Nathan's Silver GT

Todd15Fastback said:

What size tires are on there? 275/305?

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285/315

David@Steeda said:

Absolutely love it!! Please feel free to send!

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I'll send you some!

Hey man. Just found your build thread. Looks like we have very similar taste in mods for these cars. Also see that you're here in the Valley. Do you know of any clubs or groups around here?

BTW, I love what you did with that grille and the howler badge. I may have to get in on something like that. I think I'd like to do one of those badges for the rear deck lid too.

jhann76 said:

Hey man. Just found your build thread. Looks like we have very similar taste in mods for these cars. Also see that you're here in the Valley. Do you know of any clubs or groups around here?

BTW, I love what you did with that grille and the howler badge. I may have to get in on something like that. I think I'd like to do one of those badges for the rear deck lid too.

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Thanks man. Honestly I'm more active here and on instagram than in real life. Lol.
I did recently reach out to some of the Modded Stags of Arizona guys to hang out at some of their meets. Haven't heard of any upcoming though. Everyone has been crunching the last few weeks for Fab Fords.

If you decide to do a custom grille let me know. I've helped a couple local guys.

I'd love to do a custom grille. What all is required to do it? I know I'd need a grille to cut and the mesh backing, but I have no idea how to actually make it a finished product or if I have the tools necessary to do it.

Nathan, I sent you fascia tracking

While I had my front bumper off for the fascia install I figured it was a perfect time to crack open the headlights and paint that chrome. While I was doing that, I also installed the Diode Dynamics DRL led boards.

Let me first start off by saying that this mod is a pain in the ass. It sucks! No getting around it. That being said it looks bad ass, so you'll have to weight the pros and cons for yourself.

I've done some headlights on other cars and these were by far the most difficult. The permaseal glue used on our lights is bullshit. It does not heat like the glue manufactures used to use. It took multiple heat cycles in the oven. But after some choice words and a little patience it finally came open. Here is a step by step of what I did.

First, I recommend you watch this video. It was actually the most helpful. I followed the same steps.


Baking


I heated my lights at 250 degrees for 15 minutes. I took them out and ran a flat scraper around the seal to start breaking the glue away from the housing. After a minute or so it was time to go back into the over for another 10 minutes. You then just repeat the steps until you get all the way around the light. You can then get the scraper or a small screw driver in between the lens and housing. Once you get all the way around you can pull the lens off. I was so focused on this that I did not take any photos, and if I shot a video, it would have been so littered with profanities that it wouldn't have been usable.

Finally Open


Here is what the housing looks like once you finally get the lens off. The area to be painted is held to the lens with four small philips screws.

Paint Prep

I taped off everything that wasn’t chrome. I thoroughly cleaning all the surfaces, then went to town with some black plastic spray paint.

Painted


Final Product.

Installing the DD DRLs
Diode Dynamics video is pretty good. I Watched it a few times. Here’s a link.


DRL Boards


This is a photo of the stock vs. diode led panels. I followed Diodes instructions and used a dremel and 5 minute epoxy.



Diode Panels installed.


Painted Panels installed back in the housing,


From this point you just seal them back up. I removed as much of the permaseal as I could I then took a head gun and heated the the remaining permaseal and used a bunch of black silicone. Again, here is another video that I used. I followed the same steps.


Reinstall


Put your bumper back on and wire them up.


Wiring
Follow diodes directions. They’re super easy to follow.

I hope this helps. I hadn't planned on doing this, otherwise I would have taken more photos. I had trouble finding this info in one location so I figured it would help to at least have all the links in one post.

Looks great Nathan! Your car is really coming along very nicely man.

Nathan - kudos to you for tackling those lights. There is no way in HELL I would ever do that, EVER.

They look soooooooo good, too.

Night work man!!

Man! It takes a serious pair to crack open those headlights. Congratulations! They look mean!

Here's some photos of my Fascia install.

Removing the stock bumper


Steeda Prepped and Ready for install


Fog Light Fit



PP Belly Fan Fit


Modified Brackets



The install was pretty straight forward. I did encounter some issues with the fog lights. It fits like dog shit out of the box. There is a good deal of work to be done to get everything to fit correctly. The back tab was preventing the the light from sliding all the way forward. After a bunch of filing and test fitting all was right. The other issue was mounting the PP belly pan. The brackets didn't work with the bends that were provided. I simply flatted them and
they lined up with the holes. More final installed photos coming soon. That pig was dirty and needed a bath first.

We're not worthy....we're not worthy!

Project Whitemare said:

We're not worthy....we're not worthy!

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Thanks Brotha!

That new look. Hoping the wheels come soon to finish the look.

More updated photos.







Wheels should be here early next week!! So excited