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Old Mar 14, 2011 | 02:07 PM
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OK guys this quality is pretty bad but see if you can tell, not expecting you to be able to give anywhere near an exact answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdjCTFnWG7A
Old Mar 14, 2011 | 10:48 PM
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If your front end is making noise, start looking for zerk fittngs. I bet the noise you have is coming from the upper control/A arms.

If your asking about the idle, it does sound a little high.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 11:15 AM
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ok guys it hit a whopping 60 degrees here a couple days ago, did some sanding, priming and bondoing. now i have a question on paint, the car is sprayed with rustoleum primer. i did this after roughing up the paint. do you guys suggest i re prime the whole car with real primer before painting it? thank god its a vinyl hardtop so there like nothin to paint on the car lol. going for lime gold should would black primer be fine or should i prime with grey?
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 12:29 PM
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Lol ummm, yes it would probably be a good idea. Epoxy if there are bare spots, 2k if not.
Old Mar 31, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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Has anyone replaced their frame rails with round ones full length front to back?
i was thinking since my frame rails are rotted i could try this if it was possible.

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im looking at these now, would these work in replacing the frame rails or only enforcing them?
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ite...?T1=CEE3140+01

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Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:04 PM
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Just re painted my valve covers and carb cover with some fresh Ford Blue. the color it was painted before was either ford blue with grease and grime on it, or it couldve been GM Blue.

alot of this white/yellowish stuff in the valve cover and gunking up the oil cap thingeh. cleaned them out real good.
Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MustangFTW
the car is sprayed with rustoleum primer. i did this after roughing up the paint. do you guys suggest i re prime the whole car with real primer before painting it?
do you have an air compressor, paint gun, etc, or did you rattle can that rustoleum and plan on rattle canning the gray or black primer now, if you have bare metal and plan on using rattle cans than hit the bare metal lightly with etch primer, don't shoot the whole car with etch primer just the bare metal, then go build primer over the whole car, then sand 180 grit then 320 grit dry or up to 600 wet

if you have the air compressor and paint gun you could shoot the two part epoxy primer, you will need a can of the primer (first part), a bottle of activator (hardener) (second part), and a bottle of reducer (optional), keep in mind you really don't want to sand epoxy primer as it's not designed for that (it is very rubbery clogs your sand paper) and it will leave an orange peal after you spray it on, so you will need to shoot build primer over that, the nice thing about epoxy is that it will stick to bare metal, bondo, prior primer, old paint, your skin, lol, etc...
Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MustangFTW
Just re painted my valve covers and carb cover with some fresh Ford Blue.
Oh yeah prove it, jk, picture please. Did you primer them first, did you use wax and grease remover before you shot them with paint?
Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MustangFTW
Has anyone replaced their frame rails with round ones full length front to back?
i was thinking since my frame rails are rotted i could try this if it was possible.

edit:

im looking at these now, would these work in replacing the frame rails or only enforcing them?
http://www.mustangsunlimited.com/ite...?T1=CEE3140+01
not sure how round frame rails would work as they hold the body, and the body would need flat brackets to sit on, I'm sure it could be done, but it would be a lot of work, a lot of welding

Subframe conectors are just that, they just go between the front portion of your frame and the back portion of your frame, they don't replace anything, they go into the space that is empty right now, right now your car body is holding your car together.
Old Apr 2, 2011 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Gregski
Oh yeah prove it, jk, picture please. Did you primer them first, did you use wax and grease remover before you shot them with paint?

pics up soon, i used degreaser to clean them then sanded to make the surface a bit rough, then sprayed. holy hell the left one (if your infront of the car) is hard to get off and on with all the tubes and wires going across.



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