What did you do to your Mark VIII today?

Woops, nevermind that picture comment. It worked just fine. Sorry the pics are blurry, I had the camera on manual focus. Late night pics are no good for me. ;)
 
isaiah3g said:
Got deez in! I tried uploading them the normal way, but everytime it failed.
Don't know when I'll put them on. Its been raining allot down here in Monroe.
163 for front and back from ebay. They are Brake Motive brakes.


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Ooooooooh...drool...Me likey!!!

If the state ever decides to send me my dadblame tax refund I'll be getting me a set o' them!!!
 
thaywood said:
Thanks! Just cut and pasted the Cobra's wheels to the Mark. Maybe I'll do it for realsies someday:)



I'll get to it eventually...stop buggin' me:p
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Break out the 1000 grit sand paper and start wet sanding and finish off with 1500 and then buff out with Plastx and then spray a clear over them that's made for high temp and you should be set. You have air tools and a decent compressor? DA sander?
 
NoLimit95 said:
Break out the 1000 grit sand paper and start wet sanding and finish off with 1500 and then buff out with Plastx and then spray a clear over them that's made for high temp and you should be set. You have air tools and a decent compressor? DA sander?
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I don't have a compressor, but I can get one. My dad has everything I need in his shop. I promise I'll get to it as soon as I can find some time. Believe me, I want to clear the headlights up as bad as you do:)
 
Juss messin withya thaywood. Really is a nice looking car. I think you have the same color as me. WK code? Luckily I have no faded spots but I did call Maaco about painting a front bumper cover and over the phone, they quoted me $500 to $600 because it's a three stage paint. Not sure what they would charge if prepped already for them to just spray the base and then apply the opalescent and clear. Makes me want my single stage black 94 back again. I was able to paint that car and did paint most of it. I mention this because you said you had a faded spot on the fender but I can't see it in the pic.
 
Yes, ceramic pads for sure. I think those dingy headlight housings go with the white-out of the car. ;)
 
NoLimit95 said:
Juss messin withya thaywood. Really is a nice looking car. I think you have the same color as me. WK code?
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Yeah, I know. I'm just havin' fun. And yep, it's WK. Opalescent. Love the color but can't find touch-up for it:(

NoLimit95 said:
Luckily I have no faded spots but I did call Maaco about painting a front bumper cover and over the phone, they quoted me $500 to $600 because it's a three stage paint. Not sure what they would charge if prepped already for them to just spray the base and then apply the opalescent and clear. Makes me want my single stage black 94 back again. I was able to paint that car and did paint most of it. I mention this because you said you had a faded spot on the fender but I can't see it in the pic.
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I would LOVE to get her re-painted. She's a good 15 footer. But get up close and the clear is peeling off the tops of the front fenders and top edges of the doors. It looks horrible. But you can't see it from a distance on a nice sunny day:D

isaiah3g said:
Yes, ceramic pads for sure. I think those dingy headlight housings go with the white-out of the car. ;)
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:p:D
 
Dan used this paint for his side moldings and it was a perfect match.

http://automotivetouchup.com/choosecolor/choosecolor.aspx?year=1995&make=Lincoln&model=Mark VIII

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showpost.php?p=784009&postcount=33

For white opalescent, a 12oz can is $40 and I think I'm going to get 2 of them and do my LSC side pieces myself and clear them with Dupli Color acrylic enamel. They also say this:

Note: Tri-coat color chosen.
Both a groundcoat and a midcoat of the selected container will be shipped.


 
A few days ago I went to pull-a-part and got a brake caliper bracket thing that hold the pads and the caliper bolts to it. I dunno its called. :-/ but I took said part TODAY and began smoothing the texture and casting out of it for a nice smooth finish like the rest of the brake assembly and prepping it to be painted gold. :)
 
keVIIIn said:
If you want to black out your trim it is fairly easy, just time consuming. Start by getting yourself some fine sand paper (600, 1000 grit), blue 3M painters tape and lots of news paper.

Tape along and around the edge of your trim very closely, and put some news paper around the rest like Omen did, then use the 600 grit and rough up the trim, use some water with a little dish soap in it to keep the sand paper from loading up..then once its scuffed with 600, move to 1000 grit and make sure it's all scuffed...then remove all the old tape and news paper..clean off all dust and water with some denatured alcohol..or some kind of mild solvent to get grease and crap off of the mouldings.

Then re-tape around the trim again (make sure its very close to the edges of the trim) and put lots of news paper around the trim to cover your car enough so over spray doesn't get all over.

Buy some black spray paint of your choice (something with the highest gloss you can find) and apply several coats onto the trim, waiting for each coat to dry before spraying another coat.

tip - practice spraying on something else first and get the hang of applying thin even coats so it doesn't run!!

wait for it to thoroughly dry before removing tape. and you are done!
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thanks a lot kev. i'm gonna print out your post so i know what to do when im ready to do this. thanks again
 
and that would be to do the grille, chrome strip above headlights, chrome strip above tail lights and the trunk lock cover? or would this be for the chrome trim on the bumpers and moldings?
 
95mark8newyork said:
and that would be to do the grille, chrome strip above headlights, chrome strip above tail lights and the trunk lock cover? or would this be for the chrome trim on the bumpers and moldings?
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I was talking more about the moulding chrome..but I don't see why you couldn't do the rest also. I know it sounds like a pain in the ass, but I would remove the grille if you're going to paint it, to ensure you can get in all of the crevices and avoid getting paint everywhere.

It looks like you have a pretty nice grille to start with, to be honest I wouldn't mess with it, these things are nearly impossible to find in good condition with the original chrome on them..if you really want to paint a grille, just find one that has peeling or bad chrome and do it to that, keep your good one.

Just make sure if there is any chrome plating that is peeling off of any of your trim to strip as much of it off as possible, otherwise it will slowly keep peeling down the road and mess up your paint that you sprayed on.
 
A painted grill needs to be stripped of chrome, sanded, filler primed, resanded and painted

I just finished this for another member last week
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Drove it to work today. Got home last night and adjusted the rear height sensor again (properly this time:)). The a$$ end sits up like a dragster, but maybe this will close the dryrot cracks for a while till I can get some replacement springs.
 
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