My cowl and mirrors are faded pretty bad. What is the best way to get them to look good? Can I paint them or will it start to flake after time?
Best way to get the cowl and mirrors to look black again?
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BlueDevil95
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if you prep them right, they'll look great for several years. for now you can try mothers back to black.
What would be the best way to prep them? Do I need a certian paint or will any flat black enamel work? Prokiller, I have a white car so I don't think it would look that good.BlueDevil95 said:
nmcgrawj
Advanced Member
I am interested in painting mine also, could someone give some more info on how to do this?
Is there body color spray paint you can buy to match the car like touch up paint? I would much rather try to do it myself if at all possible rather than paying big bucks to have a shop do it.
Is there body color spray paint you can buy to match the car like touch up paint? I would much rather try to do it myself if at all possible rather than paying big bucks to have a shop do it.
MLC Stang
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Guys,
I just used good old Turtle Wax (paste car wax) and waxed them a couple times with a clean white cloth (old t-shirt).
First time took most of the crud off, second time brought back a nice black shine to them. They look new now.
If yours aren't too far gone, I'd try this first.
I just used good old Turtle Wax (paste car wax) and waxed them a couple times with a clean white cloth (old t-shirt).
First time took most of the crud off, second time brought back a nice black shine to them. They look new now.
If yours aren't too far gone, I'd try this first.
BlueDevil95
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to properly prep them, sand them down with a rough grit sandpaper first, then go over them again with a finer grit to smooth them out. clean them with alchohol, let them dry, use a good primer or adhesion promoter, do two coats of that, let that dry and paint. clear coat them for the glossy look or use satin paint for the oe look. you can go to your local ford dealer and they can sell you a really nice aerosol system and perfectly matched paint for your car for a pretty decent price (i think it was around 40-50 dollars for a quart of paint and the aerosol deal) if you wanted to match body color.
VIPERn94Five-0
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duplicolor sells pray paints that match factory colors....i have a little can of laser red that im saving for a little detailing of my edelbrock manifold...
Anthony
Anthony
I'm going to remove the stuff and give it a good cleaning. If that dosent work then am i'm going to spray them black again. Thanks for your input guys.
nmcgrawj
Advanced Member
anyone with a black stang that has the mirrors and cowl piece painted black to math the body?
Show some pics of that or any other color if you have 'em....
Show some pics of that or any other color if you have 'em....
I don't have any pictures but I saw a 94 black cobra with the cowl painted sky blue snd some other stuff painted that color too. It looked soo bad I just about started to puke 
moneypit94
Active Member
If you want a tempory fix just use some armor al. You have to rub it in real well like a wax... It darkened my sun faided stuff right up.
stangboy
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bjl95mustang said:
Actually with the mirrors painted the same color as the body looks good. A friend of mine did it to his 94 Cobra(white). I wouldn't suggest painting the cowl though.
