painting the pony

[LJmagicJJ]

i was wondering if i could paint the pony in my grille black?? anyone done this before, i need to know what kind of paint to use.

thanks in advance.

 

[NERD]

I've seen it done before but I didn't think it looked very good. Yours may be different but it doesn't contrast very well. 1k grit sand paper, prep primer and krylon should be good and a nice clear coat will get the job done. Good luck...

 

[warpspeed1414]

I painted mine black. I'll take a pic later and post it. I like it.

 

[warpspeed1414]

here is the pic of mine painted. I also painted the 4.6 on the fender

 

[voidfinger]

just my .02 but i dont like it that much, why not just go on and take it out??? On the flip , i got a white car and i would think that the "flag" pony would look good. What you all think??? On second thought the more i look at the black pony the more i like it... X out my first statement :drunk:

 

[justinschmidt1]

I did mine...I think It looks good with my color/ headlight combo

i sanded it and used some random gloss black and clear coated it a couple times.

cant really see the pony in my sig picture

 

[voidfinger]

that looks nice

 

[DropTopPony]

I think Fets did his black too, i went with the flag pony because it matches my brakes and emblems

 

[Matt94GT]

id wanna paint mine like a nice dark grey or metallic, would be cool.

 

[voidfinger]

I think Fets did his black too, i went with the flag pony because it matches my brakes and emblems

I love the flag pony... would you think it would look good on a white car??? thanks

 

[DropTopPony]

I think Fets did his black too, i went with the flag pony because it matches my brakes and emblems

I love the flag pony... would you think it would look good on a white car??? thanks

it will look good on any car, especially if you paint those Cobra calipers you just got red like the Bullits

 

[voidfinger]

I think Fets did his black too, i went with the flag pony because it matches my brakes and emblems

I love the flag pony... would you think it would look good on a white car??? thanks

it will look good on any car, especially if you paint those Cobra calipers you just got red like the Bullits

Really? you thinking red? YEAH, How about Red with Cobra In White

 

[DropTopPony]

I think Fets did his black too, i went with the flag pony because it matches my brakes and emblems

I love the flag pony... would you think it would look good on a white car??? thanks

it will look good on any car, especially if you paint those Cobra calipers you just got red like the Bullits

Really? you thinking red? YEAH, How about Red with Cobra In White

red/white would look good. thats what they look like on the 10th anny 03 Cobra

 

[voidfinger]

well... one question. Is there any paint or any way to do it with out that duplicolor brush shit? I did that on my stockers and it looks like shit and not smooth.... anyway to spray or somthing.?

 

[DropTopPony]

try some high temp engine paint etc in a spray can...just prep it really good and put multiple light coats and clear...practice on something else first.

 

[DropTopPony]

or find some of this stuff...

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_viewitem.asp?idproduct=361

 

[voidfinger]

or find some of this stuff...

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_viewitem.asp?idproduct=361

Hmmm, nice. So exactly what would i need to do to "prep" the caliper? thanks dude and sorry for all the questions.

 

[DropTopPony]

or find some of this stuff...

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_viewitem.asp?idproduct=361

Hmmm, nice. So exactly what would i need to do to "prep" the caliper? thanks dude and sorry for all the questions.

de-grease them, sand them etc...make them smooth before you paint and they will be smooth after.

 

[voidfinger]

or find some of this stuff...

http://stangsuspension.com/store/comersus_viewitem.asp?idproduct=361

Hmmm, nice. So exactly what would i need to do to "prep" the caliper? thanks dude and sorry for all the questions.

de-grease them, sand them etc...make them smooth before you paint and they will be smooth after.

So basically just use some oven cleaner on them to degreese and then "sand" then??? what kinda sand paper could you sand metal with?

 

[HuskerGT]

On the calipers, I simply cleaned them real well, degreased them and painted them with Ford hi-temp engine enamel. I went with the light blue engine enamel. It's held up great over the years.

On the grill pony, I bought a used one off of eBay, scuffed it and painted it with 3 coats of gloss black and 3 coats of clear. I think it came out really good, from a show I was at today: