Mustang Sport Pad 1
Same three-bar face as the reference Mustang pad on a squarer outline — the version that fits pedal arms with less room at the corners.
Specification
| Part family | Overmoulded finisher plate |
|---|---|
| Construction | Metal face with moulded rubber inserts |
| Face detail | Rectangular stainless face, three rubber bars, tighter corner radii. |
| Face finish options | Brushed aluminium, sand blasted stainless steel or polished stainless steel |
| Face marking | Laser etching available on steel components |
| Insert compounds | EPDM, SBR, TPE or TPE-SEBS, to drawing |
| Tooling | Designed and built in house |
| Prototype parts | 4 weeks from prototype tool |
| PPAP | Typically 8 weeks, to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA |
| Dimensions | Built to customer drawing or to a supplied sample |
| Moulded from | Beijing rubber plant (rubber) / Shanghai plant (plastics) |
The face on this part
Rectangular stainless face, three rubber bars, tighter corner radii. It sits in the Ford Sport Pads group, and the photograph above is of the part itself rather than a rendering — what you see is the tread, the outline and the finish as they leave the tool.
How a finisher plate is built
The plate is cut from sheet — laser cut if the material is thin, CNC machined if it is thicker — then finished and married to a moulded rubber insert. On an overmoulded part the plate goes into the rubber tool and the compound is moulded onto and through it, so the two leave as one piece. On a press fit part the insert is moulded separately and pressed home.
Finishes you can specify
Brushed aluminium, sand blasted stainless steel or polished stainless steel. All three run off the same blank, so a finish change never touches the rubber tool. Brushing and blasting age evenly; polishing looks best on day one and shows every mark after that.
Putting a logo on it
Many of our customers require an aesthetic logo to be present on their parts. On steel components we laser etch it, after finishing rather than before, so the mark sits in the finished surface instead of under it.
Other parts in Ford Sport Pads
Background reading
Sport Pad or Rubber Pad? The Difference That Decides Your Tooling Cost
A sport pad has a metal face; a rubber pad does not. That single difference drives tooling count, unit price and how the part is validated.
Overmoulding vs Press Fit: Two Ways to Get Rubber Onto a Finisher Plate
Both produce a metal-faced pedal pad. They differ in tooling, in retention and in how easily the part can be pulled apart.
Brushed, Sand Blasted or Polished: Picking a Pedal Face Finish
The three finishes buyers actually ask for, what each one hides, and why a finish change is not a tooling change.
Questions buyers ask
Can I have this face in aluminium instead of stainless?
Yes — brushed aluminium is one of the three finishes buyers most often ask for, alongside sand blasted and polished stainless. The blank changes; the rubber tool does not.
How long before I see a real Mustang Sport Pad 1 sample?
Our prototype shop exists for exactly this. Parts from a prototype tool take 4 weeks; PPAP to ISO/TS 16949 or VDA, on production parts, is typically 8 weeks after that.
What do you need from us to quote it?
A drawing, or a physical sample we can measure. Our designers work in SolidWorks, Pro-E and UG, so a native or STEP file is enough to start.
How is the material verified?
Through the nine test methods we run in Beijing, and through CTI — Centre Testing International Corporation, Shanghai — where an accredited third-party result is required.
Quote the Mustang Sport Pad 1
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.