So what does your fox look like today!!!!!

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So what does your fox look like today!!!!!

Reply #480 – October 09, 2012, 11:02:50 PM

Quote from: ramair351;400157

got the trim off, nice and straight. the body guy tells me what he does with those style moldings is to carefully remove the foil aluminum part of the molding, then put the whole thing under a heat lamp fpr a while. it will flatten right out and install like new. my dent guy came out today and got 98% of the dent out! and also two little dings that were driving me nuts too. i will get a picture tomorrow

This story gets 2 thumbs up. The repair was quick and painless, and the kid came out undamaged.

My 86 T- Bird

Reply #481 – October 15, 2012, 09:20:56 PM

Here is my 77k original mile 86 V6 T-Bird. I bought this last November, the day after Thanksgiving. 90 year old lady was giving up driving and I happened to be looking for an T-Bird. Found it on Craig's list.

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Reply #482 – October 16, 2012, 12:16:52 AM

Got dome new shoes 295/50/15

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Reply #483 – October 16, 2012, 09:39:43 AM

got the dent out, and put the moulding back on. it turned out well and only cost me $60. here are some before and after pics.

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Reply #484 – October 16, 2012, 10:04:39 AM

That turned out great. Did you have any problem removing and then putting the molding back on?

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Reply #485 – October 16, 2012, 11:50:29 AM

once you remove the foil out of the molding, its very easy to work with. use some adhesion promoter on the molding, then use good 3m 2 sided tape. the molding gets a little flimsy when the foil is gone, so two people is handy when you stick it back on to get it straight. i happen to use my teenage son

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Reply #486 – October 16, 2012, 12:10:06 PM

That adhesion promoter is wicked stuff! I put a rear window spoiler on my Fusion and they sent some to put on the glass first and it practically ate into the glass. How did you remove the molding? I'm sure you didn't do it like I do on my parts cars. I use an old serated bread knife. I'm not worried about the paint and the knife is flexable so it does a good job.

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Reply #487 – October 16, 2012, 12:25:27 PM

to remove, we put a big body shop grade infrared heat lamp on the door for a few minutes, it made everything pretty supple. then used a wide putty knife to peel the molding off

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Reply #488 – October 16, 2012, 05:52:20 PM

Quote from: 1Bad88tbird;400565

That adhesion promoter is wicked stuff! I put a rear window spoiler on my Fusion and they sent some to put on the glass first and it practically ate into the glass. How did you remove the molding? I'm sure you didn't do it like I do on my parts cars. I use an old serated bread knife. I'm not worried about the paint and the knife is flexable so it does a good job.

Just slip a putty knife under one edge and work it off enough to grab it. Then just pull it off. Use them muscles :hick:. When removing the aluminum backing I found it's best to peel up a corner and then lock it in a Vice Grip and pull. You can pull the whole aluminum strip off in one piece like that.

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Reply #489 – October 16, 2012, 05:53:18 PM

Quote from: ramair351;400555

got the dent out, and put the moulding back on. it turned out well and only cost me $60. here are some before and after pics.

Looks great. I can't even see the dent or damage to the molding in the pictures.

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Reply #490 – October 16, 2012, 07:57:16 PM

thanks, im happy with it too. i have some talented guys where i work. all i did was put the moulding back on!

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Reply #491 – October 16, 2012, 09:45:51 PM

347Thunder what brand of tire are those 295/50s?

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Reply #492 – October 16, 2012, 10:17:27 PM

Maxxis maurader (sp
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Reply #493 – October 17, 2012, 10:43:07 AM

Where did you purchase them at? Have you had any previous experience with them? They look good on your T-Bird.

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Reply #494 – October 17, 2012, 10:54:06 AM

Online tires $285 shipped, only experience I have with the them are my atv tires, "mudzillas"