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You Can Once Again Order A Mustang In Mystichrome But There’s A Catch

Ford Mustang Mystichrome Ts
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For children of the 2000s, Mystichrome is one of the craziest, coolest colors ever put on a production car, and one that perfectly augmented the wild character of the supercharged Mustang Cobra. Twenty years later, the iconic color is back, but with a catch — you can’t just get it on a regular Mustang Dark Horse or GT.

See, it’s not Ford itself that’s offering Mystichrome, but RTR, the Ford-affiliated tuning and drift car company. See, RTR is launching both an extended color palette program and a Porsche-style Paint To Sample program, with Mystichrome falling under the former program along with colors like Rosso Scuderia and Signal Green.

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So wait, what exactly is Mystichrome? No worries, it’s been 20 years since the color was last laid on a series production car as a regular option, so it’s totally understandable if some of the lore and awe have faded over time. Back in 1996, Ford came out with a color-shifting shade called Mystic, and while it was cool to watch shift from purple to green to gold, it was also a legal nightmare as its formulation originally contained pigments used by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

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For a follow-up in 2004, Ford ditched the federally controlled pigments and loaded up on cool tones with a green-to-purple-to-blue-to-black flip color called Mystichrome. Formulated with BASF Chromaflair pigments and sold as part of a $3,650 appearance package, Ford only made 1,010 Mystichrome 2004 Mustang SVT Cobra examples, making this a rare and coveted color today.

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Ford Svt Mustang Cobra Mystichrome 2004 1600 02

While the return of Mystichrome is incredibly cool, it also comes with an incredible price tag. This is a $15,995 paint job that first requires buying the $17,995 Stage 2 or $29,995 Stage 3 package, and a new Mustang GT to put all of this stuff on. Go heavy on the options, and you could be looking at a six-figure Coyote-powered Mustang. Wow. For the record, Paint to Sample on a new Porsche 911 will run a buyer $14,190.

2024 Ford Mustang Rtr Mystichrome Copy

2024 Ford Mustang Rtr Mystichrome

An extended palette RTR Stage 2 or Stage 3 Mustang GT is a serious financial commitment to a color, but for the right buyer, it could be exactly what they’re looking for. This is a boutique car for a few truly dedicated people, as tuner specials often are. However, for those with the means and will to break away from the pack, we salute you.

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(Photo credits: RTR Vehicles, Cars and Bids, Ford)

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Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
3 months ago

! There’s a Porsche color that uses the same holographic material as Euro notes, too: https://www.rennbow.org/porsche-colors/PythonGreenChromaflair

Nsane In The MembraNe
Nsane In The MembraNe
3 months ago

A completely base GT is now $45,000. So we’re talking 80-90k ish when all is said and done for this at minimum. For a fucking Mustang. I personally like Mustangs and get that there are a lot of people that are really passionate about them. But dear god…I certainly can’t imagine spending that much on a Mustang, and if I did it would be on a rare factory special like a GT500 or GT350R.

Is it just me or is the Mustang kind of losing its status as a working class hero? To me a Mustang is something you buy in a barebones spec for $35,000, drive within an inch of its life, and cross your fingers that you don’t wrap yourself around a tree or blow out the transmission. Between the rapidly rising costs, stuff like this, and the upcoming GTD I can’t help but feel like we’re losing the plot a bit.

Bassracerx
Bassracerx
3 months ago

The ecoboost has over 300 horsepower and is $32,000. The maverick’s price is going up to $28000 and it will still be the cheapest vehicle they offer. The prices going up is not the problem with the economy it is the wages not going up with them!

Mall Explorer
Mall Explorer
3 months ago

When I was a wee lad I distinctly remember an old man ranting at the clouds when they had a Mustang GT on display at Costco for $20,000. “I bought my Cadillac new for $20k!”

Inflation happens. A base GT is below the sticker for a bunch of 3-row family trucksters that sell by the boatloads.

TheCrank
TheCrank
3 months ago

Urban Bamboo ChromaFlair was a $95,000 option on 911s.

Grey alien in a beige sedan
Grey alien in a beige sedan
3 months ago

Need to slap that paint job on my diesel geo metro convertible.

Arch Duke Maxyenko
Arch Duke Maxyenko
3 months ago

No to be fair………and balanced (s/o Some More News) a Mystichrome Porsche would run under the Paint To Sample Plus which is a $31,070.00 option and not the plebian $14,190 Paint To Sample

Stef Schrader
Stef Schrader
3 months ago

another fan of the Cody Showdy, I see

Mr E
Mr E
3 months ago

Even if I could just give my Mustang to RTR for the paint job without any other customizations, methinks $15K for an admittedly awesome paint job is just a tad* too much.

*actually, a whole fucking lot

Turbotictac
Turbotictac
3 months ago
Reply to  Mr E

It costs around that much to spray any car that color. I knew of someone who had their 2004 Mach 1 painted Mystichrome and it was in the $15k range. Ford sent someone with the paint and they waited while it was being done and then left with all remaining to make it more difficult it identify how it was made, supposedly. Or at least, that was the story they told.

Joe L
Joe L
3 months ago

My understanding is that these colors that “flop” aren’t as hard to match as they originally were, because body shops now have spray guns that can use magnetism to orient the direction of the particles in the paint. We have a Braised Copper Penny Scion xB and the times it’s needed paint work, they’ve matched it really well. Maybe the Mystichrome is different, though.

Stryker_T
Stryker_T
3 months ago
Reply to  Joe L

RS 4.0 Torched Penny! nice

Joe L
Joe L
3 months ago
Reply to  Stryker_T

Yep! Bought new, now just under 100k miles. Since it’s now been in CA for the past 7 years, I suspect it’ll outlive me.

Cerberus
Cerberus
3 months ago
Reply to  Joe L

Good info! I always thought it was a dumb fad for trailer queens because it couldn’t be matched, but if it can now, while still not my taste, it’s definitely cool.

JurassicComanche25
JurassicComanche25
3 months ago

Mystic was great- but i love it on the 95 Lincoln Mark VIII, called Chameleon on that. Much like its 4v 4.6, the mustang stole its paint for 1996

Nic Periton
Nic Periton
3 months ago

TVR also used it, because of course they did. A TVR speed six is such a shy a retiring vehicle you really need it to stand out a bit.

Cerberus
Cerberus
3 months ago
Reply to  Nic Periton

I think they used it on the Speed 12 prototype, even.

Reasonable Pushrod
Reasonable Pushrod
3 months ago

Such an awesome paint color. But I would be terrified to own it. Good luck with paint chip repair or blending a panel.

Tim Cougar
Tim Cougar
3 months ago

Ford is still too cowardly to put this color on the Mach-E.

Jack Trade
Jack Trade
3 months ago

I assume like with the originals, the after-sale service, should it be needed, will be a nightmare – tightly controlled paint availability, restrictive paperwork to prove it’s actually yours, and a lot of lead time needed to secure it.

Shop-Teacher
Shop-Teacher
3 months ago

Ford would put Mystic on anything back in the late 90’s, if you were willing to pay for the expensive option. When I was delivering pizza in high school (’98/’99), there was a guy in town with a Mystic painted Windstar. He would always give you a bigger tip if you complimented the paint job on his van.

BunkyTheMelon
BunkyTheMelon
3 months ago
Reply to  Shop-Teacher

Ex GF back in the day had a Mystic Probe GT, and that thing was a hoot to rip around in for its time.

Last edited 3 months ago by BunkyTheMelon
Shop-Teacher
Shop-Teacher
3 months ago
Reply to  BunkyTheMelon

I bet!

Nsane In The MembraNe
Nsane In The MembraNe
3 months ago
Reply to  Shop-Teacher

What an absolute legend.

Shop-Teacher
Shop-Teacher
3 months ago

He actually was a bit of a legend around town!

Kyree
Kyree
3 months ago

I don’t think it works as well on the S650 as it did on the SN-95s, where it indeed does look amazing. Something about it just belongs on that era of car.

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