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Here is a close-up of the Saleen Aluminum Pedal Covers in my 1991 Ford Mustang LX 5.0.
OK, here is another example of things being harder than they should be! I bought the pedal covers from the Saleen web site - they are the 4 piece set. When I got them I noticed the gas pedal cover was curved, and the screw holes were too far apart to attach to the pedal. I called Saleen's tech line to ask about it and they told me that the pedals are different in automatic and manual cars. Their web site fails to mention this!
I had never looked that close at the pedals in a car with a manual tranny, so I had no idea they were different. The guy at Saleen said most people with automatics put the dead pedal cover on the gas, and the gas on the dead pedal. I was not too happy with this solution, so I went to the local Mustang junkyard and bought the gas pedal and armature from a manual car for $18. I was able (with a little help from Brads Auto) to swap the pedal covers. They are held in by a thick notched pin that goes through the pedal and armature and is held in place by force - no nut or cotter pin.
The dead pedal lines up so two of the screws go through plastic, and two go through metal. I followed the instructions which say to drill 1/8th inch holes through the metal for the stainless sheet metal screws, but that size hole ends up too small for the screws. I used the next larger drill size, but it was still a tight fit. I got out the impact screwdriver and started hammering away only to end up breaking the screw head right off the screw! After drilling out the screw I read online that people use machine screws and locking nuts. I wen't to the local hardware store and bought stainless bolts and locking nuts and used them instead - much easier solution! I wouldn't even try to mess with the screws they give you with the pedals, you're just asking for trouble.
I think the brake pedal is larger on AOD cars, because after installing the pedal cover you could see some of the stock pedal sticking out past the cover on the upper left portion where it is angled. To correct this I took the pedal cover off and used a dremel to cut part of the brake pedal off.
I think I am done with the pedals now, but I may look into increasing the amount of space between the brake and gas pedal. The gas pedal also seems to touch the floormat when it is fully depressed. I will have to find out if it is preventing WOT, and if so either trim some off the bottom of the pedal or take up some of the slack in the throttle cable.