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August 10th, 2016
Time for an update.
This update is basically about making things shiny.
After wet sanding the clear coat down to 2000 grit I began to buff it out. The results are amazing. All those hours of blocking out the body work really has paid off.
The above pictures show a little before and after.
After going over all but the front fenders and hood. I will do one more final finish buff before it's all done. I'm really more than happy how it came out.
I used a Porter Cable DA buffer with Mcguire's 105 polish on a yellow pad. The final finish buff will be with Mcguire's 205 with a black pad.
After sandblasting and a coat of Argent gray, the new BFGoodrich tires were mounted and balanced.
The new windshield is cleaned and the Butyl strip is placed around the windshield frame.
We carefully placed it into position and checked to make sure it was sealed all the way around.
Next I need to get all the stainless trim back to better than new condition. I started with the lower windshield trim. It's in overall decent condition. There are a couple areas that need repair. The picture on the right shows a small ding just above and to the left of the screw.
After tapping out the ding from the backside I used a file to level the surface. Then I sanded the file marks out with progressively finer sandpaper.....
After 2000 grit it looks pretty shiny already! And no sign of the ding. A big scratch was repaired in the same manner.
This is the front of the front fender stainless trim. It is the only piece that really is badly damaged.
Another ding in the windshield trim. Again it was worked out from the rear, filed level and sanded.
The A post windshield trim after repairs and buffing.
With new trim clips the windshield trim is installed and looks amazing! (Other than some hand prints)
After sandblasting the interior upper windshield trim, it was painted and installed with the sun shade mount.
The visors installed as well as the rear view mirror with the optional map light.
I also charged the air conditioning system. 40 degrees out of the vents on a humid 88 degree day sitting still at just over idle. Not bad!
Many, many, many other small jobs were also completed but not worth documenting.
Lots more to come!
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