DRASTiK 22 Report post Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) Car looks awesome! Edited August 2, 2012 by DRASTiK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TexasEd 188 Report post Posted August 2, 2012 I molded the tail light extentions into the 1/4 panel to make it a 1 piece. here are some of the pics of that. That is a nice touch. I'm curious how you connected it to prevent flexing/cracking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 2, 2012 That is a nice touch. I'm curious how you connected it to prevent flexing/cracking. That was no easy task lol. I made a custom bracket that attaches to the body and sits 1/2" below the area of the tail light extensions to the body (there is a pic of this on one of the first 2 pages here). I welded that into place. Then I took a grinder and cuts grooves into the 1/4 panel that go 4" back towards the door. Drilled 3/16" holes 1" apart from each other along the lip on the tail light extension. After that I grinded 2" back into the extention. I did all that grinding bc the expoxy I am using "all metal" requires clean scuffed up metal to bite into. It's a 2 part expoxy that hardens into aluminum. Once all the metal was prepped with the grinder I mixed up A LOT of the all metal and put it onto the bracket I made and squeezed the extention onto it. Once I did that most of the all metal oozed out the 3/16" holes I drilled into the tail light extention and the rest oozed out where the 1/4 panel and extention meet. I bolted the extention in using the original 3 nuts as fast as I could (starts to harden in minutes). I put another thick layer of all metal along the line where the 2 meet. Let that dry for 48 hours and began the smoothing out process. After all that I decided to do the same thing on the inside of the trunk area. It was a lot of work. Since this is my first and only time doing body work I say it was hard but a pro can probably do that with no problem. Plus I most likely over thought the whole idea and didnt have to go to the extreme I did. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 8, 2012 Car is finally painted. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boozshey 12 Report post Posted August 8, 2012 Nice!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
70mstang 11 Report post Posted August 8, 2012 looking sweet! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angel 24 Report post Posted August 8, 2012 car came out nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69SlowResto 19 Report post Posted August 8, 2012 Awesome...love the two tone look Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 9, 2012 Getting the trim and moldings on. Coming along piece by piece. This is what the tail light extentions look like finished after being molding in and painted. I also did the same thing to the rocker panel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fordrevhead 29 Report post Posted August 9, 2012 Nice! Very similar to one of my paint scheme thoughts for the 70 coupe! Time and money, time and money... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Chrome just about done. Waiting for headlights now. The front spoiler is painted the same grey as the car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike65 475 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Looks great!! I love the second pic from straight on at the front, it looks so mean. :thumbup1: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69SlowResto 19 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 That looks wicked! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miketyler 15 Report post Posted August 10, 2012 Slick - there is a guy on one of my Mopar websites that has a Cuda with that same paint scheme. Gotta see if I can find a pic of it for ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ak70stang 11 Report post Posted August 11, 2012 I really like the way the rocker panel look where yu blended them together. Awesome color combo! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 11, 2012 Thanks everyone for all the compliments. There is still so much work left but finally seeing the car in paint is giving me so good motivation to get it all done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbennett 10 Report post Posted August 14, 2012 Do you have close up of your head liught buckets? From the pic after it was painted yours look like mine at the bottom, jagged not straight, if that is how they are supposed to be I'm not going to spend 240 ea for 2 new buckets. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rawlinss 14 Report post Posted August 14, 2012 Looking Mean. Keep up the good work!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 14, 2012 Do you have close up of your head liught buckets? From the pic after it was painted yours look like mine at the bottom, jagged not straight, if that is how they are supposed to be I'm not going to spend 240 ea for 2 new buckets. They are suppose to look that way. They are jagged to make room for the bumper brackets and bumper. The only thing you have to worry about is if you have the mounting tab at the bottom. They always break off. Mine did. The tabs are used to hold the valance in place. They sell repair kits to fix them. I also read here that a lot of people were having bad fitment issues with the aftermarket buckets. I needed new ones and went on eBay and found originals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbennett 10 Report post Posted August 14, 2012 Yea i have one mount tab bent back alittle bit and I believe the other is missing. I guess I'll do some research one a new one if I can repair the one that is bent. I also assume if you buy a repair kit it will just break again. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheMenace 10 Report post Posted August 16, 2012 Got some more done Test fitting the center console. Need to mount the passenger seat today before I fully mount it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flanders 46 Report post Posted August 16, 2012 looking good! That center console is nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69SlowResto 19 Report post Posted August 16, 2012 +1...that is a sweet console. What is it from? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rawlinss 14 Report post Posted August 17, 2012 Looking sweeeet!! Great Job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boozshey 12 Report post Posted August 17, 2012 Looking great! +1...that is a sweet console. What is it from? S197 center console... So 05-09 mustang Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
