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Messages - Drewstang
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Body/Appearance/Interior / My new invention for the body moldings
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Lounge / Just saying
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LEADS on T-Bird/Cougar Stuff For Sale / 1986 Ford THUNDERBIRD (ANTIQUE) - $600
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User Rides / Blue Bird Meets Black Bird
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars FOR SALE / Parting Out 1985 Turbo Coupe (Grey Interior, Instrument Panel, Electronics, etc..)
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User Rides / 1997 Called, they want their car back...... my 1986 T-bird build
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / Shock brackets. Yeah, I said shock brackets.
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Vendor's Section / Chuck W Fox Tbird Shock Brackets - OK, OK, OK!
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T-Bird/Cougar Parts & Cars WANTED / 1986 Thunderbird
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Lounge / Who needs 4WD
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Lounge / Who needs 4WD
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User Rides / 1997 Called, they want their car back...... my 1986 T-bird build
Thats one of the reasons I want a painless harness as well. I'm not going to use most of the luxury features these cars had (trip comp, oil useage, etc) and I want to do away with the unneeded lol. I've been watching your build thread as well and taking some notes myself. I'm fully expecting this car to be near $20-25k in parts by the time I'm done. This is going to take a long time unless I win the lottery lol.
I've been working on the tail lights on and off today, I have a few pics to upload and I'll post later.
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User Rides / 1997 Called, they want their car back...... my 1986 T-bird build
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User Rides / 1997 Called, they want their car back...... my 1986 T-bird build
One of the things I'd like to do is bring the lighting into the 21st century. LED's all the way around including the headlights. I started working on a set of tail lights to remove the difuser from the inside of the lens to make it look updated. I also know from experience the sealant that holds the lens on will fail so this is a good time to replace it.
Difuser out, but not in one piece.
I already like where this is going
The plan is to add LED light boards to the housing so I'm not concerned with the "reflective" part of the housing. I do want to smooth out the textured part above the lens so I started with 220 grit sand paper to remove the grain.
Added some primer and saw I have a few low areas to work on.
While that was drying I wanted to polish the lens and remove the casting numbers and mold lines and get them ready for a tinted clearcoat.
Taped off the emblem
I used a 3m 500 grit 3" disc on a cordless drill. I quickly found a low spot in the lens.
And I got it smoothed out.
Next step is to hit it with 800 grit, then clear with some slightly tinted clear coat.