Mustang Sport Pad
The reference part of the Mustang set: a softly radiused stainless outline with three slim bars, the pattern the rest of the family is drawn from.
Specification
| Part family | Overmoulded finisher plate |
|---|---|
| Construction | Metal face with moulded rubber inserts |
| Face detail | Rounded stainless face with three slim moulded rubber bars. |
| 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
Rounded stainless face with three slim moulded rubber bars. 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.
What we need to quote it
A drawing in SolidWorks, Pro-E or UG — a STEP export is fine — or the physical sample, which we will measure and model for your approval. Annual volume and the required PPAP standard complete the picture.
Where it is made and tested
The stainless work and assembly run through our Shanghai and Beijing sites; the rubber insert is moulded in Beijing, where the test equipment sits next to the production line. Hardness, ozone, ageing and oil resistance are all checked there.
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.
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
Is the rubber overmoulded or pressed in?
We produce both. Overmoulding gives one inseparable part and suits small or pryable inserts; press fit lowers tooling and suits large inserts that their own geometry already retains. Which one applies is set on the drawing before the tool is cut.
How long before I see a real Mustang Sport Pad sample?
Prototype parts in 4 weeks. That window is also when design changes are cheap — our designers will suggest improvements to the part while the tool can still absorb them.
What do you need from us to quote it?
Native SolidWorks, Pro-E or UG files, or STEP. Add the volume, the duty and the delivery country and we can quote tooling and parts together.
How is the material verified?
Beside the press rather than a week away. Hardness and density catch a mis-weighed batch, Mooney viscosity catches a compound that will not flow the same way tomorrow, and ozone and ageing catch what only shows up years later.
Quote the Mustang Sport Pad
Send the annual volume and, if you have one, the drawing. Prototype parts follow 4 weeks after a prototype tool.