right. 

The company is one of the biggest in the UK, and refused to remove, or refund…tbh their customer service was nothing short of abysmal (I won’t name & shame).

Had a few issues with the exhaust showing signs of wear so decided to have a custom straight through built by the wizards at Deutsch Tech and opted for quad carbon tips. At this time I was on the hunt for an air ride, but couldn’t justify the £4.5-5k it would cost for a brand new set up. Fortunately, I managed to find someone going from bags to coilovers, and snapped their arm off and purchased an Air Lift Performance V2 kit with 5-gallon tank & dual compressors. 

The chap was going for a track set up, and was also selling his 22” AC Forged 3 piece split rims so I grabbed these too (the alloys are about £4k worth from the U.S!!). All this was installed by the awesome guys at Custom Exotics in Essex!

It was then time to remove the “old” wrap despite it being in less than a year and get it redone properly. 

I spoke to Dom at WrapIt in Bedford, and settled on the current colour, Avery Dennison gloss Roaring Thunder! Absolutely love the flip. Whilst there I had the windows, and lights tinted, and then added some little custom touches like the custom logos (gimp mask & crossed dildos designed by myself that I had a friend render), bullet antenna, spiked split rim bolts & nuts to match the new colour, and the dildo floor mats :D

Spec list:

• -          Roush limited edition
• -          Custom straight through exhaust with quad carbon tips
• -          Offroad h pipe
• -          Air Lift Performance V2 kit with 5-gallon tank & dual compressors
• -          Trufiber A29 hood
• -          Raxiom headlights
• -          22” AC Forged 3 piece split rims
• -          Spiked split rim bolts
• -          True spike wheel nuts
• -          True spike bullet antenna
• -          LED side markers
• -          Clear front indicators
• -          Window tints
• -          CAI
• -          Roush underdrive pulley
• -          Steeda uprated rear discs
• -          Custom dildo floor mats
• -          Custom logo badges
• -          Mapped
• -          Have uprated Brembo callipers to go on the front, just need to source appropriate discs for fitting.

I’m absolutely useless when it comes to cars so have professionals install all new parts. Shoutout To the following for looking after her:

Paragon Auto – www.paragonauto.co.uk

WrapIt - @wrapitvehiclegraphics

Deutsch Tech - @deutschtech

Custom Exotics - @custom_exotics1

I’m a member of numerous clubs, but my favourite has to be Mustangs Unleashed. Also frequent the likes of Ford Anonymous, Mixxd Modified MK, and a number of Northampton local ones on Facebook.

Dream car, and next up after the Mustang will likely be a GTR!

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