Restoration of a TII
08-02-2005, 08:52 PM
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being able to stand up straight would help things along 
car and parts are all sanded ready for painting, pictures really dont look any different then the primer shots, will take some pics of it masked and during the paint process though.
car and parts are all sanded ready for painting, pictures really dont look any different then the primer shots, will take some pics of it masked and during the paint process though.
08-09-2005, 09:38 PM
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some felxible and epoxy primer applied to all loose urethane parts, AwlGrip epoxy primer applied to FC2000 front bumper, I like to use epoxy on fiberglass
also tailights tinted
some loose parts upstairs where its safe
bumper primed, kind of looks the same as the grey gel it came in though
wing and one side skirt in this pic, wing had typical crazing of the paint
also tailights tinted
some loose parts upstairs where its safe
bumper primed, kind of looks the same as the grey gel it came in though
wing and one side skirt in this pic, wing had typical crazing of the paint
08-10-2005, 12:48 PM
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Woo and best of all the rear bumper finally arrived, and rob said it was in excellent shape so hopefully not much work if any needs to be done to it.
now i have 2 spare crappy s5 rear bumpers and 1 front one...maye an s5 conversion for my 88 sometime down the line lol.
kevin.
now i have 2 spare crappy s5 rear bumpers and 1 front one...maye an s5 conversion for my 88 sometime down the line lol.
kevin.
08-15-2005, 08:22 PM
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ok, here are some pics of the parts painted hanging in the booth, also some pics of the FC2000 bumper with the lights fitted to them, I removed the lights to paint the projector area black, wipers painted, side markers tinted, etc..
now the car itself will be painted- which is easier then the damm parts, car will be wet sanded and polished and the parts are already ready for immediate assembly.
the lights being figured out has lifted a big weight from my shoulders, there is no write up on how to mount them and most people mounted them to the car itself which leaves a gap in the bumper, I figured let me wrestle the damm things and get it figured out. Looking at the pics it might seem simple, granted its not rocket science, but it does take some measuring, a tight fitting angle drill and some thinking to get the bolts to fit between the lights and the bumper, also my wire and plier trick to get bolts to fit in the holes
The bolts are just hanging on the lights so they had a tendency to flop around a bit, final installation will be nice and tight
this shows how much I removed to allow for clearance of the lights and so that the bulbs can be reached for replacement later on
one side of the lights mounted
other side
light mounted in the bumper, projector area not painted black yet
on the car, the flash even made it look like the light was on!
once again, projector area not painted black yet and obviously no plexiglass covers on
lights out once again and the projector area painted black, this will look sharp once the lights are back in and the plexiglass covers are installed, the covers will have a 1/2 black border on them from the INSIDE with black windshield/plexiglass paint, on the outside it will appear as shiny black paint.
side markers and 3rd brake light got the tinting process done to them as well
all 3 wiper arms got a fresh coat of black Imron on them as well
now the car itself will be painted- which is easier then the damm parts, car will be wet sanded and polished and the parts are already ready for immediate assembly.
the lights being figured out has lifted a big weight from my shoulders, there is no write up on how to mount them and most people mounted them to the car itself which leaves a gap in the bumper, I figured let me wrestle the damm things and get it figured out. Looking at the pics it might seem simple, granted its not rocket science, but it does take some measuring, a tight fitting angle drill and some thinking to get the bolts to fit between the lights and the bumper, also my wire and plier trick to get bolts to fit in the holes
The bolts are just hanging on the lights so they had a tendency to flop around a bit, final installation will be nice and tight
this shows how much I removed to allow for clearance of the lights and so that the bulbs can be reached for replacement later on
one side of the lights mounted
other side
light mounted in the bumper, projector area not painted black yet
on the car, the flash even made it look like the light was on!
once again, projector area not painted black yet and obviously no plexiglass covers on
lights out once again and the projector area painted black, this will look sharp once the lights are back in and the plexiglass covers are installed, the covers will have a 1/2 black border on them from the INSIDE with black windshield/plexiglass paint, on the outside it will appear as shiny black paint.
side markers and 3rd brake light got the tinting process done to them as well
all 3 wiper arms got a fresh coat of black Imron on them as well
08-16-2005, 01:04 PM
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jeebus, i think i gotta go change my pants!
That looks beatuious rob. I sent you a pm hopefully you got it in reply to your other one.
I am going nuts over here with those pics, they look so awesome that color looks so hot on this monitor that it must look 100x better in person.
i cant wait to see it,
kevin.
That looks beatuious rob. I sent you a pm hopefully you got it in reply to your other one.
I am going nuts over here with those pics, they look so awesome that color looks so hot on this monitor that it must look 100x better in person.
i cant wait to see it,
kevin.