By diyauto
11-18-2012First of all, thank you my friends for the comforting words regarding my dad. It means a lot to me.
This weekend I had some time to play with my Cougar again and got a few things done. First of all, I got the restored G-mirror back on the car. It feels good to put back on parts that makes the car look like a XR7-G again. I have also installed the door seals and door bumpers. Now I need to readjust the doors because of the added weight since I installed them and also because the seals adds a little pressure outwards so they don't line up as nice as they did before. When that is done the front fender can be put on, which will make a huge difference on how the car looks.
The original roof console from my car was in no good condition so I bought another one that is as good as they get without paying too much money for it. Since it was originally white I decided to dye it dark red. One thing I have noticed with the vinyl dye I have been using for the dark red is that the paint is a bit too glossy. To make it look more like it was supposed to I sprayed a thin coat of the dark red metallic interior paint on the top, and that made a huge difference.
Then I decided to get the new seals for the front splash shields installed. I bought a set of rubber seals from WCCC http://www2.cougarpartscatalog.com/67splashseals.html and according to the description the rear seals should be spot on while the front seals would only somewhat fit with modification. Well, after working with the mustang/ cougar seal kit I have to say that I totally disagree with WCCC on their description as the rear seal does not fit good at all and it is not a spot on to the original Cougar seal. In fact I disliked it so much that I decided to make my own seals. Luckily I had a little left over correct material similar to the original from an earlier restoration that I could use, as I kind of disliked the rubber they use for the new reproduction seals. Rubber is thin, and it smells Made In China!
Here is a picture showing Mustang vs Cougar rear seals. Installing the Mustang seal upside down does not help much as the profile will not match the Cougar seal no matter what you do. Someone needs to make correct seals for our cars, and until that is done these reproductions should not be described as much else than useless.
After a little work this is how they turned out with my home made seals.
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11-18-2012
This weekend I had some time to play with my Cougar again and got a few things done. First of all, I got the restored G-mirror back on the car. It feels good to put back on parts that makes the car look like a XR7-G again. I have also installed the door seals and door bumpers. Now I need to readjust the doors because of the added weight since I installed them and also because the seals adds a little pressure outwards so they don't line up as nice as they did before. When that is done the front fender can be put on, which will make a huge difference on how the car looks.
The original roof console from my car was in no good condition so I bought another one that is as good as they get without paying too much money for it. Since it was originally white I decided to dye it dark red. One thing I have noticed with the vinyl dye I have been using for the dark red is that the paint is a bit too glossy. To make it look more like it was supposed to I sprayed a thin coat of the dark red metallic interior paint on the top, and that made a huge difference.
Then I decided to get the new seals for the front splash shields installed. I bought a set of rubber seals from WCCC http://www2.cougarpartscatalog.com/67splashseals.html and according to the description the rear seals should be spot on while the front seals would only somewhat fit with modification. Well, after working with the mustang/ cougar seal kit I have to say that I totally disagree with WCCC on their description as the rear seal does not fit good at all and it is not a spot on to the original Cougar seal. In fact I disliked it so much that I decided to make my own seals. Luckily I had a little left over correct material similar to the original from an earlier restoration that I could use, as I kind of disliked the rubber they use for the new reproduction seals. Rubber is thin, and it smells Made In China!
Here is a picture showing Mustang vs Cougar rear seals. Installing the Mustang seal upside down does not help much as the profile will not match the Cougar seal no matter what you do. Someone needs to make correct seals for our cars, and until that is done these reproductions should not be described as much else than useless.
After a little work this is how they turned out with my home made seals.
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Nice build!
Posted by Diggymart on 10/11/20 @ 2:20:28 AM