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#1
09-16-2011, 05:06 AM
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Re: 72 TA : New Project
Never stop tinkering. One of the honeycombs on the car was just a slightly different shade for several years now. It finally annoyed me enough to do something about it today. This was the result of a later purchased spray can of the now defunct, OEM Paints Honeycomb paint (which at the time was selling at the ridiculous price of $79 a spray can).
A few months ago I had my local Napa dealer mix me up a quart of single stage Honeycomb paint. It took them a lot of searching and a phone call to their supplier but they were finally able to cross reference the PPG DQE 8906 number over to Martin Senour #55-5327. A quart was about $35. (It requires a $25 can of hardener as well). I barely used a quarter of the quart can to paint the four wheels. You can also order direct from these people: www.tcpglobal.com I ended up dismounting the front half of the tires so as not to disturb the balance weight positions on the backside. I wrapped the rubber in a couple plastic garbage bags per tire and tucked it under the front rim edges. I then mixed the paint, hardener and reducer and used a Preval spray bottle to apply the paint, since I don't have a paint gun. Once it cured, It aired the tires back up to reseat the beads, put the caps back on and all was well again. The result was better than I expected. Comparing the color with an original paint wheel and it looks pretty much dead on. (even better than the OEM Paint mix, which was a bit too gun-metal colored, or at least the later can was) Original wheel:  Repainted wheel:   I guess I'll do the Polyglas mounted set next. Just so they all match. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] 
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#2
09-17-2011, 05:44 PM
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Re: 72 TA : New Project
They look AWESOME Steve! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]
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<span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: purple"> "Live Big, Live Bold, and live GENEROUSLY. Like Peter did." ~Tom Breske RIP COPO PETE! </span> </span>
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#3
10-03-2011, 11:51 PM
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Re: 72 TA : New Project
If anybody is near a newstand, the T/A is supposed to come out in the January issue of High Performance Pontiac, which hits the stands in October. My subscription copy always arrives suspiciously late and dog-eared from the mailman pre-reading it for several weeks before it shows up in my mailbox.
Please give me a heads up if you come across a copy. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]
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#5
10-08-2011, 02:06 PM
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Re: 72 TA : New Project
Holy $&@#!
How did we get to half a million views on this insane seven year rant? If I had a dime for every view I could have paid for a third of the resto cost. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] I guess it's like a train wreck: you just gotta stop and look. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]
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#7
10-13-2011, 01:15 AM
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Re: 72 TA : New Project
After trying all sorts of stuff to remove the 40 year old waterspots on the back window, and reading the recent thread in the tech section here: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...594#Post462594
I decided to try the SPOT-X water stain remover. I found it on Amazon.com for about $15.  Here's the acid rain waterspots that up til were impervious to everything I tried: clay, rubbing compound, 0000 steel wool, 80 grit on a DA sander...  
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