Please no Haters...I gotta ask
Please no Haters...I gotta ask This is soon to be my beater car when the title transfer is all said and done. It was practically free! It's a 88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe. Would any of you consider this paint salvagable or is it toast? I posted a before pic and then a clean pic. What do you think?
Teching In
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
Clear coats gone, not much left from the looks of it. It could look better (wet sand,polish)but never good without paint. I would sand it and do a "really good" (practice on a similar metal and surface) flat black all over, but thats just me. (10+ cans and test the different types flat, ultra flat, semi flat for personal preference. ( it hides dents well too)
Thats what I thought. Most of the upper clear coat has been withered away by mother nature. I looked at most of the past threads about buffing and wetsanding, but nothing really talked about the clear coat actually being gone...Maybe this could be my practice car for sharpening my spray skills!
Yep. No more clear coat = looks like crap no matter what. Prep it like crazy, til you want to die, then black primer. Then prep some more. Once it looks perfect in black primer, go to Maaco. Haev it painted, then wonder how you missed so many flaws when prepping! 
Seriously, I liked those cars. They used to be reasonable, don't know about reliability though, or parts availability.
Seriously, I liked those cars. They used to be reasonable, don't know about reliability though, or parts availability.
Yep. No more clear coat = looks like crap no matter what. Prep it like crazy, til you want to die, then black primer. Then prep some more. Once it looks perfect in black primer, go to Maaco. Haev it painted, then wonder how you missed so many flaws when prepping!
Seriously, I liked those cars. They used to be reasonable, don't know about reliability though, or parts availability.
Seriously, I liked those cars. They used to be reasonable, don't know about reliability though, or parts availability.
-Matt
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
TECH Fanatic
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,285
Likes: 1
From: Elgin, Il
Those panels that have the peeling and micro checking all have to be taken down as far as you can go until its ALL gone. Other wise no matter how you paint it, it WILL peel. That car has taken a BEATING by the sun, but I would scoop it up, fix it, and possibly sell it.
Well, this little opportunity kinda fell in my lap. I am GM biased but this aint no mustang either. Pretty rare T-bird in fact. I've seen these things go down the 1/4 mile at 14-15 sec w/ little to no mods...Anyways, I was just simply getting a few opinions on the paint. Thanks fellas.
