What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[82DMC12]

Good time to upgrade the hood intrusion brackets.
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I was thinking about that. At least I can do that later with the hood already installed.

[Michael]

OK you guys got me convinced. Found it on the Lowes website. I will buy a pack and see what I think! I'm a picky mofo though!!!

It takes two packs. I put my seams near the bottom/front of the hood where I thought they were out of sight and not a place I considered to leak.

[82DMC12]

Yesterday I sprayed the underside of my hood with SEM Trim Black. Most of it looked great except for a couple areas that had a mottled appearance, apparently from remaining contamination despite sanding everything down and cleaning with lacquer thinner. I ended up wet sanding my new finish with 175, dry sand with 400, and this time used SEM High Build Primer (2 coats) before spraying 2 more coats of Trim Black.

Note to anyone else doing this - USE THE PRIMER!

The finish is much more uniform and appears factory-fresh.

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Just after spraying two coats of High Build Primer









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A few minutes after the second coat of Trim Black










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Close up of the finish after drying for about an hour

[Michael]

If it's not too late, follow up with a coat of clear, I prefer the matt but the semi gloss looks good too.

[cis6409]

Lovely stuff, looks really well

[82DMC12]

I was in the mood to hate myself and do some self-flagellation this weekend so rather than go the easy route with the self-adhesive gasket I spent two whole freaking days installing the DPI gasket with weatherstripping adhesive. I'll spare the gory details but I'll put them in my build thread

https://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?1...ff-restoration

Anyway, the hood turned out SPECTACULAR! Certainly a labor of love. I spent quite some time last night working on hood and hinge alignment, and then ended up removing the hood release mounting bracket so I could file the holes down about 3 mm so I could drop the hood flush to the fenders. Best fitment I've ever had!

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Close up of the corner-work. It takes about two hours to turn a corner.









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Finished product











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Notched hood release bracket, done by hand with a file.

[Timeless]

Painted faded quarter panel vents with Wurth satin black trim paint.
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[SupercoolBill]

Painted faded quarter panel vents with Wurth satin black trim paint.
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My left side vent has some minor damage to it. How would you recommend fixing it? Fiberglass resin? Bondo?

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[painterdave72]

Jb weld or some panel bond then just lightly sand it down and paint.. make sure to sand a bit first to rough it up for the stuff to stick...

[dmcman73]

My left side vent has some minor damage to it. How would you recommend fixing it? Fiberglass resin? Bondo?

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Do you have a power antenna installed or was there one there? This notches on your vent fins are usually hand filed into the vent to allow the power antenna to clear past the vents. If you have a power antenna and repair those notches or replace the vent, the antenna will not be able to fully extend and could either get damaged or damage the vent.