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Okay, the first coat is on!
The hood was still half wet when I took the pics, it's not really that blotchy.
Okay, not quite...
It took one can of Rustoleum Professional to put three coats on the hatch last month, a second can to do the four fenders, flares, doorjambs, and around the windows, and a third can to do the hood and a bunch of touchups/goofing around.
(The white hatch took two coats to cover, and a third, light coat to even it out.)
Haven't decided about the wheels yet. I thought the white would look better than it does.
Prep work was, shall we say... minimal.
I scrubbed the 491 mud off it with a scrubbrush. Didn't even use soap. I'll probably have to redo the hood, and sand off the peeling clearcoat.
We'll see. I've embraced the ugly, and it has set me free!
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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I like....
Maybe some red racing stripes.
NickJust a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start ..
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Over on TORC we're trying on all different colors of wheel for a little contrast.Originally posted by Coppertop View PostI like....
Maybe some red racing stripes.
Nick
As for actual stripes, this may end up on the roof:
Three reasons:
(1) I think it looks pretty cool, sort of a Dukes of Hazzard tribute, and it'll really only show when I'm wheeling: climbing/descending/offcamber...
(2) The white stripes should reflect some sun, and not bake me like the flat black would...
But mostly,
(3) I really, really don't want to rattle-can that whole roof. The hood was bad enough!
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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you went with flat? Seems liek mud would be so much harder to get out, especially haspin mud.
I used Krylon Fusion Black, stuck right to everthing after a simpel wash & still looked new a year later.
For my wife's Jeep we used rustoleum & the paint doesn't look as good about 6 months later now.
light coats are the trick though.Comment
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I'm sure you're right, and I'm just going to see how bad it bothers me.Originally posted by jfiscus View Post
I shied away from the gloss because I knew it'd be a lot harder to get it even. That flat rustoleum is really, really forgiving.
They've got a few levels in between, if the flat doesn't work, I'll try again with the satin...
Yours looks great, by the way...
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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Yep, I agree they all look good..
Robert ,I like the roof idea.
NickJust a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start ..
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Update...
I decided to just do the roof black, too. The more I looked at it, the red was in such bad shape (faded and peeling) that the flag would've looked like chit.
Plus, I found the same Rusto-Pro in a quart, so I just rolled the roof...
Here it is (sans bumper) with my buddy's bike, that finally conviced me to do the flat black:
It's a new Harley Sportster 883 Iron. Flat black from stem to stern, only chrome is the sidepipes.
I'd been thinking of black for years. When I replaced the hatch last month, I know it was the beginning of the end.
And when I saw that bike, it pushed me over the edge.
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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Damn I'm gunna miss Red ...:( Gotta say it looks good..
The roof flag would be cool.
Nick
Nice bikeJust a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start ..
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Well, I finally painted the wheels last week.
They were supposed to be dark grey, but they turned out just about as black as the body.
I've decided I like em enough to keep em...
Up next: she's getting a whole new face.
Well, a less abused 21-year-old face, anyway...
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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Lookin' good...
NickJust a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start ..
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Twenty-one minutes later, the face was stripped:
Then two hours of piecing together what I could use from mine, plus some odds-n-ends from the 90 I bought for parts, and the new(er) face I got from my buddy Tim's MJ, and I had it cobbled together well enough to work...
After that, it was only a half-hour job to get the new header cut to clear the winch, and then bolted on so I'd have headlights to take psycho-***** out for fried pickles and Island Ale.
Okay, the Ale was for me...
I plan to get all the turn signals and markers done in the morning, and see if I can swap in the wiring harness out of the 90.
Eventually, it'll get rattle-canned to match.
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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Wheels look good. Doors are on a little early. What happened to Thanksgiving?91 fj 80 on 37 Nitto Muds with a 10k winch. Cage and sliders coming soon.Comment
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still liked the red betterComment
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AlGore did just a good job kickin the chit outta global warming that I about froze my chestnuts last week...Originally posted by itbrokeagain View Post
I'm gettin too old to play that tough...
A little late for that opinion...Originally posted by jmb8813 View Post
Anyway:
I think I like it... It's been a long time since she looked so, um, well, so much like a Cherokee.
The trim and grill still need paint. I'm debating between flat black to match the body, or that dark grey to match the wheels.
It took a lot of trimming to fit the grill around the winch:
...but it turned out pretty well, there's no more than like 1/8" gap 'tween the two.
RobertDIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP
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