96 eaton swap project

[1mean57]

Ok all sorry it's been a min. Got the suspension thaken care of,new front control arms,s&r springs,kyb shocks and some j&Mr ear control arms night and day difference from the original stock suspension....the s&r springs arnt to stiff which is nice cause I wanted a daily driver and I'm happy with how it rides now. Hope u all enjoy and I'll be working on the wiring harness and modding the fuel rails soon..stay tuned

 

[1mean57]

New bushings and the lower control arms had a nice suprise compared to stock...fully boxed

 

[cobralvr01]

That's pretty close to the color I'm wanting to do my Cobra in. I'm gonna opt for vinyl as I like to have the option of changing colors every year or two. Can you post more pics of it in the daylight?

 

[Eatonualive281]

LOVE the car man! I want an SN95 so badly.

 

[1mean57]

Thanks guys!! Can't wait to get working on the motor soon. Have to get ahold of MMR soon and start planning out the build . And yes let me get some sunlight pix....it early pops in the sunlight it has alot of flakes and Pearl in it

 

[Recon]

Excellent job. One thing I'd definitely do if I had an SN-95 would be I'd look for some Export tail lights.

Sent from somewhere in the Twilight Zone.

 

[1mean57]

That's pretty close to the color I'm wanting to do my Cobra in. I'm gonna opt for vinyl as I like to have the option of changing colors every year or two. Can you post more pics of it in the daylight?

That's pretty close to the color I'm wanting to do my Cobra in. I'm gonna opt for vinyl as I like to have the option of changing colors every year or two. Can you post more pics of it in the daylight?

 

[1mean57]

Hope thise work for u the pix really don't do the car justice ..... and a little before and after pic of the bumper damage

 

[cobralvr01]

Oh mah gahd! So that's on top 2 now. It's between metalic BAB or this color. What's the paint code on that?

 

[1mean57]

Metallic BAB??? And I beleive it's 1H1 paint code

 

[cobralvr01]

That's not the name for it, but it's close to BAB with some metalic flake in it.

 

[crazycarlo]

Looks good man. Enjoy it when you have the motor done. I did it to my 98. The motor looked so good in the engine bay haha.

 

[1mean57]

Well nothing exciting but got the color sanding done and gave her a polish...looks much better the hood looks amazing ...like glass

 

[SVT GI]

Man that paint work is great! Good job man, I'm about ready to clay and two stage polish my 97. I did another car a few years ago and it took like 3 full weekends lol. Not looking forward to doing it again haha

 

[1mean57]

Thanks man I'll tell u a secret....forget the clay...wash it real good and get an orbital polisher...you can't beat an orbital it will take the holograms out of black paint if u want it to. Took me 10 hours from color sanding to 3rd stage of polishing. No need for a rotary polisher unless u have deep swirls or sand markes

 

[SVT GI]

Orbital really? I'm not a paint/detail guy by no means so I'll take all the advice. I used a rotary last time...I think a Portal Cable 7424xp? I borrowed it last time but was about to go buy one for this one. What orbital do you recommend? Can you use stuff like M105 and M205 with those or what do you recommend? I don't have a lot of swirls or scratches, paint is pretty clean but could still use some help.

 

[1mean57]

Even the best guys I've seen using a rotary can't match an orbital for finish polishing.. I actually found my polisher at auto zone beleive it or not but its high quality I think it's around 150 bucks I'll get the name of it tomarro.m105 is way to rough if u don't have deep swirls or sanding marks ...if u have just what they call holograms then I'd start with the m205 as u mentioned with a finishing pad and see how u like it...always better to start off with the finer cutting compound like that and work your way to a more aggressive compound if it's not working for u.the maguires stuff is an awsome product and actually breaks down as u Polish and gets finer as it polishes

 

[1mean57]

I use a rotary polisher with 3M A and B compounds when I color sand then go strait to the orbital with the m205 as mentioned.

 

[SVT GI]

awesome thanks, I'll give the orbital a try. Just want to make sure I pick up a quality one.

 

[1mean57]

No prob buddy let me take a pic of it tomarro for u amd also the polishes I use so u can make that dark paint look better then when it came off the factory floor