Festiva progression thread

[lanemeyer14]

Did a little suspension work yesterday....put some aspire 4 door front springs cut 2.5 coils up front and festy front springs cut 2 coils in the rear. Now I don't bottom out like I used to in the rear, but it's sitting a little higher than I want. Might cut another half coil out of the rear and see how it sits.

And I just thought this was a cool pic...

[ejp2fast]

SWEET! that sits very nice.... another spring cut guy!!!! wooohooo!

[FastOrBust]

what color are ur rims and did it come in a spray can cuz i want to paint my valve cover that color

[lanemeyer14]

what color are ur rims and did it come in a spray can cuz i want to paint my valve cover that color

It's duplicolor bronze wheel paint. Not sure it would hold up on a valve cover, but you should be able to find a high temp bronze paint

[DriverOne]

It's duplicolor bronze wheel paint. Not sure it would hold up on a valve cover, but you should be able to find a high temp bronze paint

I'd try it, due to the wheels getting hot from the brakes just behind them, but if nothing else, a few coats of flat black engine paint below it might help too.

[DriverOne]

It's duplicolor bronze wheel paint. Not sure it would hold up on a valve cover, but you should be able to find a high temp bronze paint

I'd try it, due to the wheels getting hot from the brakes just behind them, but if nothing else, a few coats of flat black engine paint below it might help too.

[pr0nst4r]

I'm as much a fan of the huge rake as I am of the slammed look.. always looks good!!

[DriverOne]

I'm as much a fan of the huge rake as I am of the slammed look.. always looks good!!

That and he effectively increased the downforce of an otherwise immobile wing!

[FastOrBust]

thanks lane i was gonna put a few coats of hi temp paint under the bronze first anyway

[lanemeyer14]

thanks lane i was gonna put a few coats of hi temp paint under the bronze first anyway

No problem. I'm gonna try a new color on the wheels when the weather gets warm enough to paint....the bronze looks good, but it doesn't have enough "kick" for me

[Breedlove]

Ok, since this is my first experience with this $50 paint job stuff, I'm a little curious...How much do I need to wetsand in between every other coat to make the paint look good? I'm pretty happy with the way it's looking without wetsanding, so I wonder if it's really worth the effort? This is in NO WAY going to be a show car, so it doesn't need to be perfect. I wetsanded one of the fenders and put another coat of paint on it, I'm just not sure I wetsanded it enough. If anyone has any idea please help me out!

Edit: I also put another coat on part of the car that I didn't wetsand at all and I can definitely notice a difference. Still not sure I wetsanded the fender enough before I put that other coat on, but it does look better than the other part of the car

I just did the bottom of my car with this method, I screwed up and didn't put hardener in the first two coats, you don't have to if you wait 24 hours between, but I only waited 4 hours, I didn't wet sand between any of the coats. The third coat I added hardener and it dried in about 4 hours. It still looks pretty good, it is a little orange peely, but not bad at all. I am not going to change it cause it is on the bottom part of the car and isn't that noticable. The upper sections though, I am going to wet sand and hardener to every coat. Are you using the foam rollers, cause that definately makes it go on smoother. I used a 4 inch roller and was the perfect size.

[lanemeyer14]

I just did the bottom of my car with this method, I screwed up and didn't put hardener in the first two coats, you don't have to if you wait 24 hours between, but I only waited 4 hours, I didn't wet sand between any of the coats. The third coat I added hardener and it dried in about 4 hours. It still looks pretty good, it is a little orange peely, but not bad at all. I am not going to change it cause it is on the bottom part of the car and isn't that noticable. The upper sections though, I am going to wet sand and hardener to every coat. Are you using the foam rollers, cause that definately makes it go on smoother. I used a 4 inch roller and was the perfect size.

Yeah, I used 4 inch foam rollers, wetsanded between every 2 coats and it came out great. I didn't use any hardener though....mixed my paint about 50/50 with mineral spirits and it would set fast enough to where I was doing 2 coats a day

[lanemeyer14]

Notice anything different??...Kinda hard to see in the pics, but I finally found some sideskirts!

[hofficergrover]

Nice.....What they from?

[lanemeyer14]

Nice.....What they from?

Ford contour sport