My $1300, 2005 Mustang
03-08-2015, 07:31 AM
#231
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: FL
Posts: 357
Window tint... can be an evil thing. I actually procured a spray bottle of "window tint adhesive remover"... and boy was I pleasantly surprised when that stuff worked like a charm.
Not always the case when you procure stuff from Wal*Mart
Keep up the amazing work... and after reading about your schedule... I gotta say.... I'm tired!
Not always the case when you procure stuff from Wal*Mart
Keep up the amazing work... and after reading about your schedule... I gotta say.... I'm tired!
03-09-2015, 08:59 AM
#232
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Ga
Posts: 141
Got a little more work done over the weekend.
Picked up a steamer Saturday and the wife and I got to peeling tint Saturday evening.
You may remember what the tint originally looked like and why it had to go. It was actually unsafe, couldn't see a damn thing out the back.
Coming off fairly well.
Sunday after church I picked up some of this stuff and went over the my buddy's house.
Sprayed the rear windshield down with it, it was ok. Bout the same as goo gone.
While that was going to town I took the hood off and went to town removing the cowl cover. That leak that was around the ECU, it was time to fix.
Cowl covers pretty straight forward, get the clips out and it just pulls right off.
And here we can see why it was leaking, one of the grommets had rotted so much that it just fell out apparently.
And it was a little gross so I sprayed it down and went back to work on getting the tint and goo off.
Came back and cleaned it all up
This is what the grommets should look like compared to one of the ones I pulled from my car. No wonder they were leaking.
After I had that all done and the hood back on I finished up the goo on the rear windshield. At which point I realized I'm apparently missing the cover for the child restraint thing.
Picked up a steamer Saturday and the wife and I got to peeling tint Saturday evening.
You may remember what the tint originally looked like and why it had to go. It was actually unsafe, couldn't see a damn thing out the back.
Coming off fairly well.
Sunday after church I picked up some of this stuff and went over the my buddy's house.
Sprayed the rear windshield down with it, it was ok. Bout the same as goo gone.
While that was going to town I took the hood off and went to town removing the cowl cover. That leak that was around the ECU, it was time to fix.
Cowl covers pretty straight forward, get the clips out and it just pulls right off.
And here we can see why it was leaking, one of the grommets had rotted so much that it just fell out apparently.
And it was a little gross so I sprayed it down and went back to work on getting the tint and goo off.
Came back and cleaned it all up
This is what the grommets should look like compared to one of the ones I pulled from my car. No wonder they were leaking.
After I had that all done and the hood back on I finished up the goo on the rear windshield. At which point I realized I'm apparently missing the cover for the child restraint thing.
03-12-2015, 11:17 AM
#235
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Ga
Posts: 141
Got some real work done yesterday.
At least this time it was cleaner when I got all the interior out.
So I took this stuff
And went to work.
After the final coat on the driver's side
Time to get the passenger side
Well that needed a few hours to drive so I figured in the mean time I'd try to work on my shifter.
So I took the whole thing apart
And found this in the bottom
Some all purpose and this to blow it out
Figured I'd start taking the rest of it apart, in hopes of fixing the gear indicator.
But then I got frustrated with it so I moved on to the upkeep stuff.
Still needed more time to dry so I got my bumper grill put in. Looks better. Not my favorite grill but at least it's a matching honeycomb as the top grill.
Well now it dried. Time to get the boom mat in.
Measured it out at about 20 inches across, though if you are doing this I suggest you measure yourself.
Driver's side done.
Passenger side done.
I did succeed in losing the screw that holds my shifter handle in, as well as breaking the shifter indicator. Unfortunately I stepped on it and it is now in two pieces, so I'm pretty sure I'm just going to replace the shifter all together in the not too distant future.
Now everytime I touch the shifter it wants to do this.
On a better note, I did also pick up some mats for free. They aren't the red ones I want, and I don't really like rubber mats, but for free I couldn't complain until I buy the red ones I want.
At least this time it was cleaner when I got all the interior out.
So I took this stuff
And went to work.
After the final coat on the driver's side
Time to get the passenger side
Well that needed a few hours to drive so I figured in the mean time I'd try to work on my shifter.
So I took the whole thing apart
And found this in the bottom
Some all purpose and this to blow it out
Figured I'd start taking the rest of it apart, in hopes of fixing the gear indicator.
But then I got frustrated with it so I moved on to the upkeep stuff.
Still needed more time to dry so I got my bumper grill put in. Looks better. Not my favorite grill but at least it's a matching honeycomb as the top grill.
Well now it dried. Time to get the boom mat in.
Measured it out at about 20 inches across, though if you are doing this I suggest you measure yourself.
Driver's side done.
Passenger side done.
I did succeed in losing the screw that holds my shifter handle in, as well as breaking the shifter indicator. Unfortunately I stepped on it and it is now in two pieces, so I'm pretty sure I'm just going to replace the shifter all together in the not too distant future.
Now everytime I touch the shifter it wants to do this.
On a better note, I did also pick up some mats for free. They aren't the red ones I want, and I don't really like rubber mats, but for free I couldn't complain until I buy the red ones I want.
Last edited by austinkli; 03-12-2015 at 11:21 AM.
03-12-2015, 11:54 AM
#237
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Ga
Posts: 141
Now let me take a moment to give my personal review for this dei boom mat spray.
This stuff is a no good waste of money. Not the tiniest bit of noise reduction. The ONLY place I noticed any difference was the trunk, and to be honest, it wasn't enough to matter.
As for the inside of the car, I assumed that by doubling up, doing two coats of DEI spray AND using the dei boom mat I would surely notice some difference. None whatsoever. My wife road in the car with me and asked if I had even done anything at all.
DO NOT waste your money on a dei product. I will never be buying any of this again. Might as well throw your money out the window.
This stuff is a no good waste of money. Not the tiniest bit of noise reduction. The ONLY place I noticed any difference was the trunk, and to be honest, it wasn't enough to matter.
As for the inside of the car, I assumed that by doubling up, doing two coats of DEI spray AND using the dei boom mat I would surely notice some difference. None whatsoever. My wife road in the car with me and asked if I had even done anything at all.
DO NOT waste your money on a dei product. I will never be buying any of this again. Might as well throw your money out the window.
03-13-2015, 10:10 AM
#239
This, I had it in my trunk, its this 1/4th inch of "ticky tack" with aluminum coating, though it's expensive.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/dy...-fYaAh3D8P8HAQ
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/dy...-fYaAh3D8P8HAQ
03-13-2015, 12:31 PM
#240
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: TX
Posts: 113
This, I had it in my trunk, its this 1/4th inch of "ticky tack" with aluminum coating, though it's expensive.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/dy...-fYaAh3D8P8HAQ
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/dy...-fYaAh3D8P8HAQ