New Four Eyed Owner

FoxChasis said:

I don't know how you're getting "blue" from the VIN but the only way you can get that info is through Ford's production database (Ford "build sheet" or Marti report) and in that case they would not just call it "blue".

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Very true. I feel like trading in my "man card" every time I say the color of my car (wild strawberry, lol).

@Nicholas Roth If you have a door tag (near your door striker) it will have a paint code. My code I believe is EL.

nice car.. Keep it stock.

Value? who cares unless you are selling and trust me- you don't buy Fox Body Mustangs because you think they are going to appreciate. Enoy the car and the smile factor. If it makes you some money down the road, that's gravy.

If you want the details, listen to what @FoxChasis has to say to you. He is truely the guru concerning information data. Get a picture of the door tag and the buck tag from the radiator support.

Beautiful car! Welcome to the sickness. I already have a list of mods in my head that I would do, but I like to ruin perfectly good cars like that. Post more pics!

I can help you on a couple of those things. The moulding are fairly easy, but it would be good to see a picture of them and see how much they've started to curl up. I'll give you my opinion after i've seen them. There's a couple different ways to go about it depending on how bad they are.

The passenger door? Your hinge bushings are worn out. It's a simple pain in the as* to fix. Look in LMR's website for a new kit. It's pretty cheap. This is going to sound simple, you take out the old hinge pins, replace the bushings and put in the new hinge pins. It's the doing that's the pita.

Nicholas Roth said:

I was able to take off one of the moldings with a heat gun and a plastic chisel. I have it under a large can of water (heavy) to hopefully flatten in out. If that works then I will be looking for some 2 sided heavy duty tape. Any pointers on the kind of tape?

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The weight on the moulding won't make any difference, sorry. The plastic of the moulding shrinks ever so slightly over the years, but the metal backing doesn't. That's what causes it to curl up.

You have to separate the two with a little heat from the backside. once they're separated, you'll need to let the plastic relax back into being flat. you may need to use a heat gun to help it along. Once the plastic is flat again, use some trim adhesive to glue it to the metal backing again. You will probably need to trim off a small bit of the metal backing. Remember, the plastic has shrunk.

To put it back on the door, use 3M two sided tape. Of course after you have removed all of the old tape residue.

3M has some adhesion wipes. I don't have their number off the top of my head. They come in small individual packages, you may need to use three or four for this. Use these prior to applying the trim adhesive and also use it on the painted surface of the door prior to sticking the moulding back on. This really makes a big difference. Be sure to do it.