Mods on my 428R

[LeeU]

A few mods that I'm doing to m 428R.

1)I have the Roush billet swing arms installed, I polished those to a mirror like finish and painted in the Roush logo. Took about an hr and 20 min to install. The Roush swing arms are a lot lighter and considerably stronger than stock.



2) I have the Scott Drake hood lifts polished, I painted the machined reliefs in the brackets Vista blue. It took me about 16 hrs to polish the brackets and SS struts to a mirror finish, lot of work but worth the effort.



3) I purchased the unpainted radiator extensions from Mid West Auto gear and I painted them Vista blue, I opted to sand blast and prime and sand and prime and sand and sand some more until I got the glass smooth finish in the photos. At the same time I painted the complete air inlet assembly and brackets, the problem is the paint is a perfect match but looks way way better than any other Vista blue part on my car including the body.



4) I had the blower inlet tube, valve covers and the front blower alternator bracket Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coated by the same people that do the Roush blower http://www.americanpvd.com/ some good info in a post I made explaining everything you ever wanted to know about coatings and why my car has been down for two months. http://www.fnsweet.com/forums/showth...powder+coating I have got to say that if you don’t want chrome but want the look just trust me, what you want is the PVD coating, end of story.



5) I had the strut tower brace ceramic coated as American PVD can only do 24” X 24” parts, the results are a chrome/polished aluminum finish that I’m very pleased with. http://www.moorepower.com/



6) I installed the Roush vent gauge adapters with AutoMeter Carbon fiber gauges, the light color will be off but I liked the carbon look to go with the dash, I don’t drive my car at night so the color of the lights was not important to me.



7) I installed the Track Pak fire extinguisher in the same spot as on the Track Packs.



I would be showing completed photos but as my luck would have it one of my valve coves got damaged in shipping due to packing , American PVD jumped in and is sending out a complete set of “new valve covers” to replace the ones that got damaged. I really like doing business with American PVD and I have been told by the owner who personally called to apologize for the screw up on my valve covers that they can now do our used Roush parts now. They really did not like doing used parts in their Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) set up because of contamination.



I have got thank all that have posted photos and info on their cars as I copied what a lot of you have done, thank you.



Finished photos will follow soon.

LeeU

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/RoushSwingArm.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/CoatedParts.jpg


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/Paintedparts.jpg

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/GaugePodandJackssig.jpg


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/PaintedInletTube2.jpg

[Mrs. SuperSnake]

Can't wait to see them on the car...what a lot of work, but I know it will look awesome when everything is installed.

[roush007]

WOW... can't wait to see it put together!!!!!!!!

[Jus Cruisin]

Nice stuff!!

Odd time to be taking car off the road? Don't you have "winter" in NM?

[LeeU]

It is almost done, I clay bared the paint and applied 1 coat of 3M scratch remover before moving to the Zaino, so far this week I have 6 coats of Z-5, 6 coats of Z-6, 2 coats of Z-2, 2 coat of Z-8 and have 4 more coats of Z-2 and Z-8 to go on this week, the doors, hood, trunk, motor and the entire belly of the car have received 2 coats of Z-5, the rims will have a total of 5 coats of Z-2 inside and out. The interior has had the Zaino leather treatment with Z-9 and Z-10 as well as the carbon getting 2 coats of Z-2, all the glass got a coat of Zaino glass compound then Z-2 inside and out. The photos do not even come close to showing what this car looks like, I wish I could get a photo but you can read the wattage on the light bulb above the hood in the garage, I’m just astonished and floored with the results I have gotten out of the full Zaino line.

LeeU

It is all in the details.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/IMG_5042.jpg

Interior.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/IMG_5050.jpg

Outside and it is overcast today.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/IMG_5079.jpg


Look at the lights, I wish I could capture what this really looks like.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/IMG_5084.jpg

The best for last.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/IMG_5071.jpg

[LeeU]

One more.
LeeU

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/LeeUnd11/IMG_5076.jpg

[Jus Cruisin]

Lee-
Are you going to cut a hole in the radiator extension so you can see the build # plate?
I like the painted airbox.

[LeeU]

Just Cruisin,
No I will not cut a hole, thought about it though. I made a carbon fiber plate that I'm going to put about 6 coats of urethane on then I will print a clear decal using the 428R logo from the Roush site in Corel Draw with the serial No and the build No onto decal sheets I bought from Micro Mark. then another 6 coats of urethane then 3000 grit sand paper to make it look like a emblem, then I will mount it where the decal goes in the center of the radiator cover where the raised sq is. I hinted about buying a new plate but no one seemed like they wanted to do that at Roush.

LeeU