a thought about old faded paint wet/color sand and clearcoat

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:09 pm

Was just thinking that sometimes just a little cleaning sanding and clear coating/waxing would take care of some of the older cars who's paint is 98% or better intact.

i did this on just the drivers side of the bird sorry it ain't a truck but i bet it would still work for some.
from about 10-20 ft away

within 5-10 feet.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:17 pm

rubbing compound used to work pretty good on my truck. it took the dull of the paint. but my truck is past that point now i think.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:25 pm

yeah i just thought that sometimes its just the clear or wax coming off. not so much needing a paint jobber.

I mean there are spots i'd have to repaint or atleast feather edge in the same color and then color sand and clear coat it but if it looks that good without the painting then whoo hoo.

I did the one side and the entire rear bumper with just 1/2-3/4 of a can of the wally world Spray on clear.

I'll see how it looks in a few days.

btw any idea what years ranchero's bumpers would work front and back for a chrome bumper look? I know i might need to fab some mounting brackets but it would look cooler.

68F250 · Post by **68F250** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:52 pm

No Rancheros after Ã¢â‚¬â„¢79 plus itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a different platform, much wider. Try looking at Ã¢â‚¬â„¢78 Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢83 Fairmonts and Zephyrs which were on the Fox platform like your Tbird.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:02 pm

Thanks barry. I'll look i think chrome bumpers will set the bird ablaze in the looks department.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 9:16 pm

that did work pretty good what you did to it. if the clear coat was coming off i know what it must have looked like before you recleared it.

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:06 am

dull and faded. Chipped and scratched in places only a few repairable spots needing fixed and repainted on the pass. side.

probably grabing a new lock for the trunk.

foghorn · Post by **foghorn** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:36 am

The fairmont and zephyer were aluminum and not steel on some years.

Foggy

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:46 am

the bumpers foggy? after lookin' at the red plastic/fierglass/ruber rear bumper cover repainted i decided they look half decent just want some real chrome lookin' bumpers.

foghorn · Post by **foghorn** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:25 pm

Yes the bumpers on some of them were not steel and i think the filler panels might just fit the t-bird. I may be wrong on that but you never know if the front of the fenders are the same shape you just might get lucky. If you can find the 2 door sportsman coupe fairmont i think this might be the closest fit to the t-bird.

Foggy

rjewkes · Post by **rjewkes** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:56 am

thanks i'll look. Just with some cars chrome looks better than that fiberglass/rubber crud.

Leadfoot · Post by **Leadfoot** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:30 am

I belive the grenada bumpers work, and are mostly chrome.

the bumpers got different markers though.

also I use Meguiars scratch X it the best stuff, and the quickest, and is clear coat safe. if it will not clean it up nothing will

and it will not
add scratches and swirls like cut polishes will.

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