So I am new here, but been around cars my whole life. I work as a Vocational Teacher (I-CAR Platinium Tech and ASE Master Tech) and have been working on my latest toy, an '88 GT Convertible with 81k. The car had been hit at one time and poorly prepped for a full paint job, so I will be stripping it and refinishing it this winter. In addition, somebody put a gawd-awful fiberglass "JDM" rear bumper that looks like a Mustang mated with a Lambo and the bumper was born out of wedlock...and it was your cousin. I thought I would share a couple of shiny photos of the replacement bumper in the spray booth
I found a torn rear cover and repaired the tears with a plastic welder, and stripped the bumper and rear cladding. I bought a used door to replace my passenger side door (which had a door skin replacement which was worn through the edge where it hit the fender) The new door was stripped, primed, and had the inside refinished today. (I plan to pick up the left door which the guy has for sale and do the same thing. The door was only $40, and mine has been re-seam-sealed poorly. In the late fall, I will replace both doors and strip the car for a proper paint job.
Lastly, I have been toying with the idea of adding charcoal gray decals to the "Mustang GT" on the sides and rear bumper. Along with this, I was thinking about matching the gray and painting a stripe in the molding. I used the old molding that was on the new door as a guinea-pig, along with a random gray we had kicking around. I kinda like the way it looks, although a bit dark, but the painted stripe overall silver, seems to really work.
Thoughts? Comments?
PS, the blue is Ford K7 and the silver is a Toyota color 1D7 (The stock gray was wicked dark when I sprayed it, and had to chip match my car)
I found a torn rear cover and repaired the tears with a plastic welder, and stripped the bumper and rear cladding. I bought a used door to replace my passenger side door (which had a door skin replacement which was worn through the edge where it hit the fender) The new door was stripped, primed, and had the inside refinished today. (I plan to pick up the left door which the guy has for sale and do the same thing. The door was only $40, and mine has been re-seam-sealed poorly. In the late fall, I will replace both doors and strip the car for a proper paint job.
Lastly, I have been toying with the idea of adding charcoal gray decals to the "Mustang GT" on the sides and rear bumper. Along with this, I was thinking about matching the gray and painting a stripe in the molding. I used the old molding that was on the new door as a guinea-pig, along with a random gray we had kicking around. I kinda like the way it looks, although a bit dark, but the painted stripe overall silver, seems to really work.
Thoughts? Comments?
PS, the blue is Ford K7 and the silver is a Toyota color 1D7 (The stock gray was wicked dark when I sprayed it, and had to chip match my car)
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