For this project, I decided to be more radical in my customizing. After tinkering with spray paint the first time, I felt was ready to start repainting the whole car. The car I picked out for my project this time was the 2005 Ford Mustang GT. The reason? Well, everybody loves tuning Japanese makes. But the Americans are not that far off in tuning their muscle machines as well. So after searching up a few tuned Mustang pictures online I had a general idea of what a customized Mustang will look like. Then I set about starting to customize the car.
That was what the car looked like initially before any modifications was done on it. A Mustang is a muscle car, and it should look strong and intimidating. For this mustang, it was neither. So I fabricated a front spoiler and rear diffuser using a floppy disc. This technique was learnt from a fellow blogger JDMike (who can already be called my master ;-) )
The paint was first stripped down to the bare metal, as I disliked the dark grey base and black hood. I find it very dull. Its a Mustang, an American muscle car! When it pulls up nearby the sound of the engine roar should deafen your ears and the look should make animals scamper to safety... :-P
After the car's paint has been stripped off, a coat of primer is sprayed on to protect the bare metal.
Then the primer is left to dry overnight. While waiting for the primer to dry completely, I fabricated more parts for the car. A roof scoop and rear wing were fabricated.
The base colour I picked for the Mustang is white. It seems like a choice colour for both tuners and manufacturers alike. Sticking with the theme of making the Mustang strong and intimidating, I also decided on that this car should have dual red racing stripes. Therefore, after the white base was completely dry, I masked up and sprayed the racing stripes.
The paint work shifted to the interior, spoiler, diffuser and chassis while the paint for the body dried. I sprayed the seats red as the all-chrome interior looks rather fake. Thus red was chosen for the seats, making it also consistent with the racing stripes.
Black and red detailing for the body was done before gloss coating everything. All my paint work, including detailing was done using spray cans and mask as I did not have paints as yet.
Rhinestones were used as the headlamps (another technique from master JDMike) and the famous Mustang logo was fabricated and painted silver. The roof scoop and rear wing were also glued into place.
Finally the rest of the car was put together, starting with the wheels, then chassis and finally front spoiler. I decided the throw out the rear diffuser because it looked a bit silly. Pictures of the finished article below this and also some group photos with this year's TH$ Mustang, First Edition Mustang GT and also the original Mustang GT carded.
Hope you enjoyed this post as much as I did!
Project started: 29th August 2008
Project completed: 8th September 2008
