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Progress Thread Down For A Decade - Got The Job!

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Fordfreak93

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The trim pieces came out nice


 
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This guy isn't fuggin around!
 
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I also decided to paint what Ford didn't want to
 
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Nice job man! Very nice on painting that metal brace. Makes me want to pull and do mine!
 

Fordfreak93

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GroverDill said:
should pop the quarter windows out and re do them since you are so far into it already
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I scratched up the inside of the quarter windows trying to remove some terrible purple tint that was on them. I found some decent ones off a 90 SSP car on Ebay. I'm going to redo those and throw them on when I get the car painted, eventually...
 

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Audiophile said:
Nice job man! Very nice on painting that metal brace. Makes me want to pull and do mine!
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Thanks! If you ever have the dash out, go for it! It's so frustrating all the little corners Ford cut that could have made these cars last longer
 

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I'm digging this thread.
 

Fordfreak93

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My factory dash pad was starting to do the usual, the foam was pulling away from the metal backing. Otherwise it was in great shape so I tried to save it. I cleaned it up as well as I could, scraping away some of the old foam off the metal. Then I applied a healthy amount of 3M black super weatherstrip adhesive(be careful not to get any on the front). I made sure it was formed the way I wanted and then I wrapped the crap out of it with painters tape. I let it sit for a couple days and it turned out great! It probably will only last a couple more summers, but at least I didn't have to buy a new one!



 

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Are you leaving that piece opal grey? Nice work on getting it stuck back to the metal backing.
 

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I have an extra dash pad, I'm thinking of having it wrapped in black suede with red stitching. Sat in a Lambo with suede and it looked awesome, so I may try it on the pad.
 

Fordfreak93

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Mintsick said:
Are you leaving that piece opal grey? Nice work on getting it stuck back to the metal backing.
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Thanks, I'm glad it turned out pretty well. I am leaving the dash pad opal gray along with the door panels and center console. I'm going for a black and gray theme and will add black accents to the door panels and other places. I don't have the heart to spray dye my original factory pieces.
 

Fordfreak93

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Grabbin' Asphalt said:
I have an extra dash pad, I'm thinking of having it wrapped in black suede with red stitching. Sat in a Lambo with suede and it looked awesome, so I may try it on the pad.
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Go for it! Suede is sexy! I tried to wrap one in black vinyl, but had issues with it sticking out too far. I think you'd have to remove some of the original pad to make room for the new wrap. Otherwise it might not sit flush and the vents may be a tight squeeze.
 

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My headliner got trashed from years of trying to fit things that shouldn't be in a coupe. Like surfboards and drum sets and various lumber. So I found this gem in a little blue coupe in the junkyard. It does have a map light hole, but it was in great shape and I took that too!



I had to scrape off all the old nasty foam


Almost done


Then I sanded down the cardboard to get all the old adhesive residue off


Line up the headliner fabric and spray it down with 3M. Doing half at a time makes it way easier


Wait for it to get tacky and carefully lay it flat. BAM, factory fresh!

 

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So curious, did you install that dual dome light or was it factory? I just have the single rectangle one.
 

Fordfreak93

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Grabbin' Asphalt said:
So curious, did you install that dual dome light or was it factory? I just have the single rectangle one.
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That's my stock dome light. I tried to retrofit the rectangle one, but it was too much effort...
 

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Fordfreak93 said:
My headliner got trashed from years of trying to fit things that shouldn't be in a coupe. Like surfboards and drum sets and various lumber. So I found this gem in a little blue coupe in the junkyard. It does have a map light hole, but it was in great shape and I took that too!



I had to scrape off all the old nasty foam


Almost done


Then I sanded down the cardboard to get all the old adhesive residue off


Line up the headliner fabric and spray it down with 3M. Doing half at a time makes it way easier


Wait for it to get tacky and carefully lay it flat. BAM, factory fresh!

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Very nice! It makes sense that it's the factory light since it's a'93. Looks like they just threw in a light from a '94.

That headliner looked great as it was. That's one way you can tell if an old car was garage kept or not.
 

Fordfreak93

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02 281 GT said:
Very nice! It makes sense that it's the factory light since it's a'93. Looks like they just threw in a light from a '94.

That headliner looked great as it was. That's one way you can tell if an old car was garage kept or not.
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Thanks! I may still try to make an older dome light work. The map light and that dome light might look weird together. I had to throw that one in to hold it in place.
 

Fordfreak93

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Starting to look like a car again



 

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Nice!!! ....Paint the pad, a/c vent and glove box, leave the center console gray, .....would look WAY better.
 
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Grabbin' Asphalt said:
Nice!!! ....Paint the pad, a/c vent and glove box, leave the center console gray, .....would look WAY better.
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I agree. The gray glovebox/pad area throws it off a little. It's not terrible just I think it would look better in black.
 
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