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pretty....

 

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turbogt said:

pretty....

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Thanks...Now I just need your Steering wheel!!
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I officially hate you Rob, lol... Your going to make me pull mine apart too, lol. Looks real real good

 

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GTA_V6_Mustang said:

I officially hate you Rob, lol... Your going to make me pull mine apart too, lol. Looks real real good

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So now it's "official"?

 

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looks good rob

 

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nice, when i pull my motor out to swap the new one in, i'm going to paint my engine bay flat black, right now its like, salmon. supposed to be laser red.

 

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Nice!

 

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good job,RC.

 

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autumn_again said:

nice, when i pull my motor out to swap the new one in, i'm going to paint my engine bay flat black, right now its like, salmon. supposed to be laser red.

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lol what part of the salmon?

 

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looking great RC!

 

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Cleaned up the C/C plates and fit one for now....Cleaned up and the Strut tower and plugged up the STB holes.

Just need to get some chrome bolts for the top of this.

RC

 

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Can you use the caps that go on the bolts/nuts in chrome instead of chrome bolts?

 

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Looking really good

 

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str8stang036 said:

Can you use the caps that go on the bolts/nuts in chrome instead of chrome bolts?

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WHY?
The caps will be to "gaudy" imo
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"guady"?

 

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str8stang036 said:

"guady"?

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NO...G-A-U-D-Y

cheaply showy in a tasteless way

Kinda like you tried to look good but didnt, similar to using ALteeza lights

 

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Agreed, don't use the caps!

 

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Damn Man looks good... Im thinking about doin the paint right instead of spray canning it.... Im thinking about picking up a cheap gravity feed gun and painting it right.... i was thinking gloss black but laser red looks great in the bays.... What Paint did you use.... How much did it take ETC... can you explain the prep and paint process step by step for me... Thanks for all the help man. We got the one side welded in... I wasnt that great at welding... but tacked it in to place and me and chris got a good bead going and went for it... There is like a 1/8-1/4 inch gap on the one side that im trying to weld plate shifted when we started welding... Its a pain in the ass but i dont wanna put bondo in it and have it flex then crack... Soooooo i gotta weld this gap....ill take pics on sunday! keep updating on this... im like one step behind ya lol.... my problem is i only work on the car on sundays because its not in my garage....

 

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Adam95GT said:

Damn Man looks good... Im thinking about doin the paint right instead of spray canning it.... Im thinking about picking up a cheap gravity feed gun and painting it right.... i was thinking gloss black but laser red looks great in the bays.... What Paint did you use.... How much did it take ETC... can you explain the prep and paint process step by step for me... Thanks for all the help man. We got the one side welded in... I wasnt that great at welding... but tacked it in to place and me and chris got a good bead going and went for it... There is like a 1/8-1/4 inch gap on the one side that im trying to weld plate shifted when we started welding... Its a pain in the ass but i dont wanna put bondo in it and have it flex then crack... Soooooo i gotta weld this gap....ill take pics on sunday! keep updating on this... im like one step behind ya lol.... my problem is i only work on the car on sundays because its not in my garage....

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I used Stock exterior E9...it took about 8 oz. The primer was auto primer with hardener additive. The main thing is that the less bondo you can use the better.

1. Make sure bare metal is covered IMMEDIATELY with self-etching primer.
2. Any surface that bondo is going to be applied to needs to be scractech up first for adhesion. DOnt put new bond on old bondo or on primer without rough sanding it first.

3. sand everything really well. You will need to sand after priming. After your gray primer is on, lightly spray eveything with black spray...as shown in the one photo before paint. What that does is allows you to see where you missed sanding the pimer...You should use a soft 2x3" cardboard folded to about 1/2" thick.. Wrap your sandpaper around that for even sanding. Start with 220 then stop at 320. Use the beige stuff, not the wet/dry black stuff.. If you start to expose metal, cover it with more etching primer. Before paint , the primed surface should fee like glass.

Let me know if you need any other info...since you saved me from a BIG REDO!!

RC

 

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Here's what it should look like after primer, after the light coat of black, and 1 day prior to sanding: