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Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chooglin on November 26, 2006, 03:06:39 PM
my bird was in a bar fight today and got 4 black eyes.......ouch !!!!
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: ZondaC12 on November 26, 2006, 03:14:23 PM
:sorry: oooh man looks nasty!!! put some ice on it, shell heal up quick!! lol
 
SERIOUSLY though its sick. that car looks mean. dont be surprised if you get some pen 15y fellow motorists *cough*ricers*cough* that wanna pick a fight! you oughta beef up the powerplant a little so you can really smoke em. i dont recall what were your plans? i know you had said you were gonna do something
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chooglin on November 26, 2006, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: ZondaC12;115644
: you oughta beef up the powerplant a little so you can really smoke em. i dont recall what were your plans? i know you had said you were gonna do something



For now I just want to get everything painted up, fix a few things on it and then some day I plan on putting a 302 in it.

the car has been sitting for the past 3 years because I never had the extra money to do the things I wanted with it.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: 1WLD BRD on November 26, 2006, 04:26:04 PM
Now paint the inside of the grill to match.  Looks killer.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: vinnietbird on November 26, 2006, 04:59:27 PM
That looks great.The look is sinister.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: tbirdscott on November 26, 2006, 05:16:34 PM
Quote from: 1WLD BRD;115650
Now paint the inside of the grill to match.


Do this, I did it on my 80, just tape off the chrome bars, It will look awesome.


Scott
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chooglin on November 26, 2006, 05:46:06 PM
Quote from: tbirdscott;115659
Do this, I did it on my 80, just tape off the chrome bars, It will look awesome.


Scott



I thought about doing this but man that is alot of masking.any pics out there that I can see what it will look like?
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: tbirdscott on November 26, 2006, 06:05:34 PM
Just take a sharp x-acto or utility knife and cut the masking tape to the proper width, its a PITA but worth it.

I only have one pic of my car from a few years ago, py pic though.

(http://www.geocities.com/tbrd_guy/nnbv.JPG)
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chuck W on November 26, 2006, 06:25:28 PM
Did you get my PM on the molding piece?
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chooglin on November 26, 2006, 07:08:21 PM
Quote from: Chuck W;115679
Did you get my PM on the molding piece?



I just read it chuck. price sounds good. how would you like me to pay for it?
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chooglin on November 26, 2006, 07:23:29 PM
Chuckw you have a pm

Sorry for not reading it sooner.............never think to check my pm's
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Post by: 5.0willgo on November 26, 2006, 07:40:26 PM
That looks awsome. I agree as well doing black on the grille.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: thunderjet302 on November 26, 2006, 09:25:26 PM
Sweet :birdsmily:
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Post by: CougarSE on November 26, 2006, 10:37:21 PM
Mud Flaps FTL!!

That looks excellent, I'm about 80% convinced to paint the buckets on the 83 body color.  With the chrome taped off of course.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: 46Tbird on November 26, 2006, 10:55:47 PM
Uh... I wouldn't spend four hours masking that grille.

Just scuff the parts you want black, shoot the WHOLE THING black, and then go back over the chrome parts with a rag dipped in lacquer thinner.  Old detailers' trick.

Looks good, dude...
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Tbirdmaniac on November 28, 2006, 07:10:16 PM
Hi!,

Don't mask with a tape for nothing, when I painted My grille for the first time a couple of years ago, I just masked the large surfaces, and the thin pieces just wiped with a "vaseline" or anything, but grease, after the paint is very dry, just wipe off the "vaseline" or butter or whatever, that's all, It make a nice job, and quickly...

Just a bit of grease, like a saran wrap, not 1/4 inch thick :grinno:
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Clayton on November 28, 2006, 09:17:58 PM
the vaseline trick ftw!

did that on my turbines :D
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: tbirdscott on November 28, 2006, 09:51:31 PM
Quote from: 46Tbird;115728
Uh... I wouldn't spend four hours masking that grille.


4 hours??? took me about an hour to do mine, its not that difficult, the vaseline thing sounds cool though, gonna have to try that.


Scott
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: 84 Fila on November 28, 2006, 10:41:29 PM
I like that look. It's the same look mine has factory.

(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/2322000-2322999/2322669_11_full.jpg)

(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/2322000-2322999/2322669_60_full.jpg)
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: ZondaC12 on November 28, 2006, 10:54:45 PM
yeah it works good.
 
mike, did you paint your grille? i think those are usually chrome right?
 
whatever the case, looks good!
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: 84 Fila on November 28, 2006, 11:00:46 PM
Mine is the white from the factory. It was a FILA thing.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Vantage08 on November 29, 2006, 12:00:51 AM
YEah that's pretty bad ass lookin!
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Ifixyawata on November 29, 2006, 12:09:16 AM
If you're impatient, as I am, you could tape off just the outer section of the grille and do like I did a couple years ago:

(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/6/web/342000-342999/342665_20_full.jpg)

I have a set of all-black TC ones left over from my '84 and I think I'll be doing something different before this years CJ.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Red_LX on November 30, 2006, 05:37:40 PM
When I saw "black eyes" I was expecting to see the car with some of those "smoked" sealed beam headlamps...ya know, the ones that look black when they're off.
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Tbirdmaniac on December 01, 2006, 04:12:48 PM
Hello!,

When I started to work in a mechanic and bodywork in a garage at the age of 13, on sone cheap body job My boss don't pull over any crest on these cars, just wipe a vaseline on that, after the car is very dry, wipe off and clean the car with water ans soap...

On a GOOD job's we remove all crest as well...

I keeped this trick for the jobs like My grill, some mags, and other things like that...
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Ether947 on December 17, 2006, 09:54:50 AM
May a use a pic for the calendar?
Title: 4 black eyes
Post by: Chooglin on December 17, 2006, 12:10:15 PM
Quote from: Ether947;118830
May a use a pic for the calendar?



yes, I was going to submitt it,but it is missing the right front side molding.