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So I painted it...

Reply #15 –
Like he said Cheap and Base coat clear isn't plus for a beginner it is easier to throw out $50 then $200.  Lookin GOOD! Makes we want to start on mine.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
4 eyes see better than 2! 
Da Bird!

FreeBird

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Reply #16 –
Quote from: JeremyB;183755
Beautiful!

How long did it take to take all the trim/extraneous items off?

Oh, I dunno... about a year or so :hick: The trim was a royal pain in the butt 'cuz it was glued on. The extraneous items were easy, but the challenge in those will be to get them back on.

Quote from: CougarCoupe88;183763
why not base coat clearcoat ? why enamel . looks good though.

Ford didn't use clear coat in '88 (Oxford White was not a clearcoat colour).

Quote from: ipsd;183766
Like he said Cheap and Base coat clear isn't plus for a beginner it is easier to throw out $50 then $200.  Lookin GOOD! Makes we want to start on mine.

Actually, with the paint, hardener, reducer and cleaner it was closer to $150. Things are stupid expensive up here in Canuckistan. If enamel cost as much as it did you can imagine what base/clear would cost...

Quote from: Ether947;183716
Sweet. New paint rawks.

Uh, why does it look like you have three tailpipes? :D

That's not a tailpipe. It's just happy to see you :D
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #17 –
Nice work !!! Are you leaving off the trim between the front and rear wheels.I am.I'll keep the bolt on side trim,but the rest is history.I wanted to clean it up a bit.I should have mine done by Christmas.Yours looks great.I'm glad you're getting closer to reassembly.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #18 –
 Carm! That looks impressively good!!

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Reply #19 –
looks good for a first paintjob.  I did my first paintjob on my truck and it was base/clear.  pretty much had to be with the flames,lol

I'm going to repaint my 88 turbocoupe over the winter, also.  base/clear again because thats the only way to do metallics.
Sucks though because both of them need repainted this winter, but I think I'm going to do the tc first because that will be an easy job while I have a BUNCH of stuff to fix on the truck.  Guess it doesn't like 650 ft/lbs of torq through it for 3 years, lol

88 t-bird tc - 14.97 @ 90  IHI 18 psi + k+n filter...so far - NOW HX-35 @25psi - 12.75@112    348rwhp/395rwtq
78 F-150 - 11.61@120 on 175shot N20 - 12.55@110 on motor - 5200# race weight:hick:

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Reply #20 –
i used dupont centari paint on mine, single stage, with hardener and flex agent, cost about 250 total. had the help of Tony Sceia. soit came out great, but metallic single stage isn't great as im getting dark spots from stians, booooo

Brian J Larkin
1988 Tbird Turbo Coupe
1989 Cougar XR7
1995  Ranger Splash

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Reply #21 –
I didn't have to base/clear my tbird, and it was a metalic paint.

just a single stage job, and came out mint.

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Reply #22 –
it must be ez to get enamel still in canada bc the only pace that seems to use enamel is macco. you walk into a paint store it's all base clear . unless were talking rattle can.
trick flow street heat intake , 24lbs injetors, ported GT-40's (Chip) long tube headers. and a Performance Automatic C4, with a hurst shifter!

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Reply #23 –
Sweet. Looks great. Hell only having to repaint one panel for a first time job is great :D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #24 –
everyplace up here still sells acrylic enamael.  The paint for the bird ('99 bright atlantic blue metallic) came to $146 for the gallon.  I thought that was a hell of a deal, considering how much metallic is in the paint.  It is a good paint you just have to take care of it.

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Reply #25 –
I'm going to try the Dupli-Color (Color Carm! Color!) paint shop stuff when I get frisky.  Lacquer paint.
One 88

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;183792
Nice work !!! Are you leaving off the trim between the front and rear wheels.I am.I'll keep the bolt on side trim,but the rest is history.I wanted to clean it up a bit.I should have mine done by Christmas.Yours looks great.I'm glad you're getting closer to reassembly.

I was originally planning to paint the lower half of the car gunmetal and have the trim as the divider. Now I'm not so sure about the two-tone. I am also thinking about painting the trim white, then installing it (like the 88 XR-7)

Quote from: CougarCoupe88;183872
it must be ez to get enamel still in canada bc the only pace that seems to use enamel is macco. you walk into a paint store it's all base clear . unless were talking rattle can.

I think I remember reading about the EPA forcing the gradual phase out of acrylic enamel in the USA - something to do with volatile organic compounds (major greenhouse gases). Indeed, even here the instruction sheet warned against using retardant (causes slower hardening, I guess) because it results in VOC's exceeding federal limits. In Canada we don't have such restrictions - I guess we've got more environment up here than we know what to do with :hick:

Quote from: thunderjet302;183889
Sweet. Looks great. Hell only having to repaint one panel for a first time job is great :D

Better still, I just came in from painting that panel, so now it's mint. Well, almost. Seems that after I took the pics yesterday a fly landed on the hood, then went for a walk. I found him glued to the hood this morning, at the end of his journey (I can almost imagine him walking in knee-deep paint, growing ever more weary until he finally gives up, then croaks - there's a movie in there somewhere, I just know it). Hopefully I'll be able to buff his tracks out of the paint, or else I'll be repainting the hood as well...

Quote from: CougarSE;183918
I'm going to try the Dupli-Color (Color Carm! Color!) paint shop stuff when I get frisky.  Lacquer paint.

Yeah, right, Claude, and I suppose it's "Zee"-twenty-eight, three-hundred-"Zee"-ex, and "Zee"-oh-six, too... :shakeass:

I didn't even think of lacquer - I just went into the paint store and said "Gimme some paint that even an idiot can use". They sold me enamel.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣
 

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Reply #27 –
Looks great.
reminds me of when i painted my cougar last. oxford white with wet look hardener. still shines like its wet too. except for the rust spots
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Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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