Project: Mustang GT350 Hertz Edition

[TheGreatSatan]

I'll be doing two mods at once. The Cardinals SFF will be more long term, while this will be quick and easy.

This is going to be a simple mod for a friend who loved my Cuda 440 case and wanted something similiar for himself. The car I'm using as a reference is the Mustang GT350 Hertz Edition:

Black with Gold stripes

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/real5.jpg

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/real2.jpg

And here's the case I'm using:

Modtek ArmorX (http://www.xoxide.com/modtek-armorx-case.html)

http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/pp143/TheGreatSatan/Armorx.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

The case came

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040099.jpg

So I took the door off because I don't like it.

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I taped it off right away

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And painted the inside flat black

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040108.jpg

The gold stripes are next.

[TheGreatSatan]

I measured out the top exhaust

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040112.jpg

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Then comes the hood pins

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And I decided to paint the drive bays

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[TheGreatSatan]

I put the bays back in

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And then taped off the lines I need to paint

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And did it in place

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This is what it will look like when I'm done

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I removed the tape. The far right is NOT messed up; that's the sticky stuff from the tape

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The letters were $3

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I put them on from right to left to make it line up just right

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I still have the middle stripe to paint and then I'll repeat the whole process on the other side

[TheGreatSatan]

I think it looks terrible. I'm probably just going to buy pinstping that you use on an actual car

[TheGreatSatan]

I cut out the top exhaust

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040135.jpg

Then drilled the holes for the hood pins

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Then cut the pins

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And mixed up some JB Weld

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040133.jpg

And dropped the pins in

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I decided to remove the pin striping. I'm going to use real pin striping that you buy for a car instead.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040141.jpg

I added the black and gold pinstriping, but still need to get a 2 inch wide piece for the center

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040148.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

I'm going to be painting the front mesh gold:

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040121.jpg

And then adding a Mustang emblem on top of it

http://snarfed.org/space/ford_mustang_emblem.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

So I ordered an adhesive sheet of gold vinyl and here's how it came. It has a dozen frickin' creases in it!

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040160.jpg

Luckily I was able to get enough of an edge off to apply it to the panels

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[TheGreatSatan]

I cut the vinyl out into 1 1/2 inch wide strips.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040163.jpg

As I applied the decal, I stretched it out to remove the creases

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040164.jpg

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The window has these venting lines that are just too stupid looking and has to go

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The pannel does have a nice feature though. The window is connected to the panel with little tabs. Just lift the tabs and it comes right out.

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Then I used the old window to trace out a new one

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Once cut, all I had to do was recreate the holes for the tabs

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I'm still waiting on the hood sccoop and front Mustang emblem to arrive

[TheGreatSatan]

The Mustang emblem arrived. It's with my phone for a size comparison

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040179.jpg

Then I painted the front mesh gold to match everything else

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040182.jpg

And mounted the emblem

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040188.jpg

[TheGreatSatan]

The hood scoop arrived.

http://www.pcmodhouse.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/p1040189.jpg

So I added the stripes and I'm finished!

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