Oh the ugliness of it all....Paint prepping..

RIO5.0 · May 18, 2004

WHAT A FREAKIN MESS???? I have just about the entire car in pcs... Bout 1/2 way there...Hopefully to the booth next week to shoot it....

Got the hood installed, re-aligned all the gaps....Badge holes are gone...

Minor door dings and such....

Nose is done..just hanging there..

A shot of the new Drift Rs.....in 18"...nice dish on em

She's strip right down....

Doing all the prep here at home...she'll be trucked to the Ford garage for paint..then into the dryer...and Viola....Then another week to re-install everything...This is a freebie from a friend who works at a new dealership...5K paint job for just materials...I had to suck up the offer...

94TURBO5 O · May 18, 2004

Those wheels are slam'n dawg!
I like those alot! Good luck on everything I hope it goes smooth for you.

89 blue lx · May 18, 2004

wow i cant wait to see that when its done and rio those wheels are great!

Numbles · May 18, 2004

Looks like a ton of work. The wheels looks good with that lip.

How hard is it to prep your own car. Since this site is practically a how too site. Whats all involved.

94GTLaserRC · May 18, 2004

RIO5.0 said:
Doing all the prep here at home...she'll be trucked to the Ford garage for paint..then into the dryer...and Viola....Then another week to re-install everything...

Who is Viola?

94GTLaserRC · May 18, 2004

Here are a couple of mine from (you see the date)

Not a pretty site.

RC

SN95StangMan · May 18, 2004

94GTLaserRC said:
Who is Viola?

I think he means "voila"

voilà
SYLLABICATION: voi·là
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: vwä-lä
INTERJECTION: Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and—voilà!—a light, tasty dessert.
ETYMOLOGY: French : voi, second person sing. imperative of voir, to see (from Old French; see voyeur) + là, there (from Old French la, lai, probably from Latin illc, by that way ( ill, ablative sing. feminine of ille, that; see al-1 in Appendix I + -ce, deictic particle).

*Edit* Dont know if you were joking RC. If you were,

yellow5.0cobra · May 18, 2004

make sure you remove ALL trim, and even the FORD logo to make the job look SUPERIOR.

RIO5.0 · May 18, 2004

Numbles said:
Looks like a ton of work. The wheels looks good with that lip.

How hard is it to prep your own car. Since this site is practically a how too site. Whats all involved.

Whats involved...First depends on what kind of job you want...This ones the full monty so everything comes off...the less masking the better as far a the look is concerned...mine has no rust at all...a big plus....its mostly chips/dings and clear coat was going South....
I have a friend who's doing it...i just do alot of wetsanding and blocking...We pretty much scuffed it with 320....Red Scotch-Brite it down after that,,,wash it like 4 times over..Then Hi-Build prime it.....hit that lightly with Black spray paint..this gives it a "guide coat",,then we wetsand with 500...if alls cool...hit it with Gray Scotch brite...wash it 4 times over again....it thats cool...then you put the color to it....From there...i thinks he hits the color with 1000...clean that again...then hit it with clear....then buff that out....
Not a job i would even tackle without someone who knows what the hell he's doing.... Im just watching and learning...

UPS just dropped the wheels/tires today....I had to throw em on....looks like it needs to be dropped again tho....???

94GTLaserRC · May 18, 2004

SN95StangMan said:
I think he means "voila"

voilà
SYLLABICATION: voi·là
PRONUNCIATION: AUDIO: vwä-lä
INTERJECTION: Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and—voilà!—a light, tasty dessert.
ETYMOLOGY: French : voi, second person sing. imperative of voir, to see (from Old French; see voyeur) + là, there (from Old French la, lai, probably from Latin illc, by that way ( ill, ablative sing. feminine of ille, that; see al-1 in Appendix I + -ce, deictic particle).

*Edit* Dont know if you were joking RC. If you were,

I WAS
RC

RIO5.0 · May 18, 2004

yellow5.0cobra said:
make sure you remove ALL trim, and even the FORD logo to make the job look SUPERIOR.

Ya, that mother still needs to go....and we left one door handle for the moment....I even have a new front windshield going in...it was bigtime chipped...the thing would have looked like ass, all spanked out and a crappy windshield.....

Only thing I wont be replacing is the stock spoiler..i got a quote today from Mustangs Unlimited...its 211.00 for a Saleen S281 spoiler...and 115.00 to ship the freakin thing...That blows, as I wanted to go with one....Chit...my hood shipped from Ohio was 65.00...This is 115.00 from Conn...I dont get it sometimes...

SN95StangMan · May 18, 2004

94GTLaserRC said:
<marquee> I WAS </marquee>

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Rio, those rims look very nice. How wide are they?

RIO5.0 · May 18, 2004

18x8 Fronts with 245/40s....18x9 rears with 275/35s...looks nice from the back...the package was Pirelli P7000s..

SN95StangMan · May 18, 2004

RIO5.0 said:
Only thing I wont be replacing is the stock spoiler..i got a quote today from Mustangs Unlimited...its 211.00 for a Saleen S281 spoiler...and 115.00 to ship the freakin thing...That blows, as I wanted to go with one....Chit...my hood shipped from Ohio was 65.00...This is 115.00 from Conn...I dont get it sometimes...

http://speedworx.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/SID=1084925227.26115/page=product.html/product=1271
$189.99, and im sure its real Saleen stuff. You can put your Zip Code in to get a quote on shipping too.

RIO5.0 · May 18, 2004

SN95StangMan said:
http://speedworx.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/SID=1084925227.26115/page=product.html/product=1271
$189.99, and im sure its real Saleen stuff. You can put your Zip Code in to get a quote on shipping too.

Thats the 1st place i went, and theres was high to..I figured Conn would be cheap...He said they have to send it freight, by truck...W.T.F.

Thanks anyway...

WMDPALMER · May 18, 2004

Can't wait to see the final pics. You always do top notch work! Good luck!

Will

P.S. Those wheels look sweet

DougNuts · May 18, 2004

RIO5.0 said:
....looks like it needs to be dropped again tho....???

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe you should do a 40 series tire next time? Those wheels are tight though, I like them allot.

Imyourzero · May 18, 2004

Andy, my gosh those wheels look GREAT! I like them so much better than the other ones you had in mind!! I don't think I've ever seen a Stang with those.

If you EVER get rid of those, I want first dibs brotha!!

When you get the car painted and everything's mint, take a nice pic pretty please? I need a new desktop wallpaper and your car will look

1105 · May 18, 2004

I remember going through this just back in November... ahh the memories. Hope it turns out nice Andy.

yellow1995Cobra · May 18, 2004

Its coming along andy, gonna be worth it in the end! Nice work.

Where did you buy the hood? That's a pretty good price on shipping.

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