new spoiler project

[Cheeseburger]

nice tim! cant wait to see it all done

[lostforawhile]

dude...when are you going to paint your car? i say you do the 50 buck paint job...you seem like a guy that should and can do that

well I will be going back to school soon,if I do that I will have access to a high tech downdraft booth and Sata equipment. my wife and I put so much metal work in the body I hate to rush the paint,anywhere there is primer on the car there is metal work. and i'm not talking about slap some bondo in it. talking about hammer and dolley work,metal shrinking,pulling etc. there is very little filler in the car,just very light coats. stuff like that filler panel under the rear lights,half of that had to be fabricated from scratch. the left side of the hatch floor was pushed up from a road race incident years ago and took a ton of work to put back in shape. I would have already liked to have painted it but I had a lot of mechanical repairs that had to come first also. a nice paint job doesn't do much good when the car won't run. LOL. if anyone else wants to try this with one of these spoilers,the main thing you have to do is remove the two forward studs that would hit the glass,then grind the ridge from the front of the wing to about halfway back. and blend it in on the underside. this allows it to clear the glass. I also put neoprene tabs under the edges of the wing front where it contacts the glass. this prevents any glass damage and keeps it from rattling. also you have to grind some clearance for the wiper arm.

[MessyHonda]

well I will be going back to school soon,if I do that I will have access to a high tech downdraft booth and Sata equipment. my wife and I put so much metal work in the body I hate to rush the paint,anywhere there is primer on the car there is metal work. and i'm not talking about slap some bondo in it. talking about hammer and dolley work,metal shrinking,pulling etc. there is very little filler in the car,just very light coats. stuff like that filler panel under the rear lights,half of that had to be fabricated from scratch. the left side of the hatch floor was pushed up from a road race incident years ago and took a ton of work to put back in shape. I would have already liked to have painted it but I had a lot of mechanical repairs that had to come first also. a nice paint job doesn't do much good when the car won't run. LOL. if anyone else wants to try this with one of these spoilers,the main thing you have to do is remove the two forward studs that would hit the glass,then grind the ridge from the front of the wing to about halfway back. and blend it in on the underside. this allows it to clear the glass. I also put neoprene tabs under the edges of the wing front where it contacts the glass. this prevents any glass damage and keeps it from rattling. also you have to grind some clearance for the wiper arm.

yeah that is the best way to take out dents.....our teacher said that on very high end shops they dont use alot of bondo....like if you put a dent on a ferrari you have to replace the whole panel....anyways my car has alot of bondo...next time i will try to use less of it.

[Hash_man_Se_i]

I totally agree with your train of thought... all that time and effort put into the body work would be wasted with a shitty paintjob. Spoiler looks great though, i like that look.

[lostforawhile]

ok it's off of a 1988 ford escort gt,the ford is just a little wider so the spoiler on it fits on the metal instead of over the glass. very much alike though.



just for a laugh had to post what this guy said about his car

I really liked this car, but I couldn't really tell you why. It was the car that took me from one point in my life (high school) to the next (college), but it sure costed me a lot of money along the way. Not including all of the accessories and upgrades, this car broke down on a regular basis and had some extremely serious electrical problems. I had to get rid of it when the entire electrical system that goes into the dash basically melted down and the car just wouldn't work. The car had air conditioning, but I don't know why, because if you'd turn it on the car would die. If you turned the a/c on while going down the highway, you'd feel like you hit a brick wall and then the fuel mileage would drop about 15 miles per gallon. After all the electrical work, the clutches, the broken windows, the alternators, the ball joints, the brakes, etc, this car just finally gave up on me and it was really for the better. I'm going to try my best to forget about this nightmare of a car.

and anyone wonders why there are so many accords of this time period on the road,and so few escorts? LOL my ex wife had the same exact problems,I guess Fords are always going to be melting down from electrical problems

[gp02a0083]

yes lost the escort GT which looks similar to the fox mustang chassis had a weird center console with warning indicators. tim take ur time with the paint uve done enough work to it, and from exp. it will result in a better paint job,

doen draft boths are great, ive worked in both side draft and down draft, but i prefer the down draft b/c of the way the overspray is evacuated from the booth also is less likely wehn clear coating to get a "dusting" effect liek u do in side drafts.

[Civic Accord Honda]

ok it's off of a 1988 ford escort gt,the ford is just a little wider so the spoiler on it fits on the metal instead of over the glass. very much alike though.

yup that looks just like are old 90 but we hAD A WHITE one
we ditched for a 97 ford renger

[2oodoor]

ALL RIGHT! Now you just need to get the rest of the car looking that nice.

I think he will,I dont know how you find the time to accomplish so much. you musta had a week off and sent the family to fla.. lol... just joking, Lostforwhile I need you up here helping me !
You do awesome fabrication work and make it look oem. No bullshit customizer there folks, now I feel my age, cause I want to say ...back in the day....just not at fast lol
great job fella