T0RCH3D
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A little off topic in terms of detailing but close enough to share the experience. Well after buying the car in late June and looking at this every time I opened the hood I figured I should finally do something about it and man was it an experience. The results were well worth it in the end! Before:
Anyways, going into the project I did some research of my own and then sought after advice from rmagnus. He offered painting great advice and really helped me get through project when things weren't looking so good!
Recommended Materials:
-(2 Cans) 12oz Aerosol of Ford D3
-2oz Spray Bottle of Prep Solvent Wax and Grease Remover
-1 3M Tack Cloth
Automotivetouchup.com Touch Up Paint, Aerosol Spray Paint and Touchup Paint Accessories | AutomotiveTouchup | 888-710-5192
-SprayMax 2K Urethane Aerosol Clear Coat
SprayMax 2K Urethane Aerosol Clear Coat
-3M Automotive Grade Wet Sand Paper(800,1000,1500,2000)
-3M Sanding Block
-3M Automotive Tape (green)
Local Walmart or hardware/auto stores.
Removed hood and masked the surface. Then wet sanded the hood with 800 grit and worked my way up to 1200 then 1500.
Then I sprayed a light base tack coat and three additional wet coats of paint allowing 20 minutes of flash time between coats.
After 30 minutes after the final coat I proceeded to clear coat. One tack coat and 3 follow coats. (I had to buy more clear because I originally did not spray wet enough coats and the fiberglass absorbed most of the clear and here were the results. Not so good.
After sanding the clear with 1000 and working my way thru the grits I then sprayed another 3 coats. This time I sprayed thicker coats allowing longer flashing, prepping between coats and used SprayMax 2K clear coat (best aerosol clear IMO) and the results were awesome!
While re-installing my hood I ran into a big time problem. One of the hood studs snapped clean off.
I found the stud is part of the hood and are attached to a steel plate riveted to the fiberglass hood. I started to look for a thread sleeve or an in and out nut but had no luck. Then I looked online and found no solution to this problem. A guy I know who owns a machine shops said to cut the fiberglass on the side and pop on a new stud and re-fiber the hood, no thanks! My body shop says in this case buy a new hood, no thanks! Contacted ford, no parts!
Waiting a week for the nut coupler to arrive at Fastenal. NO ONE carries metric, go figure.
This quickly turned out to be little bit of a tricky fix with some improvising along the way. So I then proceeded to my second plan and bought a 6M:1 nut coupling and then grinded the hex edges down. Then I channeled the fiberglass so the nut can sink below the fiber surface to the threads below. After I shortened the nut coupler with a cutting wheel I attached a new stud and then had to add two washers as spacers because of the coupling and the hinge. I plan on adding a washer on the other 3 studs so they are all identical and painting the nuts and exposed thread.
After what turned out to be one hell of a project but here are the end results! Figured I would share, comments are welcome! :beer:
Anyways, going into the project I did some research of my own and then sought after advice from rmagnus. He offered painting great advice and really helped me get through project when things weren't looking so good!
Recommended Materials:
-(2 Cans) 12oz Aerosol of Ford D3
-2oz Spray Bottle of Prep Solvent Wax and Grease Remover
-1 3M Tack Cloth
Automotivetouchup.com Touch Up Paint, Aerosol Spray Paint and Touchup Paint Accessories | AutomotiveTouchup | 888-710-5192
-SprayMax 2K Urethane Aerosol Clear Coat
SprayMax 2K Urethane Aerosol Clear Coat
-3M Automotive Grade Wet Sand Paper(800,1000,1500,2000)
-3M Sanding Block
-3M Automotive Tape (green)
Local Walmart or hardware/auto stores.
Removed hood and masked the surface. Then wet sanded the hood with 800 grit and worked my way up to 1200 then 1500.
Then I sprayed a light base tack coat and three additional wet coats of paint allowing 20 minutes of flash time between coats.
After 30 minutes after the final coat I proceeded to clear coat. One tack coat and 3 follow coats. (I had to buy more clear because I originally did not spray wet enough coats and the fiberglass absorbed most of the clear and here were the results. Not so good.
After sanding the clear with 1000 and working my way thru the grits I then sprayed another 3 coats. This time I sprayed thicker coats allowing longer flashing, prepping between coats and used SprayMax 2K clear coat (best aerosol clear IMO) and the results were awesome!
While re-installing my hood I ran into a big time problem. One of the hood studs snapped clean off.
I found the stud is part of the hood and are attached to a steel plate riveted to the fiberglass hood. I started to look for a thread sleeve or an in and out nut but had no luck. Then I looked online and found no solution to this problem. A guy I know who owns a machine shops said to cut the fiberglass on the side and pop on a new stud and re-fiber the hood, no thanks! My body shop says in this case buy a new hood, no thanks! Contacted ford, no parts!
Waiting a week for the nut coupler to arrive at Fastenal. NO ONE carries metric, go figure.
This quickly turned out to be little bit of a tricky fix with some improvising along the way. So I then proceeded to my second plan and bought a 6M:1 nut coupling and then grinded the hex edges down. Then I channeled the fiberglass so the nut can sink below the fiber surface to the threads below. After I shortened the nut coupler with a cutting wheel I attached a new stud and then had to add two washers as spacers because of the coupling and the hinge. I plan on adding a washer on the other 3 studs so they are all identical and painting the nuts and exposed thread.
After what turned out to be one hell of a project but here are the end results! Figured I would share, comments are welcome! :beer:
rops: Oh and i love me some cobras! :drool:
and what mods you have on it?
