Yobi1Kanobi
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NEWProject...DAY 3 (after 2 weeks)
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Ok...New Pics.
Here is Each side after the welding, grinding and one layer of Bondo...Notice we closed the open area in the front...we used a tapering piece of metal angled backward so that there is still access to the HL bulb. IT's hard to see in the pic, but trust me (and Jose) it looks clean.
Next pic is after a couple coats of bondo and etching primer, then rust primer. The colored prime is applied so that when you sand down some more, the pits will be more obvious (by the difference in colors.
Hopefully the painter can get here tomorrow to prime, then on Sat to spray.
Thanks
RC
Here is Each side after the welding, grinding and one layer of Bondo...Notice we closed the open area in the front...we used a tapering piece of metal angled backward so that there is still access to the HL bulb. IT's hard to see in the pic, but trust me (and Jose) it looks clean.
Next pic is after a couple coats of bondo and etching primer, then rust primer. The colored prime is applied so that when you sand down some more, the pits will be more obvious (by the difference in colors.
Hopefully the painter can get here tomorrow to prime, then on Sat to spray.
Thanks
RC
GTA_V6_Mustang
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Yup!
I was hoping you and Yobi would see the work, since you both have seen it close up.
Thanks
RC
Yobi1Kanobi
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Thanks Yobi!!
Painter is coming by tomorrow at around 6pm to shoot primer if any of you locals are interested in watching his techinique....He's been doing this over 25 years.
CIAO!
RC
Painter is coming by tomorrow at around 6pm to shoot primer if any of you locals are interested in watching his techinique....He's been doing this over 25 years.
CIAO!
RC
Adam95GT
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Could you help a brother out and take some more pictures of how you resolved the area around the headlight... i dont know what to do with the metal lol... I figured if i looked at yours i could get some idea atleast...
Ill take some pics.. for now, I will tell you that the angled piece does not go all the way to the head ligth...it stops about 5-6" before, which meant there was an opening. I cut a piece of cardboard (like a trapazoid) in which one side was the same length as the metal height. then I brought the angles down steep and made the opposite side about 1/2 the lenght...That piece angle back toward the outer edge of the headlight. The open end is now closed and there is still HL access.
Ill get a pic or 2 up later.
RC
Ill get a pic or 2 up later.
RC
Adam95GT
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Yea i was going to cut out a triangle shape and weld i in there... but i dont know how clean it will look
Yea i was going to cut out a triangle shape and weld i in there... but i dont know how clean it will look
It looks REALLY clean...way more than I thought. You can NOT see the opening unless you are close to the windshield side of the engine bay looking forward.
RC
95WhiteVenom
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95WhiteVenom
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You seriously got to hook me up with one of those! LOL
They have to be good for what about 50HP! HAHAHA
They have to be good for what about 50HP! HAHAHA
Ill put a couple of pics up after primer, but for now this is what it looks like (right before primer):
This is really zooming in on it...you can see the piece connects to the slant piece and angles backwards. This photo is shot looking directly at it with no obstructions.. It is very neat and clean when looking from the front of the car.
RC
Ok...the primer is done...
But the painter sprayed black on the primer before I took the photos, that's why it appears this way (the black is to help me identify when the sanding is all finished--no black showing)
Paint will go on Sat....hopefully!!
RC
But the painter sprayed black on the primer before I took the photos, that's why it appears this way (the black is to help me identify when the sanding is all finished--no black showing)
Paint will go on Sat....hopefully!!
RC
str8stang036
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looking good dude. Don't forget to sand the side of the rail. Even though the brake lines go there, we want to make it look extra nice.
Adam95GT
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No more. Actually Ive been stangnet for a couple of months...Busy work schedule and holidays. Will be back into it by about February.
RC
RC
