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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Quote Originally Posted by turbokid View Post
    LOL your going to DRIVE it?
    Good luck. We need a video of this in action. But then again you will prolly be shivering so that may not be a good idea.
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    Haha yeah i drove it this morning! it wasnt too bad because i was wearing a snowmobile outfit, . It was a 40km drive on the highway and the roads were pretty clean, so it made sense to drive it since flatbedding it was going to cost $200+

    I spent the entire day wetsanding it and was there till 10pm tonight and i still have the rear quarters and hatch to do, then there will be a day of masking and hopefully tuesday night it will be in paint finally!

    Here it is mostly wetsanded in 600grit.


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    K. Soon as I get a clutch in my car I will drive it up there for ya =)
    Looks excellent. Can't wait to see the final product. I will be droolin.
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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Quote Originally Posted by turbokid View Post
    K. Soon as I get a clutch in my car I will drive it up there for ya =)
    Looks excellent. Can't wait to see the final product. I will be droolin.
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    Haha make sure to bring that GLHS!

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    hey are you painting the end of the t-tops body color?
    they looks like its in primer too

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    They'll be black, there just in primer... I haven't got around to painting them yet. I'm waiting for my new door moldings to come and then I'll paint them togather.. I hate mixing up a little base and clear for each little part.. I put the T-tops on for the drive to the paintbooth to help with the wind and to help me from completly freezing!

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    I notice your painting the front clip one the car, aren't you suppose to paint it seperatly with a flex agent, and so it doesn't crack where it meets the body.

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Quote Originally Posted by tommyturbo View Post
    I notice your painting the front clip one the car, aren't you suppose to paint it seperatly with a flex agent, and so it doesn't crack where it meets the body.
    I put flex agent in the high build primer when i was prepping it because primer is pretty brittle. The bumper is reinforced with metal behind, so there is little if not any flex in the front bumper... i did that because it was warped and the only way of repairing it was reinforcing it from behind. The paint rep said i do not need flex agent in this clearcoat since its high end clear and its pretty flexable to begin with and obviously basecoat doesnt need it.

    The paint rep also told me that flex agents are more for assembly reasons at the body shop (keeps the paint open for longer so you dont have to worry about cracking on assembly) and after approx. 6 months it disapates and its just regular paint... i dont know if it's true or not, but that's what he said.

    I did my Rampage over 5 years ago and i didnt use any flex agents at all and there isnt a crack anywhere on all the urethane parts.

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    PAINTED FINALLY!!!!

    My dad is so tired... it took 9 coats of base (a gallon and a half,) luckily i bought an extra quart of base... this colour is VERY transparent! But with the 9 coats it has so much depth, it looks beautiful! The clear layed out like glass too! this week i will begin the painful task of wetsanding it and polishing it.






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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    wow very nice.
    1988 Lancer Shelby 2.2TII 1989 Shadow ES 2.5TI 1992 Lebaron Sedan 3.0Auto 1993 Acclaim 2.5TI-A520 Hoard parts now!

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    im about to paint a old chevy truck , i notice you sanded 600 wet and i did 400 wet , will i have some scratch ? btw you daytona looks very .... brand new !!!!

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    beautiful resto!!!!! looks like u had a good platform to start from..... ive got the classic 1/4 panel rot, that i will be doing away w/ and replacing w/ fiberglass 1/4s....

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Sch-waaaang!! That look awosome Randy. I know first hand your dad is a machine. You're pretty lucky to have a guy like that around. Looks like she'll be more than ready for a 40hr drive in June

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Cant wait to see this thing at the next turbo-2 summer meet!

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    man that paint looks great!!!

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    Dang that looks AWESOME!

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Quote Originally Posted by raccoon View Post
    wow very nice.
    Thanks!

    Quote Originally Posted by shelbymonster View Post
    im about to paint a old chevy truck , i notice you sanded 600 wet and i did 400 wet , will i have some scratch ? btw you daytona looks very .... brand new !!!!
    Is it Metallic? are you going to seal it before basecoat? it probably wouldnt hurt to quickly go over it in 600grit... i'm pretty positive it wont show scratches, but it's not worth the risk in my opinion..

    Quote Originally Posted by 22shelby View Post
    beautiful resto!!!!! looks like u had a good platform to start from..... ive got the classic 1/4 panel rot, that i will be doing away w/ and replacing w/ fiberglass 1/4s....
    Thanks! how are you going to do that? you mean just fibreglass the rust areas? if you plan on doing full fibreglass quarters i dont think you would be saving any weight, since the original metal is so thin... if you need to repair the rust just find a set of front fenders and use them for the back... same arch and shape for patch panels..

    Quote Originally Posted by turboshad View Post
    Sch-waaaang!! That look awosome Randy. I know first hand your dad is a machine. You're pretty lucky to have a guy like that around. Looks like she'll be more than ready for a 40hr drive in June
    Thanks DJ! yeah im super happy with how it turned out... all my hard work finally payed off on the bodywork, . and my dad put the paint on perfectly! It just might be ready in time for that drive!

    Quote Originally Posted by rampant150 View Post
    Cant wait to see this thing at the next turbo-2 summer meet!
    Quote Originally Posted by Johnmesich View Post
    man that paint looks great!!!
    Quote Originally Posted by turbokid View Post
    Dang that looks AWESOME!

    Thanks guys for the compliments! Yeah i will bring it to a turbo-2 meet for sure... DJ has to plan another one,

    Tonight my Dad began wetsanding the car... the whole passenger side is done top to bottom in 2000grit and then 3000 on the orbital. tomorrow we'll get the drivers side wetsanded and then next day we will do the hood and roof and then it will be polished... it will look like glass.

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    95% of it is wetsanded, . Tomorrow night we will begin polishing it! I cant wait to see it polished!

    I know it looks like the paint job is wrecked, but just wait...




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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    did you wetsand the body color or is that the clear that was sanded?

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    Quote Originally Posted by rich tideswell View Post
    did you wetsand the body color or is that the clear that was sanded?

    That is the clearcoat that's wetsanded... in 2000 then 3000grit. You cannot wetsand the basecoat on metallic colours, because it will screw up the metallics, plus basecoat is so thin, it lays out pretty flat. I did wetsand the sealer before the basecoat in 800grit tho...

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    Re: 1989 Chrysler Daytona Shelby T-tops

    How many coats of clear did you lay down? I would really like to re-clear mine but I don't know if I will have the time this year with everything else I want to do.

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