Paint and Body What to remove off body before painting?

AnthonyA1234 · Feb 20, 2023

I have a 92 GT and will be getting the car painted in a couple weeks. What should I remove off the car before taking it to the body shop? It’s a black car that will be painted black again so it doesn’t have to be perfect.

Rdub6 · Feb 20, 2023

Is this a thing where they are just going to paint what you bring them, or are you trying to save some money on the disassembly?

AnthonyA1234 · Feb 20, 2023

Rdub6 said:
Is this a thing where they are just going to paint what you bring them, or are you trying to save some money on the disassembly?

Well a buddy of mine that owns a body shop is going to paint it for me so I want to make it as easy as possible for him. I’d also just like to make sure the paint job is done the right way so I wanna take stuff off myself so I know how it was done.

I’d just like to remove anything that will make the paint job come out better if the car is painted with it off.

AeroCoupe · Feb 20, 2023

I hate tape lines so for me it would be to pull all front and rear window trim, outer dew wipes, door mirrors, quarter windows, windshield wiper arms, cowl piece, rear tail light assemblies, head light assemblies, fog lights, and radio antenna (minimum the base trim piece).

From there I would remove all the body moldings, remove any double sticky sided tape from the body and moldings and have the body shop paint them the body color. I would also remove the rear Ford emblem, 5.0 badges, door handles, door locks, remove the wing off the rear hatch, and rear hatch lock.

I would request that they remove the front and rear bumper wraps and paint them separately. That would also go for all the ground effects.

When you are spending money to have a car painted pulling all the things off they don’t need to paint it cuts their labor and gets you a better job. Adding the work for them to pull the front and rear bumper covers and ground effects will cost more but IMO it worth it.

You can paint, polish, and clean everything you take off and reinstall when you get the car back.

TOOLOW91 · Feb 20, 2023

Everything . All the trim . Quarter glass . Door handles . All locks , all emblems , spoiler

Ground effects . 3/4 of the job is in the prep

Kid wita 5oh · Feb 21, 2023

It should be in this state when it goes to the shop .. this was a color change so it came apart further once there(doors, fenders, bumpers, hatch...)

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 21, 2023

Here’s mine when I painted it. Going on 5 years now. That should give you an idea. Pull the door handles off as well.

You might want to consider your rusted frame rails before you get into something like this.

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 21, 2023

And before all that, youll definitely want to take care of anybody work that needs to be done. A black car will show every imperfection in the panels. Dents, door dings, etc

Rdub6 · Feb 21, 2023

BlakeusMaximus said:
And before all that, youll definitely want to take care of anybody work that needs to be done. A black car will show every imperfection in the panels. Dents, door dings, etc

Damn…. that was 5 years ago already?

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 21, 2023

@Rdub6, sorry, almost 4 years ago. Finished it up in May 2019.

Rdub6 · Feb 21, 2023

BlakeusMaximus said:
@Rdub6, sorry, almost 4 years ago. Finished it up in May 2019.

Still doesn’t seem that long! Always liked that bright white you did!

BlakeusMaximus · Feb 21, 2023

I know man, time really does fly. Painted original Ford Oxford white.

SSSnappy '89 · Feb 21, 2023

AnthonyA1234 said:
Well a buddy of mine that owns a body shop is going to paint it for me so I want to make it as easy as possible for him. I’d also just like to make sure the paint job is done the right way so I wanna take stuff off myself so I know how it was done.

I’d just like to remove anything that will make the paint job come out better if the car is painted with it off.

Aero is spot on, did the exact same, plus get after any failing seam sealer. Did mask all of the door jamb decals (if you decide to do jambs).

AnthonyA1234 · Mar 2, 2023

Disassembly has been going good. Pretty much almost done besides the front and rear bumper. I have a few questions regarding the window trim.

First off, is the paint line that my door has on it the correct line where the gloss black should end and the trim black begins?

Another thing, should I take off this rubber on the run channel trim before they paint the trim black over the window trim pieces? Is this easy to remove and reinstall?

Finally, does the trim black need a clear coat? I bought the sem trim black everyone recommends.

AeroCoupe · Mar 2, 2023

How to remove the window run trim:

How to remove the window run channel weatherstripping:

LMR has some really good videos.

Fri Guy · Mar 3, 2023

BlakeusMaximus said:
Here’s mine when I painted it. Going on 5 years now. That should give you an idea. Pull the door handles off as well.

You might want to consider your rusted frame rails before you get into something like this.

Man, I love the way your car came out. Having mine done now and they took it all the way down. I ended up going with Frozen White which comes on the newer Ford GT40 cars.

BlakeusMaximus · Mar 3, 2023

Thanks Fri Guy! Me too.

SorsCode · Mar 3, 2023

I yanked everything including glass when I paint.

AnthonyA1234 · Mar 3, 2023

BlakeusMaximus said:
Here’s mine when I painted it. Going on 5 years now. That should give you an idea. Pull the door handles off as well.

You might want to consider your rusted frame rails before you get into something like this.

How did you remove that fuel door?

AeroCoupe · Mar 4, 2023

Two 7 mm bolts...pdf below shows you how.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjyuPy8zML9AhVunWoFHSAMBLsQFnoECCoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Flib.store.yahoo.net%2Flib%2Fyhst-37354654005614%2FUPR-Products-Billet-Fuel-Door-79-Installation.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0WVyHbFy-uQet7b6DuFV6y

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