My NEW progress thread. stangnet style ;)

[88mouse]

Any updates BK?

 

[BK_CAULEY]

hey i didnt even know my thread was brought back up. Yea i have been practicing painting ALOT. i have used up an entire gallng of paint trying to get this crap perfect. i will let everyone know when it gets ready to paint. right now the entire car is stripped and is completly sanded.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

Keep em comin man. I didn't start my 5 liter swap til May 26th, 2006, so I was sweating bullets hoping to get body and paint and interior done by Woodward that year. It was completelty finished on July 14th, 2006. Then I noticed it needed an oil pan gasket, and a transmission rebuild kit!!! I was so down in spirits. But me and my Dad pulled all of it apart in one night. He buttoned up the pan the enxt night, and the trans about 4 later when it was finished from the rebuild shop. So, really July 23-24th it was done. Then I did the 5 lug swap in early August and drove it til November.

You look like you'll have it done sooner than I had mine done.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

here is some practice. ignore all ht etrash as i am doing this outside. im just practicing. at least ive got it to lay down good.

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[ryan218]

thats really good man. that really laid down smooth and even.

 

[Turkey Sammich]

Nice love handles. Put your shirt back on, we're not impressed.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

thats really good man. that really laid down smooth and even.

thanks man

Nice love handles. Put your shirt back on, we're not impressed.

ryan was

 

[BK_CAULEY]

well guys she is headed to the paint shop. im gonna do my final cleaning and sanding there. for $50 he is gonna let me use the booth all day tuesday. and let me use all there cleaning stuff monday.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

opcorn:


I'll be sitting here waiting for the painting pics!! Hell yeah man....you'll have that car done in no time! Once it's painted, you will have twice the motivation to finish it as you have right now!!

You're painting it black right? I HIGHLY recommend a sealer. This will lock in any sanding scratches, so when you lay your paint, it will lay even flatter than ever. It also locks out any paint/clear shrikage. My black notch shrunk in a couple spots here and there because I did not use sealer. When I painted my friends black 90 GT, I used a sealer, and his paint/clear as NOT shrunk at all. It is worth the extra 40-60 dollars, it is worth the extra 10 minutes it takes to mix/spray it, and it's worth the 20 minutes drying time before your base coat. It will save you hours worth of wetsanding later.

This is what I used if you're interested. All the directions are here. Be very careful spraying it. It runs very easy, so keep your distance, and don't spray it real "Wet" , just be even, and try not to overlap it very much, because it will take off on you. I also used Nason paint, and Dupont Clear.

http://www.performancecoatings.dupont.com/dpc/en/us/html/prodinfo/nason/422-48.pdf

 

[BK_CAULEY]

mah hood needs to hurry and get here

 

[S&B]

tell me about it ive been waiting

 

[BK_CAULEY]

for what?

 

[88mouse]

Hey BK I may have some fender splash guards. I will look tomarrow. I have a extra timming chain cover but its a sn 94-95 style.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

dude i need those splash sheilds badly. aint no junk yard around here that has any. ive been looking for a while. pm me if you find them.

 

[88mouse]

If I didn't throw them away. I know the jy I go to will have some.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

well guys here it is. I think i did a pretty decent job for it being my first time and all. i missed a few dents and dings but nothing major. also had a few runs. i have damn near zero orange peal. im still gonna wetsand and buff it though.

my digi cam should be fixed here soon. these are off of my cell phone. thanks TurkeySammich for loading them for me.



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EDIT: the car was in the rain i had just pushed it in.

 

[fiveohlxhatch]

Looks Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!

 

[Turkey Sammich]

It's coming along quickly and looks great mang

 

[fivespeedsteed]

she looks good my man. i can always upload cell pics too if you need too. just text me em.

is that a hitch i see?

i think it looks great buddy. black on black coupes are damn sexy.

 

[BK_CAULEY]

yes its a hitch and yes its staying. i even have trailor lights too.