Blue Notch

And Scothew complains about there being no tech in here.

GottaHaveIt

No I believe in was car pictures

BoogieNights

Hey gary have you checked to see what the draw is when you crank it? You might have to put one that has a lilmore cold cranking amps in it. Also the stereo will draw juice formthe battery too when turned off. It still keeps the memory but I dont think that will drain it that fast. Did you install a system in it with an amp and speakers? If so the amp might be drawing it too. Just a few suggestions I thought I would throw out there.

GottaHaveIt

Hey Gary what town fire or police are you closest too ? On the iPhone I can get like 59 scanners to listen into but not in my own town, I have to use my personal high tech one for that and they thought the new frequenceys couldn't be had, you only break the law if you tell what you here, example if I heard them coming to get my neifhbours boy friend he ll I'd let them but if I told him first I'd be in hot water.

GottaHaveIt

Or the kids or wife just sit in it with tunes cranked good way for daughter to entertain the boy friend !

Blue Notch

What are you using for an amp turn on Gary?

2k7gtcs

I've got all kinds of accessories on that car. So it could be anything. I hope its something simple like the battery or even the wire. I could replace that easily. I think I need to see what's going on around the headers too. See if anything is getting cooked.

I have read that you can have something like a closed circuit that while not big enough to trip a fuse, would be large enough to drain a battery. Something like an exposed wire to ground on anything from a taillight to the wire on the alternator itself.


So armed with all this knowledge I will check everything out this weekend. The good news is it is not the alternator and I can rule that out.

I honestly would not at all be surprised if it was the battery. I don't think it was ever very strong.

2k7gtcs

You mean my 12volt turn on lead.


On the JVC head unit there is an output for remote turn on. Everything is tied into that via a 14 gauge wire.

BoogieNights

With everything that You have done to her she sure is a sexy beast. If I was a car I would definitly not kick her out of the garage.

2k7gtcs

Thanks Dirk. But she is a work in progress. Even if she is about 99% complete.


I got the brake ducts from teh little brown truck today.

I decided that fro street use the brake ducts, the Hawk brake pads, and the slotted rotors are enough brakes for me. I'll add stainless steel brake lines soon too. I've had those in the attic for a year now. That way I can keep my stock brakes, which means I can keep my black bullitts too.

The only major item left is the cowl hood.

I can hardly wait to get that. Those flat black stripes are gonna look so sweet on top of that black cowl hood. The long rising straight lines will make for an awesome effect I think.

2k7gtcs

Dirk,

I have a question and its been something that has perplexed me ever since I put the stripes on. I've talked about it with others, but I've never really had an expert like you to ask about it.

What is the best way to make my flat black stripes permanent, but at the same time make it easy to maintain.

If I just have flat black painted on I will have that ridge along the edges. Plus I'll have the whole waxing problem. No wax can get on the flat black and that's hard to do.

Can you clearcoat over flat black? What does that end up looking like? Is there a solution that you know of?

Blue Notch

Just wondering.
The cowl will be awesome.

edumspeed

Later crew. Need to get some shut eye. I'll take pics of the truck tomorrow if the weather lets me. Lata

BoogieNights

The base color on cars are actually kinda like a semigloss/flat. What brings out the shine is the clear coat. Yes if you get wax on the flat paint it will start to shine because when you wax you are actaully taking off a very very small amount layer from the clearcoat. That is why when I paint a car right after it has that orange peel look to it. I will then wetsand it but not to the point of removing the orange peel completely cuz when I buff it out to get the shine it will remove the orange peel the rest of the way and make it look like it is either wet or look smooth as glass/mirror.

To be completely honest with you I havent really messed with having a flat color hood or stripes so I really cant tell you how to keep it looking goodwithout a lot of maintanance. I will contact my uncle cuz he has been doing body and paint for I wanna say close to if not over 30 years and ask him about that and let you know what he says.

As for the edge yeah it will be there due to having it taped off when sprayed. The way that I get rid of that is I will take the car down and have it pinstriped. They will pinstripe right along that edge and it will pretty much disappear. The widths of pinstripe can go from as thin as taking an ink pen and writing wiith it or 1/4" thick. Since it is looking like you want to keep it all black and no other color I dont knowhow it will look with a black pinstripe along that edge will look. If the car that i was painting aint gonna get pinstriped and it is all gonna be shiny then I will layer the clearcoat till it is smooth. My uncle and I did this on a set of ghost flames on a 50 merc and it took 7 coats of clear to get the lines from the flames to disappear so that you could not see them when you looked down the car. The only way you could see the flames was when the sun would hit it.


I hope that this helps you out. I will defintily get back with you on keeping the flat black stripes look fresh.

2k7gtcs

Dirk-

Thanks for the response.

My biggest question is can you put flat black paint under clear coat? And would it still look flat black?

ANd I think the paint I'm talking about is called like hot rod black or something. It's a special purpose paint that they use for Mach 1 hoods and stuff like that.

BoogieNights

No if you paint flat black under clear it will turn out shiny like the rest of the rest of the car.


I will definitly ask my uncle about that paint. Personally I havent heard of it since I havent been doing body work as long as he has but he should know abou thtat paint then.

2k7gtcs

Later Eduardo.

mustangGT90210

Master procrastinator at work. Got a paper due tommorow... Told myself I'd start working on it at 1:00 when I got home.... here we are almost 10 hours later and I'm just about to start

mustangGT90210

Starting... now!

2k7gtcs

Riiiight.