Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

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Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #15 – May 26, 2009, 05:28:08 AM

You should be able to polish those headlights and get them back to normal.

Nice project.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #16 – May 26, 2009, 06:51:46 AM

Valve cover gasket are easy easy on 5.0L's.
Pull the upper intake then remove the valve covers.
1hr 1hr and a half tops.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #17 – May 26, 2009, 07:00:09 AM

Quote from: Live Fast;274289

man they are like twins! lol
Sell me the rims! jk it would cost more than I paid for my car to ship them!

Those wheels are loooooong gone.I have chrome Cobras on the Sport now.She's a totally different car since those pics were taken.You have a good plan going for yours.Keep us posted on the work and progress.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #18 – May 26, 2009, 11:45:52 PM

Quote from: dominator;274390

Valve cover gasket are easy easy on 5.0L's.
Pull the upper intake then remove the valve covers.
1hr 1hr and a half tops.

I just had back surgery though so its hard to lean across the fender to do all that.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #19 – May 26, 2009, 11:47:28 PM

Quote from: cougarcragar;274387

You should be able to polish those headlights and get them back to normal.

Nice project.

Any suggestions on what to polish them with?

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #20 – May 27, 2009, 12:38:55 AM

There are plastic polishes out there that work well in your local auto parts store. You need to take the lenses off to clean the inside. See coolcats.net for details

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #21 – May 27, 2009, 04:56:36 AM

thanks. im used to just buying a new set for my mustangs. never tried to polish them before. ill give it a shot this weekend. any particular brand that works better than others?

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #22 – May 27, 2009, 07:16:36 AM

I used a polishing kit I got from Autozone.It worked great.It requires a drill,and if you follow the instructions to a T,it has excellent results.Take care of that back my friend.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #23 – May 27, 2009, 03:11:27 PM

Will do! lol Guess I need to make a trip to Autozone

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #24 – May 27, 2009, 03:21:44 PM

After you polish them, keep an eye on em after it rains a couple of times to see if any water is getting inside. My driver's side headlight was leaking, despite being basically brand new. Used some clear silicone around the seam between the lense and backing and let it sit out in the sun to dry the water out. Hasn't leaked since.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #25 – May 27, 2009, 03:53:03 PM

Thanks for the tip

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #26 – May 27, 2009, 04:41:20 PM

Those plastic polishes work but you need to get the surface smoothed out first. Use some really fine Sandpaper or get some Steel wool. Go over them first with those then go onto the polishing. Also make sure you wax them to protect your new polish job.

Stuckman

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #27 – May 27, 2009, 05:48:59 PM

I usually put the headlight lenses through a multi-stage wet-sanding process before I even start polishing the plastic.
It depends on how bad they are.

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #28 – May 28, 2009, 08:12:10 AM

Quote from: CoogarXR;274319

I think the mustang seats had the halo headrests (not too sure)...

CoogarXR

My asc seats actually have Thunderbird headrests (that's how asc's came) but the rest of the seat, , switch, etc, is the same. Thus, a Mustang seat should work, though you would have to switch the headrests.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

Pics of my 1st T-bird! 1988 Sport

Reply #29 – May 28, 2009, 10:05:35 AM

Not all mustangs had Halo headrest, only some Saleens and the pre-87 mustangs.

On another note, I picked up a Meguiars Headlight Restoration kit. My Popular Hot Rodding mag came in the mail yesterday and it has a article on this stuff and they say it works great and its well worth the $20! We shall see! lol

Will post pics to show results....