Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: lowcat on November 30, 2004, 06:43:30 PM
Title: Body Mods
Post by: lowcat on November 30, 2004, 06:43:30 PM
:welder: :sawzall: So what body mods has everyone done? I'm always looking for new ideas. So far I have removed the emblems on the trunk and side of the car, the molding between the wheelwells, the reflector in the tail lights, added sequential lights, turbo coupe hood, smoothed the gas cap, and shaved the antenna. I count paint jobs as a body mod so lets see what you got! As soon as I get batteries for my camera I will get some pics because :ttiwwp:
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Orange Crush on November 30, 2004, 08:09:27 PM
Shaved locks/emblems/antenna/keyless entry pad, sequentials, turbo coupe header panel, cowl hood, smoothed gas filler door, filled and smoothed engine bay. When it sees paint it will also have body color bodyside modlings and door handles, along witgh a custom two-tone scheme.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Nate on November 30, 2004, 08:14:26 PM
well i did this my car mod pic (http://botchthecrab.com/archive/autobot/1988/optimus_prime_(powermaster).jpg) took about a day or so, the tricky part is the hydrolics and the mastering of quantum physics so i could efficantly handel the enerjon power source. its pretty trick when its transformed :evilgrin: :giggle:
but seriously... i shaved my emblems, used tc hood/header pannel and bumper cover. and removed my pin stripe.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: nirvanagod on November 30, 2004, 09:44:46 PM
Quote from: Manson
well i did this, took about a day or so,
Totally freakin' sweet, you are my new jesus (replacing that wierd guy from that 70's show)!!!!
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Sly1990 on December 01, 2004, 12:33:54 AM
You still able to get energon since 1986? :dunce:
So many memories.... :grinno: :grinno:
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: crystal on December 01, 2004, 07:38:59 AM
So far: http://ferdbird.com/87sport
Shaved door handles, antenna, turbo coupe nose, Asturias Gray paint, wheels sand blasted and painted to match, painted mirrors, painted moldings. Sequential turn signals to be installed (in my nice heated garage... well worth the rent!)
Um, all I can say is wait till spring ;)
Interior is basically done too, but that's not really body so...
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: bq93 on December 01, 2004, 09:18:51 AM
For all of you antenna shavers- how do you run an antenna after you shave the external one, and how is the reception?
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: lowcat on December 01, 2004, 09:26:03 AM
:giggle: What reception? I don't know about everyone else but I didn't do anything with the antenna but remove it and the wire. I could never find anything good on anyway. But don't some newer cars have part of the antenna on the windshield?
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: MasterBlaster on December 01, 2004, 09:36:20 AM
Uhhhh... put in the wrong headlights (Bosch H6054), epoxied the front signal lenses back on when they fell off, got the left side door molding hanging in a bag in the closet, used some touchup paint where the thrown egg chipped it.... that's about it. :disappoin
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: crystal on December 01, 2004, 10:20:08 AM
Quote from: MasterBlaster
Uhhhh... put in the wrong headlights (Bosch H6054), epoxied the front signal lenses back on when they fell off, got the left side door molding hanging in a bag in the closet, used some touchup paint where the thrown egg chipped it.... that's about it. :disappoin
:giggle:
As for the antenna, I never put one back in and yes, the answer is "what reception?"
BUT... the fenders are changing over the winter and an antenna will be put back, just not like the stock one... Expect a relatively different looking nose by spring, and I'll dare to say unlike anything you've seen yet.
Those who know my plans correct me if I'm wrong.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: EricCoolCats on December 01, 2004, 10:27:48 AM
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Weasle on December 01, 2004, 11:16:36 AM
Show off.......lol
Dont make me post pics of mine Eric...heheh
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Bird351 on December 01, 2004, 02:56:54 PM
Just (spray) paint, paint, and more paint so far. Might try more than that once I've built up a little more confidence in my work.
No pics this time, I've already posted plenty of 'em.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Orange Crush on December 01, 2004, 07:24:46 PM
You can buy hidden antennas that install in the headliner or on the windsheild .
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Cougars 2 go on December 02, 2004, 11:55:51 PM
Quote from: lowcat
:welder: :sawzall: So what body mods has everyone done?
I changed all the front lights, black-chromed the chrome, will be changing the grille, and already in the process of back-lighting my side valences.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: saconcepts on December 24, 2004, 10:58:48 PM
GTS front ground effects, sides and back are McK Plastic ground effects, turbo coupe hood with the scoops plugged, removed the amber lense from thr front corner lamps, removed the reflectors from the rear tail lights, 2000 Audi "brilliant yellow" paint, blue Californeon light up pin stripe surrounding the car...... more to come soon
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: MDJ1281 on December 24, 2004, 11:51:51 PM
...custom rust spots?
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: saconcepts on December 24, 2004, 11:56:12 PM
Nice, my 87 has a few of them custom rust spots... custom dents too... they are hard to find though...
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Cougars 2 go on December 27, 2004, 02:10:39 AM
Quote from: Cougars 2 go
I changed all the front lights, black-chromed the chrome, will be changing the grille, and already in the process of back-lighting my side valences.
Well, I guess since people are posting pictures, these show one of the mods:
(http://img84.exs.cx/img84/718/03SEP04.jpg)
(http://img84.exs.cx/img84/1108/03SEP042.jpg)
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Rwolf on December 27, 2004, 03:54:57 PM
Quote from: Cougars 2 go
Well, I guess since people are posting pictures, these show one of the mods:
(http://img84.exs.cx/img84/718/03SEP04.jpg)
(http://img84.exs.cx/img84/1108/03SEP042.jpg)
I still think thats the best looking cougar around, I just wish I had a wall paper sized pic :)
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: zpyro on December 27, 2004, 10:23:34 PM
those headlights are awesome, where's the stcky showing how you did it? :p
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: kissmaoss8701 on December 27, 2004, 11:18:32 PM
same here, Those headlights are gangsta. My body mods are custom paint job, clear turn signals, Big huge ass dent on the side, bent frame, and foglights. lol :giggle:
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Tbird232ci on December 27, 2004, 11:19:01 PM
i left a sticky in his garage when i saw progress on it, pics dont do the car justice
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Quietleaf on December 28, 2004, 09:32:51 PM
I managed to mount Pilot PL-220 (clear) fog lamps in the stock air-dam openings in my '87 T-Bird (non- T/C, of course). It requires taking off the lower half of the nose and mounting the lights directly to the fiberglass bumper underneath the plastic nose. The trick was to come up with a spacer that let the lights hang low enough so that they sit exactly in the center of the air dam openings...this *will* make you laugh, but the perfect spacer turned out to be sections cut from the plastic handle of a kids' hockey stick (okay, it was all that was available, but it works wonderfully). The stick is just a hair (maybe 1/8" to 3/16") thicker than is needed, but since it's hollow, it will compress to the right thickness as you tighten the bolts down (so make sure your neighborhood hardware store is open so you can get the right length bolts). Lock washers are a must, but once the lights are in and wired (I used a stock panel and switch from a T/C) they make a base car look *so* much better.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Cougars 2 go on December 28, 2004, 10:01:44 PM
Quote from: Rwolf
I still think thats the best looking cougar around, I just wish I had a wall paper sized pic :)
Quote from: zpyro
those headlights are awesome, where's the stcky showing how you did it? :p
Quote from: kissmaoss8701
same here, Those headlights are gangsta...
Quote from: Tbird232ci
i left a sticky in his garage when i saw progress on it, pics dont do the car justice
folks, thank you very much for your kind words. It's quite humbling to hear folks refer to something I did with such praise. :cheers:
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: zpyro on December 29, 2004, 12:59:44 PM
quit avoiding the question, how did you do it? :giggle:
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Ifixyawata on December 29, 2004, 01:03:08 PM
I'm guessing he somehow used those round lights and mounted them to the existing headlight bucket, or the hole through which the headlight harness feeds, or at least a part of it. How they're secured... no idea.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: kissmaoss8701 on December 29, 2004, 01:46:53 PM
Cougars 2 go mark my words.. I will Figure out how you did that :evilgrin:
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Cougars 2 go on January 04, 2005, 08:41:40 PM
Quote from: kissmaoss8701
Cougars 2 go mark my words.. I will Figure out how you did that :evilgrin:
It's nothing major and besides, everyone will (hopefully) see it at Cat Jam. (I thought I have already told a bunch of people how I did it?) Anyway, once you see it, you can see how I did it.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: zpyro on January 05, 2005, 03:46:15 AM
what about those who are nowhere remotely near cat jam??
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: jcassity on January 05, 2005, 11:26:57 AM
Quote from: Cougars 2 go
(I thought I have already told a bunch of people how I did it?)
yes you did on the other site, i remember it all too well.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Tbird232ci on January 05, 2005, 11:46:57 AM
Quote from: zpyro
what about those who are nowhere remotely near cat jam??
people come from canada from the jam, unless youre overseas, theres no excuse
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: cougarman on January 05, 2005, 11:51:20 AM
Quote from: Tbird232ci
people come from canada from the jam, unless youre overseas, theres no excuse
sure there is, it's called "no money" :(
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: baxo on January 05, 2005, 11:56:11 AM
Quote from: cougarman
sure there is, it's called "no money" :(
NOt good enough you know exactly what day the Jam is happening every year so you basically have a whole year to prepare. Wherever there's a will.. there's a way. If someone is REALLY set on going.. they'll go out of their way to make sure they can go.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: saconcepts on January 05, 2005, 11:27:42 PM
Cougars 2 go, At one time did you say you had a pair of the clear GTS headlamp covers (or any brand for that matter)? If so can you tell me where you got them?... I am in need of 2 pairs of clears in the months to come.
Thanks, Scott (http://www.coolcats.net/photos/cars/1988/Scott_1100667023/cj04_05.jpg)
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: MasterBlaster on January 06, 2005, 07:10:44 AM
Quote
Quote: Originally Posted by Cougars 2 go (I thought I have already told a bunch of people how I did it?)
yes you did on the other site, i remember it all too well.
"Can I put an '86 headlight wiring harness in an '88?" http://p089.ezboard.com/ffoxthunderbirdsfrm13.showNextMessage?topicID=130.topic
"Here is a pic of my headlight mod progress" http://p089.ezboard.com/ffoxthunderbirdsbodyappearance.showMessageRange?topicID=893.topic&start=1&stop=20
Cougar Nuts pages (Not a member? no pics) http://www.cougarnuts.com/board/showthread.php?t=8732 http://www.cougarnuts.com/board/showthread.php?t=11059
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: vinnietbird on January 06, 2005, 08:53:56 AM
I've got a Turbo-Coupe front bumper cover to accomodate my 4 round fog lamps,a 2002 Bullitt Mustang billet gas lid,notched rear bumper to allow the dual exhaust tips to sit up IN the bumper,not just under it,a 2003 Thunderbird script on the trunk lid,Cougar side mirrors (the chrome ones),20th anniversary Cougar wheels....for now.I'm getting ready to do a 5 lug swap,and also change the drivetrain for a Lincoln Mark VII LSC drivetrain.I also had the car color changed from gun metal grey to Patriot Blue Pearl (a newer Chrysler color).You can see it on Cardomain.Also added a Locker rear with 3:45 gears and quadra-shaocks.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: vinnietbird on January 06, 2005, 08:56:00 AM
By the way,I wanted to add some kind of hood scoop,but I'm against stick on scoops,and non functional scoops,so I'm going to add a shaker scoop like on the Mach 1 from last year.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Cougars 2 go on January 06, 2005, 09:17:04 PM
Quote from: saconcepts
Cougars 2 go, At one time did you say you had a pair of the clear GTS headlamp covers (or any brand for that matter)? If so can you tell me where you got them?... I am in need of 2 pairs of clears in the months to come.
Thanks, Scott
Autozone.com
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: zpyro on January 09, 2005, 02:12:51 PM
Quote from: MasterBlaster
"Here is a pic of my headlight mod progress" http://p089.ezboard.com/ffoxthunderbirdsbodyappearance.showMessageRange?topicID=893.topic&start=1&stop=20
Cougar Nuts pages (Not a member? no pics) http://www.cougarnuts.com/board/showthread.php?t=8732 http://www.cougarnuts.com/board/showthread.php?t=11059
I'm a member of cougar nuts and I still can't see the pics
Quote from: Tbird232ci
people come from canada from the jam, unless youre overseas, theres no excuse
those people probably have jobs that they can take time off of, or other ways to pay their bills
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: crystal on January 09, 2005, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: zpyro
I'm a member of cougar nuts and I still can't see the pics
David cleaned out lots of older pics to help load time on the site
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Tbird232ci on January 09, 2005, 11:04:07 PM
Quote from: zpyro
those people probably have jobs that they can take time off of, or other ways to pay their bills
man, did someone get offended or what?
drive out for a day, i mean shiznit, for me, its a 5 hour drive, make the drive friday night after work, stay saturday, leave saturday night, get home late night, and bam, if you have to work saturday, you can still get some sleep
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: baxo on January 09, 2005, 11:18:32 PM
Quote from: Tbird232ci
man, did someone get offended or what?
drive out for a day, i mean shiznit, for me, its a 5 hour drive, make the drive friday night after work, stay saturday, leave saturday night, get home late night, and bam, if you have to work saturday, you can still get some sleep
Dude, whatever, let it be.. Some people aren't as motivated as others.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: lowcat on January 09, 2005, 11:27:04 PM
He is also in California. It would probably take a few days just to drive out to Ohio.
Anyway I hope to get out to Catjam. Maybe the people from Maryland could meet up and follow each other there.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Tbird232ci on January 10, 2005, 12:30:39 AM
either way, its one thing to say "ill do what i can to try to make it out", but its another to say "its impossible, life sucks, jobs are hard, women wont let me, my mom has to hold my hand the whole way"
its the half full/half empty thing
thats what we usually do lowcat, i didnt make it last year, but everyone in MD met up and drove out in one crew
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: zpyro on January 10, 2005, 07:56:19 PM
Quote from: Tbird232ci
either way, its one thing to say "ill do what i can to try to make it out", but its another to say "its impossible, life sucks, jobs are hard, women wont let me, my mom has to hold my hand the whole way"
seems you're more offended than you assume I am. wtf is your prob? I just said it's impossible for some to drive halfway across the country just to see some cars. There ARE excuses, like having a job, school, and enough money to pay the bills and that's about it.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Tbird232ci on January 11, 2005, 12:44:49 AM
im not offended, it just irritates me when people just say "no it wont work", "no i cant", "that sucks", without even putting much thought into it, last year, i wasnt able to make it, as the year before, i had my reasons, but i tried most of everything i could to make it, its not like i said "no, i cant do it", i said "ill do everything i can to make it"
like i said, its the half full/half empty ordeal, you can try to make it and fail, or not try, same end result, but the effort was made
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Haystack on January 11, 2005, 01:15:27 AM
I was planning on going last year, but after seeing the last years pictures i didnt feel like my car would belong there. Lots of people told me that it dosent matter and thngs like that, so again I decided to go, then my car took a dump on me. And from here I was planning on about $400 just in gas. I even had the money's saved up, but I ended up spending money just to get my car back to the point it starts. This year I have two cats. and the new one has half the miliage at 115,000
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: Cougars 2 go on January 11, 2005, 07:41:00 AM
Quote from: Cougars 2 go
It's nothing major and besides, everyone will (hopefully) see it at Cat Jam. (I thought I have already told a bunch of people how I did it?) Anyway, once you see it, you can see how I did it.
I didn't intend to bring tension to this body mod thread about attending Cat Jam. Relying on just typed words without body language, tone, inflection, etc, sometimes things come across differently than intended. I'm sure there will be plenty of folks at Cat Jam to see everyone's mods and discuss them on this board with those that are interested but couldn't make it. Also, there will most likely be a CD or two containing everyone's snapshots taken during Cat Jam that can be purchased by those who were unable to make it.
Title: Re: Body Mods
Post by: jasontbird on January 12, 2005, 01:31:32 PM
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I was planning on going last year, but after seeing the last years pictures i didnt feel like my car would belong there. Lots of people told me that it dosent matter and thngs like that, so again I decided to go, then my car took a dump on me. And from here I was planning on about $400 just in gas. I even had the money's saved up, but I ended up spending money just to get my car back to the point it starts. This year I have two cats. and the new one has half the miliage at 115,000
Did you see my 85 t-bird gray/black??? I think I had the worst looking car there and I went. It looked really bad when I parked it at the car show at Chilis next to the 20,000-80,000 dollar show cars. I think most people on these boards worked hard to get their cars where they are at and remember vividly what it took to get them there. Besides you have to start somewhere. My car was also on the borderline of making it there or not.
As far as making it to cat jam or not, it is never impossible, but coming from California would be very impractical for a 3 day show. If it were me the ony way I would do it is if I worked it in with a 2-3 week vacation. Or fly in and leave the bird at home. My family reunion is the last Saturday of July every year so it will normally collide with Cat Jam's last full weekend of July. That makes it a difficult choice for me which will keep me from going most of the time, otherwise I would prob. be there every year, as it is only an 9-10 hour drive for me. I was really glad to have went to cat jam just to see the cars on the boards up close.