who makes the best tail lights if cant get nos oem?Some door handles and more sound deadner
Buy the lenses stamped with the Ford logo and made using the orginial tooling. Thats what I used when I restored this one for a friendwho makes the best tail lights if cant get nos oem?
thanks. how do you do your taillight custom work? thats just blacking them out essentially? im interested but wonder how that would look with the charcoal gray trimBuy the lenses stamped with the Ford logo and made using the orginial tooling. Thats what I used when I restored this one for a friend
I use tinted clear using mixing black. I do light to medium smoke mostly. Few coats of tinted clear then straight clear to lock it down once Im happy with the smoke. Regardless of whether Im smoking or leaving then clear, I clear coat my lights. No need to polish them down the road that way.thanks. how do you do your taillight custom work? thats just blacking them out essentially? im interested but wonder how that would look with the charcoal gray trim
You leave the front lights alone ? As far as smokeI use tinted clear using mixing black. I do light to medium smoke mostly. Few coats of tinted clear then straight clear to lock it down once Im happy with the smoke. Regardless of whether Im smoking or leaving then clear, I clear coat my lights. No need to polish them down the road that way.
Are those from a different build? Or did you paint the one with the broken/cracked base?Nope
I know I told you yes to the smoked look, but let's make sure it's a light smoke, not too dark please.Those got borrowed/stolen from the blue notchback and I tinted them instead. When the replacement arrives blue will get its lights back lol!
Fabulous !Paint is officially done.
Is the trim the charcoal gray or black?Some exterior final touches. 3rd brake light fitted and smoked. And a black ford emblem
I know you can get anything from Chinese fleabay, but I’m sure that’s not where he gets them, so I’m curious too.Where do you get the black ford emblem from?
Blue Oval is VA. They are D.C repops of the original emblem so it has the pins on the back and everythingWhere do you get the black ford emblem from?
You should read some of his other "Rising from the ashes" threads.I should have never clicked on "What's new".... hats off to you. I've prepped and painted my share of cars / trucks over the years. When people gripe about the cost of a DECENT paint job, I might point them to this thread and tell them "This is a 12 on a scale of 1-10. If you were paying him only $10 an hour labor, you'd have over $5K just in labor, not counting sandpaper, primer, etc etc."
The time for products to shrink and cure is another issue entirely. "The paint shop has had my car for 6 months, they primed it and it's just sitting in the corner of their shop!"
I say that Youtube and the popularity of car restoration / build shows over the years ruined reality for people who have never done or been around this kind of work. If there was a TV show with only some edits and it documented an actual restoration / prep / body work and paint? It would 5 seasons long before the car ever got straight and in primer ready for color LMAO.
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