'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

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'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

May 02, 2016, 02:03:40 AM

Hey guys-
Haven't been around here much lately. Wanted to check in. I've been busy with the cars. Mostly the '86 with the whole Megasquirt thing, but I gave the '87 a little needed attention.

The paint on the '87 was horrible. It was spray bombed before I bought it, and it looked OK for a while afterwards, but it started rusting really bad under the passenger side belt trim, and also at the bottom of both rear quarters in front of the wheel well and it was fading off the hood and roof. I had to do something, so I decided to grind off the rust, delete the side moldings entirely, and paint it again. I was happy to find that none of the rust had gone through the metal completely (no holes). I need to replace the passenger door as the bottom third of it feels like cardboard, but it'll be OK for now. I'm under no illusion that this is a permanent fix, but it's at least a good improvement over what it was. Only took time and 12 cans of Rust-oleum.

Anyways - here's the before and after:

Almost forgot about the opinion part of the post...
I'm having an internal debate on what to do about the wheels. To paint or not to paint. I have a can of satin black left. I was think about spraying them, but I can't commit. The wheels don't look all that great as is. What do you all think?

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #1 – May 03, 2016, 11:14:12 AM

I think the car looks good. I'm not a fan of totally blacked out cars so I would leave the wheels alone but it's your car.

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #2 – May 04, 2016, 09:25:33 PM

I'm not really a big fan of totally blacked out cars, either. That's the issue. But the wheels look pretty bad as-is. They have not aged well. So I'm going for the lesser of the two evils.

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Reply #3 – May 05, 2016, 03:30:43 PM

http://m.ebay.com/itm/17-Chrome-Mustang-Saleen-SC-Style-Wheels-Dish-17x9-Inch-4-lug-Rims-4x108-87-93-/301945252241?nav=SEARCH

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #4 – May 11, 2016, 02:18:47 PM

Quote from: BLeavitt23;455176

I'm not really a big fan of totally blacked out cars, either. That's the issue. But the wheels look pretty bad as-is. They have not aged well. So I'm going for the lesser of the two evils.

Spend a little time with the Turbo Coupe wheels and make them look nice!

I refinished a set with good results. Buy a couple quart jugs of aircraft stripper. Shake it up and brush it on. All the /coating/etc will bubble up. Then polish the surface and paint the inside of the holes/slots either argent flat gray or whatever you want. If you were closer it'd give you a good deal on them, but shipping to VA would be a lot.

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #5 – May 12, 2016, 09:25:51 PM

If I wasn't broke, I'd buy a nice set of wheels for the ol' bird. Problem is, I am broke...
Refinishing them is an option. The only problem is this is my daily and I can't have it off the road for more than a weekend. I'll have to think about that one, though.

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #6 – May 14, 2016, 01:30:50 PM

I'm a triple black guy. I've got bullit wheels on my black bird. Im not a fan of the original TC wheels....to hard to keep clean. Only way I would keep those is to powder coat them.

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #7 – May 14, 2016, 04:29:04 PM

All black is the way to go. Paint the wheels it will match the rest of the car, you won't regret it.

'87 Face Lift and Opinions Requested

Reply #8 – May 14, 2016, 07:56:23 PM

I'm not a huge fan of the factory '87 TC wheels either. They are definitely a paint to clean. I'm leaning towards spraying them with the leftover paint from the body, at some point.