Iron Empire EP 102 - Paint Repairs On Andy’s Daily - AU Fairlane 5.0

This time, Andrea takes over!
She finally gets some paint repairs done on her Daily drive, the Might AU Fairlane!
She done the prep and paint herself, Watch for the results!
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[@markbehr88]

She has good taste. I love my AU Fairlane V8.

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

Pull headlights & bulbs out and put in sun for a few hours. Run around the lens to headlight bucket seam with a black high temp sealant (do this while the headlight is still warm/ hot from sitting in the sun, will stick better and allow the plastics to expand so you get the sealant in everywhere). Also check the lens for any cracks. Your Missus is definetly a keeper bloke- throwing paint down or turning a spanner doesnt bother her🤙

[@chrissmith9854]

How good is a au fairlane 👌👌

[@OPyamumsyadad]

They are great! Just noisy hand brake shoes and the hand brake cable stretching is an issue with mine. Apart from all the other AU specific issues it’s great and so comfortable.

[@RWB1111]

Enjoy the content guys, inspires me to get on with some of my own repairs I have been putting off. You have got yourself a keeper there brother! Respect to you both! Also my headlights had the same issue with condensation- I found the seal between lens and and light had hardened too much and was brittle - I sealed them back up and found the turtle wax headlight restorer to be the best product (have used many) and finally got them nice and clear

[@johnallen372]

Looking good 👍 another great episode well done guys 👊👊

[@lukeclarke1068]

One beautiful daily. Theirs no modern ish car as nice as the old au.

[@MetalMania3DTV-TAS-AUS]

First but I cheated 🤫😂😂👊 8 mins to go 🤗 we have a female friend who is a Spraypainter brilliant work she does 🤗 Have a great weekend Guys 🍺🍻👊🤗✔ Cheers 🍺🍻🍺🍻KC Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😎👍

[@TheIronEmpire]

Girls actually make such good painters! They seems to have much more patience than us blokes and apparently they can colour match much better also! Cheers mate! 🙌🏼

[@dazmac159]

She got th Jack. My 5.0 AU1 Wagon, being my daily, is a mint runner. The following is strong!

[@ricknel76nelson54]

Nothing wrong with AUs!

[@benarnold7087]

Great work both of you keep it up great cars 🤘🏻

[@matthiggins5561]

Watching this has inspired me to get my au fairlane back on the road. Love how you do it all on a budget.really is inspiring us all. Keep up the good work guys

[@krismoerth1323]

Great job young lady . Super job . And great in front of the camera 👌👌

[@WarrenArmstrong69]

Really enjoying all your content and Andy being in more videos.

[@TheIronEmpire]

She’ll have even more on her own channel! Thanks for the support

[@mrtonysantos]

Love these Fairlanes

[@TheIronEmpire]

Pleasure to drive!

[@mj_aussie_coaster_travels8310]

Man I miss my old 5.0 fairlane, I ended up parting it out when they were worth nothing. Couldn’t even get 2k for it complete. Now try and find a clean v8 one… Such awesome dailies. They always reminded me of Lincoln town car from the 90s/2000s

[@TheIronEmpire]

Such a shame hey! They’re finally coming back up in value… luckily!

[@Paul-666]

Andy does amazing work. She could work on my ute anytime 🙂

[@stevekeenes4030]

Cheers Mark & Andrea, got my merch delivered last week :) Rockin it on the Mid North Coast NSW

[@TheIronEmpire]

Cheers Steve!

[@Tk-ou9ec]

The paint job looks mint. Fookin brilliant. You go girl.

[@TheIronEmpire]

Came up a treat

[@dizzyborden3618]

Awesome.....Thanks Andrea and Thanks Mark.

[@scotthunter1639]

Awesome job great to see 👀 she did an awesome job Mark.. Tidy car mate 👌 I'd be interested in some merch plz

[@TheIronEmpire]

Thanks mate You can get merch at this link - etsy.me/2zluIiC

[@scotthunter1639]

@@TheIronEmpire done thankyou ordered 👌👌

[@georgewinters3191]

Great to see you featuring Andi more , she is a lovely soul and I like her choice of cars 😊 . All the best with the house Reno, will definitely be over to the channel to see how that goes too.

[@TheIronEmpire]

Cheers mate

[@danielparsons3526]

COMPETITION TIME. You need to get in contact with Bad Chad and have a Misso competition. Lol Andrea VS Jolene

[@georgehatzi6625]

Grant video guy's good to see you guy's working together. Mark you better be careful Andrea might take over your painting job's 😁😁😁

[@TheIronEmpire]

Hopefully 😂

[@paraplegicbradleyschubert1328]

Where is SA are you guys? Great work, they came up well. My daily is an AU LTD 5L and she’s in need of both the bumpers tidied up to. There’s a big dent in my front bumper from a small kangaroo. Common problem with the AU Fairlain/LTD headlights. Finding good second hand headlights is hard but you can heat up the seal to remove the lens to clean and dry them out and reseal them with sikaflex

[@80ZX]

The Fairlane looks great. Have a condensation issue also in an early model ford falcon which I need to address. Another great informative video.

[@richardrehutai6286]

That's cool how u colour matches the paint right my brother has a eb series 2 ford Fairmont has a gold mist paint still factory O.G

[@brettjones5041]

another great job mates . keep her tidy .

[@stuarthaynes1737]

When I first bought my NU I took the headlights out went and bought supercheaps degreaser in the 4 litre container, its great road grime remover .I pored it into them shook them around then hosed them out until all soap was gone leave them to dry. They'll look like brsnd new on the inside. then when I put them back in I used cable ties around the rubber boots and never had another issue even after pressure washing under the bonnet .

[@Andy-pb4jg]

Other then pulling the headlights apart I don't think there's a solution for it. Nice job on the paint, got an ef xr8 that'll need one soon

[@melissanudo9710]

🤘😎 respect to you both. Andrea is killing it with these repairs. Try a 3m rubbing compound to brighten the headlights. For condensation check the headlight vents...make sure they aren't blocked. Good luck with all your projects. Wishing you both a successful journey 👍

[@TheIronEmpire]

Cheers Mel! ❤️

[@theoilgallery5773]

I used to keep the rubber caps off the back of my headlights during winter and that helped a lot with the condensation problem in my sportsman

[@TheIronEmpire]

Interesting! Will try

[@OPyamumsyadad]

This!

[@mariozappia6842]

Awesome job guys great to see the both of you having a red hot crack 👏👏👏

[@TheIronEmpire]

Cheers Mario

[@MatthewBailey-x9w]

Tip on the headlights, remove the rubber cap that covers the headlight globe. Allows it to breath. Did this to mine.

[@soundsolutions]

Good tip, I found cleaning the foggie lights a pain of a job.

[@fuelguzzlers8439]

i need to do this on my fairlane

[@OPyamumsyadad]

In regards to the condensation - mine did this. I took off the rubber covers at the back of the lights to let the moisture escape and it doesn’t fog up any more :)

[@TheIronEmpire]

Sweet

[@Roger-jolley]

Is that a interface pad on the sander ??????????

[@TheIronEmpire]

Yes indeed

[@anthonytemple856]

There’s a silver au fairline at the Elizabeth u pull it and the headlight are like brand new

[@TheIronEmpire]

Sweet, I’ll sus! It’s probably the same one I pulled the seats from last month 😂

[@STREETCARCULTURE]

👌🏽

[@scrapmetalgarage]

Wicked job! Love the fairlane. Just ordered my shirt too 🤙Andy's right about the AU too. Up the AU!

[@MarkManson14]

Throw the lights in the oven @90-100⁰ and pull the lense off.

[@hannahdavies2467]

My 5 year old "LOVES" Andrea's hair :) Could be another Pink Lady in town soon haha. Love the vid great stuff

[@TheIronEmpire]

Haha do it! 🙌🏼

[@richardtravers2436]

well done on the repairs the au Fairlane, cool looking car.👍

[@soundsolutions]

Hey Andy, I'm Andy too but a guy... with an AU111 V8 Fairlane Ghia in Congo. Love these beasts, sorry to hear yours was flooded recently. Hope you guys can revive it.

[@noelgibson5956]

Look into doing some Ford Territory's down the track. As Australia's only real SUV that's no longer in production, their investment potential could be huge.

[@nathanderrick3140]

Pull the rubber caps off the back of headlamps heat from engine will dry out

[@galactica1980]

Remove rubber caps around bulbs for a week. Should fix it.

[@Brendan.Wheatley]

Quite clever thumbnail caption guy's and I used to hate pensioner gold/beige, but I don't mind it these days! Cheers for the great content...

[@benni727]

any gold au is mint haha

[@brendanmatthys3788]

To stop condensation from happening again, take the headlight off, bake it in a cardboard box with a heat gun in it for a bit, then pry the clear plastic off the housing. Once it's out, you can sand it and clear it, then remove the old sealant and whack a bead of sikaflex on the dog. Stick it all back together and clamp it with a rachet strap until it sets, then whack it back on the car, good as new

[@jimclarke1108]

The episodes just gets better( looking)😁

[@rogerhills4477]

Drill a tiny hole upside of the lens allow water vapour to escape with heat, when dry, blob of glue over hole.

[@ralphmason95]

Looks fantastic young lady! Well done 😍

[@TheIronEmpire]

Cheers

[@stevendurieu6938]

Great vid mark 👌👍

[@sohcbros9057]

As @maxrockatansky said leave it in the sun too evaporate then seal it all because here there is leaks it will seal moisture in

[@ryanweggers4763]

Wrap the headlights with a yellow tint foil, nice and old school

[@christosbarralifeandotherc3728]

Damp cloth and tooth paste Biff after if you have to.

[@jordywilson3095]

Brother what sandpaper would you use to sand the headlights?

[@TheIronEmpire]

You kinda gotta work your way upto the finest you can get, ie: 1500-2000 but where you start depends on how rough they are.. you may need to start at like 400-500 and work your way finer then polish

[@jordywilson3095]

@@TheIronEmpire cheers mark my headlights on the ef dont look happy haha

[@michaelbyrnes7944]

120 is course enough 😂

[@anthony1968]

Good job, cuz!

[@OPyamumsyadad]

Eyyy I have one of these but the intech. They’re good cars but the handbrake is hopeless on the IRS AUs 😂

[@soundsolutions]

You gotta take the rear wheels and discs off to adjust the rear shoes.

[@sheel2]

Should've kept the FG Andy that thing is Miiiint

[@TheIronEmpire]

It sure was! But variety is the spice of life! And Barras sound nothin like a Windsor! 😍😆

[@sheel2]

Isn't an AU cheap enough to have both? 😜

[@mariobrnabic4252]

Hi there. You guys have done a extremely good job. The paint matching and clear coat looks great. Thanks for showing us your repairs. I love the NU Fairlane, yours looks fantastic with the LTD rear lights and the FG Rims. I had a NU for a couple of years, it is still my favorite car. By the way, I love your Rottie.. Great channel to watch.

[@nickgalea82]

Great vid as always, seeing new one's posted every Saturday is always a great start to the weekend. Wishing you both the best with your projects!

[@joz1751]

Fk yeh that came out mint, Andrea did a killer job, thats a mad effort am diggin the glasses too, looks good. Have to take in the conditions an environment into account too, just that amplifies the task shitloads. I can tell ur not a tradesman painter bro, it kills me to see incorrect ways taught to ppl i cant help myself i hope u read this properly an take it the right way lol i dont really care but its gd advice. legiiit, few things, the rear bar - heat gun/a metal file the repair, no filler man if it gets tapped again it will crack worst than where u started as u said 'bad repair' it just looks av ifff it gets tapped again.. u probb thinkin that wont repair it good enough after jus using a course file. ur right, but thats the other thing on R bar, NO interface pad on the sander - u want it to be flat like a block ya knoww. it should be fairly straight but 120 an machine shape the bumper its easy or feather out what u have too etc. u kinda made her go the long way bout the repair process an no one likes that part its shit an time consuming asf. cos u dont knoww, plus the materials in filler etc uu save there., is the way to go for plastic repairs. If u come across a rip or tear like on a bumper lip or something u can go hard with a soldering irron, its amazing wt u can do with that an a heat gun no shit. - technically speaking its a no-no but i have no issue in the right situation once ya get good with plastics. thats not gd common practice lets say other thing an i know its prob cos u dont have a tinting system (i cant blame ya there $$) No stick matching. its a very vague comparison. all metallics need to be sprayed, use bog applicator or something an wet it up with prepsol for a look at ur colour. Can u colour match anyway? may aswell spray what the store gave ya really. Sometimes the lads at paint shop will match it for ya if ya give em notice. but even then ur still goin on his ability an the quality of the sample u provide. depends on the job an the dollars u have in it so can vary wt u can get away with.. u were in absolute prime lighting for looking at the colour tho. especially whites. -metallics full sunlight ideally tho. oh solid colours just wipe onto a plate or card to check colours, but useless looking at a solid sample unless its fully dry. This rant ive got goin here probably seems pedantic cos we talkin bout a AU touch up here but thats not my point. the falcon looks dope now its a tidy job in all honesty but this shit is my life ive been painting 18yrs an it teaches dicipline when it bites you, also for me a lil OCD but theres ways to do things an ways not, i know u can acheive a good outcome but its not correct an its stuff like thatt that ppl dont see an devalues the work the painter/beater world. u know, why pay me 20k ffor paint when this guy said he can for 8k. Jus sayinn

[@joz1751]

oh an 2k prime lol. it wont fry up an map rings theres jus too much reducer content in basecoat theres no way

[@joz1751]

oh 2k prime is a must i noticed u didnt show the front bar lol, did it fry an map up hard? it NEEDS a 2k seal. its a overnight at the shop job unless ur k with primer patches for a day. Oi, how good the sound when ya run ur hand over the roof, windows, doorsss. i know u said polish anyway but throw a sheet over it or somethin bro ur not gonna polish the door moulds, plastics window rubbers, overspray gets everywherrrre. headlights need a coat plastic prime a 2k clear them FYI donbt make life hard for urself by bein slack

[@TheIronEmpire]

Wow, that was a lot to take in. A lot of what happens doesn’t come through in the video. I do use a heat gun and soldering iron to fix plastics often, in this case there was damage that I couldn’t file out, hence the filler. Generally I try to limit filler use. Also, If we were trying to get this car super nice I would have blocked every step, but for what the car is we smashed it out and cheated every chance we got… just like using old colour and some clear as primer, instead of actual primer… so no, I got no shrink back in any of the repairs as it was sealed with 2k Thanks for the support

[@TheIronEmpire]

Wow, that was a lot to take in. A lot of what happens doesn’t come through in the video. I do use a heat gun and soldering iron to fix plastics often, in this case there was damage that I couldn’t file out, hence the filler. Generally I try to limit filler use. Also, If we were trying to get this car super nice I would have blocked every step, but for what the car is we smashed it out and cheated every chance we got… just like using old colour and some clear as primer, instead of actual primer… so no, I got no shrink back in any of the repairs as it was sealed with 2k Thanks for the support

[@TheIronEmpire]

And no, there was fuck all over spray haha i literally do repairs like like this all the time and I’ve learned what I can get away with and what I can’t. Hence why I’m not a tutorial channel, Just showing people what I’m up-to and how I get it done

[@Rob_hsv]

Yous will be saving up for a wedding soon too surely 😉

[@TheIronEmpire]

Nah mate, we’re not interested in a piece of paper to prove anything 😉

[@Rob_hsv]

@@TheIronEmpire 👍🏼 more money for cars, i like it. She’s a keeper 👌🏼😂

[@TheIronEmpire]

100%

[@Bould7]

what was the color code? looking at doing my eb in the coming weeks

[@TheIronEmpire]

Unsure sorry mate I can check tonight though

[@Bould7]

@@TheIronEmpire that'd be awesome if you could.