Next week I plan on prepping and painting my Jeep. My plan right now is to remove the doors and hood and paint them off of the Jeep. The hood I could do on the Jeep, but I figured it would be easier to paint the inside of the hood if it's off. I'll be removing everything from the doors and hanging them in the garage to paint. I'll also be removing the tube fenders as I want to sandblast them, then prime and paint.
Anything else I should remove, or any tips from anyone that's painted their TJ before? This is a color change from silver to desert tan. I don't plan on painting the floor, but will be doing as much that's visable as possible.
Pick a line to follow to break the paint. The pinch weld that the hood weather strip fits on is a good line to break the two colors. Go through the whole rig and find that line. The toughest one will be where the dash bolts to the area just inside the door openings. If I was doing one of my rigs, I would pull the dash to get that area done easier.
Pull the hinges on the hood, prep under the hinge and around the edges of them. When the prep is done, put them back on, adjust the hood to line up the way you want it and then pull the cowl and remove the hood that way. There is no good easy way to do the prep work next to the edge of the hinge and the new color will start peeling up right there.
The doors are a lot of work to break down, it is worth it to me.
Pick a line at the rear tail gate area to change color. I picked right in front of the sill and carried that line on all the sheetmetal that turned down from there all the way to the front dash area.
Shoot the gate and hinges separately.
The grill will suck big time. I would pull it first, clean, prep, and spray it as much as you can from the back side to stop all the edges from peeling. Looks really bad when that starts.
The last place to work on is under the rear gate opening. Pull the rear bumper, raise the tub up and remove the rear body mounts. That way you can get paint under the back and on the flange that goes down in front of the rear bumper. That it all easily seen from behind the rig and having it body color will look better.
