Finally got the hard top off, then went for ice cream!
What did you do to your TJ today?
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Eastwood Single Stage Acrylic Urethane. https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-shaggin-green-metallic-intermix-paint-kit.html
The kit comes with 2 - 3/4 gallons of a bright green course metallic (Gasser Green) and a dark silver metallic (Tunnel Ram Grey) and you mix them together. The kit also comes with your choice of activator. I opted for the slow activator because it was over 80*f the day I painted.
Mixing was actually easy. I dumped the contents of both paint cans into a 5 gallon bucket and stirred it well. Then I poured about 1/2 gallon of mixed paint back into each can, sealed them and shook them each for about 5 minutes. Then I poured them both back into the 5 gallon bucket that still had about 1/2 gallon of mixed paint, and stirred it well again. I repeated this process 2 more times and then split up the fully mixed paint between both cans. In hind sight, I should have held back a pint or two of the Tunnel Ram Grey to have made the end color a touch brighter and more green.
The paint is a 3:1 paint to activator ratio. With the activator, it makes 2 full gallons of usable paint. I didn't use any reducer. For your reference, to paint the jeep body and 2 sets of doors (half and full) took just over 1 gallon for about 4 coats worth. Being it is a color change project, I had to spray the jambs as well as the back sides of the doors and underside of the hood edges. I also removed the tailgate and painted it separately with the doors. (I did get lazy and didn't paint the inside of the windshield frame, so it's still black). I expected to have at least a 1/2 gallon left over because I want to use it for a Harley project that's taking far too long to complete.
Backing up to the start ... after making the necessary body repairs and welded patches, I sprayed the exposed bare metal with PPG Omni MP170 epoxy primer (one coat). Then I did the body filler where needed, and sprayed epoxy primer over those spots (again, 1 coat). Then I sanded the whole Jeep with 80 grit and sprayed with PPG Omni MP282 High Build Primer, 2 coats. After that dried, I sanded the whole thing with 220 grit. For your reference, sanding epoxy primer sucks. It gums up something awful and wastes a lot of sandpaper, but the MP282 high build primer sanded great.
One glaring mistake I made was failing to staple plastic sheeting to the overhead trusses. I hung plastic sheeting vertically (to keep any overspray contained, but I didn't put any on the overhead. I didn't notice the problem until late afternoon when the sun was peaking in the gap at the west door, but every time the compressor kicked on or off, there was dust or other objectionable snards falling off the roof trusses onto my fresh wet paint. I'm a hack body man so I wasn't expecting perfection, but this really bugs me.
When spraying the Jeep, I also sprayed a couple flat test panels. I'm going to try wet sanding and buffing one of them to see if I can remove the little bumps. If so, I'll take the time to cut and buff the whole project. The other option is to wet sand the whole project up to 1500 grit, then shoot clear over it. I'd rather not do that because the clear (with activator) is about $250. Including the floor repairs and the truck bed liner (https://tcpglobal.com/products/tint...ed-liner-kit-with-included-spray-gun-4-quarts) I sprayed on the entire floor, I'm into this paint project for just under $800.
For your reference, the 2 quart truck bed liner kit was (in my opinion) about 1/2 quart short to cover the entire floor adequately. It looks white, but it's a light grey.
Kiwi TJ
Just asked myself if I’m crazy and we all said No
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Last Sunday took the TJ to go and pick up a new boot for my daughter’s car…
While we were down in the area we checked out a couple of cool places including a bird sanctuary.
While we were down in the area we checked out a couple of cool places including a bird sanctuary.
All I saw was new boot..... now are you talking about Tyres or what.......
Kiwi TJ
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Boot = Trunk <~~~~ better ?
American = Boot = foot wear.
Trunk = rear of car compartment, or a large case for travel.
So it appears you picked up a trunk lid, for her car, because cutting the rear end off and welding another on would be a tough task.......
Pics of the ice cream or it didn’t happen
I’ll have to go back for more. I understand you have been traumatized enough to know better!
Thanks for the help!
Kiwi TJ
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Drove to a doctors appointment. Do you think the LJ qualifies for a carpool clean air vehicle?
Order the Summit Racing seat cushions, the seat warmers and the hog ring tool.
Of course I’ll need to fix the kid’s TJ non-starting issue before I get to my LJ upgrades.
Of course I’ll need to fix the kid’s TJ non-starting issue before I get to my LJ upgrades.
Kiwi TJ
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Section 2 paragraph 12 states that If the roof is down and the doors are off then yes it qualifies
Section 2 paragraph 12 states that If the roof is down and the doors are off then yes it qualifies
Especially when it is out of the smog choked city!
Drove it to compare the mileage from last year. 5/30/25
8/6 26. Disregard the fuel gauge and light. We have never been friends since I bought my Scion for my driving job 8 years ago. New multifunction switch hazard button is looking good since smashing the old one off the other morning.
8/6 26. Disregard the fuel gauge and light. We have never been friends since I bought my Scion for my driving job 8 years ago. New multifunction switch hazard button is looking good since smashing the old one off the other morning.
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