DIY paint matching for cheap w/pics
01-04-2009, 10:48 PM
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DIY paint matching for cheap w/pics
well i got tired of having a two tone mustang. the white hood and silver body wasnt doing it for me. on top of that a buddy of mine would always tell me my stang looked like a ricer with fiberglass on it that didnt match the rest of the body. so i got $50 worth of sand paper, primer, paint and clear coat. my neighbor across the street gave me a hand and we did it about as ghetto as possible.
before paint
hanging it from a tree, about as ghetto as you can get
cant see any blotchiness in the sunlight
the camera flash makes the paint look really blotchy. in the day light you cant see any of the blotchiness. its not perfect but the car has original paint from 1992 so the imperfections in the paint on the hood just makes it look that much more original
the only downside is that the 4" cowl hood now looks more like a 2" because it blends in with the rest of the car.
before paint
hanging it from a tree, about as ghetto as you can get
cant see any blotchiness in the sunlight
the camera flash makes the paint look really blotchy. in the day light you cant see any of the blotchiness. its not perfect but the car has original paint from 1992 so the imperfections in the paint on the hood just makes it look that much more original
the only downside is that the 4" cowl hood now looks more like a 2" because it blends in with the rest of the car.
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01-05-2009, 01:30 AM
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2 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint and then 2 clear.
the cougar belongs to a buddy of mine. as it sits in that picture it had a 460BBF with a 200 shot of juice, c6 tranny, 9" rear with spool. unfortunately my buddy is retarded. i had never been in a nitrous car so i asked him to take me for a ride. he has no purge on the kit so he purged it into the motor at idle. the first time, no problem, we turn the corner still idling and he does it again, no problems. i said, i think its good lets go for a ride, he said no he had to do it one more time. hit the nitrous button and BOOM, clack clack clack clack and more white smoke then ive ever seen in my life surounds the car. blew a huge hole through one of the cylinders and destroyed that piston. what makes it worse is he was afraid to drive it home on seven cylinders so he left it at my house for a month and about 3 times a week he would come by, fire the car up (with water in the oil) and full throttle the thing all over my neighborhood. when we finally took the motor apart the pan was full of brownish/grew sludge. the oil and coolant mixed up something awful. it currently has a full fiberglass front end, plexy glass windows and no motor. itll never run again. my buddy (who i now, no longer talk to) got hooked on oxycotton and can barely function.
the cougar belongs to a buddy of mine. as it sits in that picture it had a 460BBF with a 200 shot of juice, c6 tranny, 9" rear with spool. unfortunately my buddy is retarded. i had never been in a nitrous car so i asked him to take me for a ride. he has no purge on the kit so he purged it into the motor at idle. the first time, no problem, we turn the corner still idling and he does it again, no problems. i said, i think its good lets go for a ride, he said no he had to do it one more time. hit the nitrous button and BOOM, clack clack clack clack and more white smoke then ive ever seen in my life surounds the car. blew a huge hole through one of the cylinders and destroyed that piston. what makes it worse is he was afraid to drive it home on seven cylinders so he left it at my house for a month and about 3 times a week he would come by, fire the car up (with water in the oil) and full throttle the thing all over my neighborhood. when we finally took the motor apart the pan was full of brownish/grew sludge. the oil and coolant mixed up something awful. it currently has a full fiberglass front end, plexy glass windows and no motor. itll never run again. my buddy (who i now, no longer talk to) got hooked on oxycotton and can barely function.
01-05-2009, 02:15 AM
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2 coats of primer, 3 coats of paint and then 2 clear.
the cougar belongs to a buddy of mine. as it sits in that picture it had a 460BBF with a 200 shot of juice, c6 tranny, 9" rear with spool. unfortunately my buddy is retarded. i had never been in a nitrous car so i asked him to take me for a ride. he has no purge on the kit so he purged it into the motor at idle. the first time, no problem, we turn the corner still idling and he does it again, no problems. i said, i think its good lets go for a ride, he said no he had to do it one more time. hit the nitrous button and BOOM, clack clack clack clack and more white smoke then ive ever seen in my life surounds the car. blew a huge hole through one of the cylinders and destroyed that piston. what makes it worse is he was afraid to drive it home on seven cylinders so he left it at my house for a month and about 3 times a week he would come by, fire the car up (with water in the oil) and full throttle the thing all over my neighborhood. when we finally took the motor apart the pan was full of brownish/grew sludge. the oil and coolant mixed up something awful. it currently has a full fiberglass front end, plexy glass windows and no motor. itll never run again. my buddy (who i now, no longer talk to) got hooked on oxycotton and can barely function.
the cougar belongs to a buddy of mine. as it sits in that picture it had a 460BBF with a 200 shot of juice, c6 tranny, 9" rear with spool. unfortunately my buddy is retarded. i had never been in a nitrous car so i asked him to take me for a ride. he has no purge on the kit so he purged it into the motor at idle. the first time, no problem, we turn the corner still idling and he does it again, no problems. i said, i think its good lets go for a ride, he said no he had to do it one more time. hit the nitrous button and BOOM, clack clack clack clack and more white smoke then ive ever seen in my life surounds the car. blew a huge hole through one of the cylinders and destroyed that piston. what makes it worse is he was afraid to drive it home on seven cylinders so he left it at my house for a month and about 3 times a week he would come by, fire the car up (with water in the oil) and full throttle the thing all over my neighborhood. when we finally took the motor apart the pan was full of brownish/grew sludge. the oil and coolant mixed up something awful. it currently has a full fiberglass front end, plexy glass windows and no motor. itll never run again. my buddy (who i now, no longer talk to) got hooked on oxycotton and can barely function.
01-05-2009, 04:53 AM
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Im about to do the same to my hood.. right now i got a red/black hood on a white exterior.. looks gay as hell.. lol. Its a stock hood so im just going to rattle can it white.. hopefully it comes out decent
01-05-2009, 10:14 AM
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