Oh the ugliness of it all....Paint prepping..

RIO5.0

RIO5.0

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WHAT A FREAKIN MESS???? I have just about the entire car in pcs... :bang: Bout 1/2 way there...Hopefully to the booth next week to shoot it....

Got the hood installed, re-aligned all the gaps....Badge holes are gone...

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Minor door dings and such....

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Nose is done..just hanging there..

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A shot of the new Drift Rs.....in 18"...nice dish on em

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She's strip right down....

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Doing all the prep here at home...she'll be trucked to the Ford garage for paint..then into the dryer...and Viola....Then another week to re-install everything...This is a freebie from a friend who works at a new dealership...5K paint job for just materials...I had to suck up the offer... :banana:
 

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94GTLaserRC said:
Who is Viola? :shrug:
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I think he means "voila"

voilà
SYLLABICATION: voi·là
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: vwä-lä
INTERJECTION: Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and—voilà!—a light, tasty dessert.
ETYMOLOGY: French : voi, second person sing. imperative of voir, to see (from Old French; see voyeur) + là, there (from Old French la, lai, probably from Latin illc, by that way ( ill, ablative sing. feminine of ille, that; see al-1 in Appendix I + -ce, deictic particle).

*Edit* Dont know if you were joking RC. If you were, :bang:
 
#9
Numbles said:
Looks like a ton of work. The wheels looks good with that lip.

How hard is it to prep your own car. Since this site is practically a how too site. Whats all involved.
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Whats involved...First depends on what kind of job you want...This ones the full monty so everything comes off...the less masking the better as far a the look is concerned...mine has no rust at all...a big plus....its mostly chips/dings and clear coat was going South....
I have a friend who's doing it...i just do alot of wetsanding and blocking...We pretty much scuffed it with 320....Red Scotch-Brite it down after that,,,wash it like 4 times over..Then Hi-Build prime it.....hit that lightly with Black spray paint..this gives it a "guide coat",,then we wetsand with 500...if alls cool...hit it with Gray Scotch brite...wash it 4 times over again....it thats cool...then you put the color to it....From there...i thinks he hits the color with 1000...clean that again...then hit it with clear....then buff that out....
Not a job i would even tackle without someone who knows what the hell he's doing.... :D Im just watching and learning...

UPS just dropped the wheels/tires today....I had to throw em on....looks like it needs to be dropped again tho....???
 
#10
SN95StangMan said:
I think he means "voila"

voilà
SYLLABICATION: voi·là
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: vwä-lä
INTERJECTION: Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and—voilà!—a light, tasty dessert.
ETYMOLOGY: French : voi, second person sing. imperative of voir, to see (from Old French; see voyeur) + là, there (from Old French la, lai, probably from Latin illc, by that way ( ill, ablative sing. feminine of ille, that; see al-1 in Appendix I + -ce, deictic particle).

*Edit* Dont know if you were joking RC. If you were, :bang:
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:rlaugh: I WAS :lol:
RC
 
#11
yellow5.0cobra said:
make sure you remove ALL trim, and even the FORD logo to make the job look SUPERIOR.
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Ya, that mother still needs to go....and we left one door handle for the moment....I even have a new front windshield going in...it was bigtime chipped...the thing would have looked like ass, all spanked out and a crappy windshield.....

Only thing I wont be replacing is the stock spoiler..i got a quote today from Mustangs Unlimited...its 211.00 for a Saleen S281 spoiler...and 115.00 to ship the freakin thing...That blows, as I wanted to go with one....Chit...my hood shipped from Ohio was 65.00...This is 115.00 from Conn...I dont get it sometimes... :bang:
 
#14
RIO5.0 said:
Only thing I wont be replacing is the stock spoiler..i got a quote today from Mustangs Unlimited...its 211.00 for a Saleen S281 spoiler...and 115.00 to ship the freakin thing...That blows, as I wanted to go with one....Chit...my hood shipped from Ohio was 65.00...This is 115.00 from Conn...I dont get it sometimes... :bang:
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http://speedworx.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/SID=1084925227.26115/page=product.html/product=1271
$189.99, and im sure its real Saleen stuff. You can put your Zip Code in to get a quote on shipping too.
 
#18
Andy, my gosh those wheels look GREAT! I like them so much better than the other ones you had in mind!! I don't think I've ever seen a Stang with those.

If you EVER get rid of those, I want first dibs brotha!!

When you get the car painted and everything's mint, take a nice pic pretty please? I need a new desktop wallpaper and your car will look :drool:
 
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