Some topcoat on all this Savvy MUA and engine skid steel parts. Rustoleum Canyon Black Satin.
It all get buried underneath and I’m worried about top coat
It all get buried underneath and I’m worried about top coat
What did you do to your TJ today?
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I got rear-ended yesterday. The besttop bumper took it vey well but the tailgate got dented in by the spare wheel. I'll get the car measured this afternoon to see if there is any structural damage. the other car is a complete write of, bonnet, radiator, headlights, all crumbled together. hard to believe when I look at the jeep:
Yesterday, took Ruby up to Ice House Resort for our club social. Was a great time.
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Got some cheap new shocks fitted today… ( cheap because it’s getting a lift next year so not worth spending money on expensive ones.)
Glad I didn’t have time to do it myself before I head out on the long road trip… apparently it was a real battle to get the front ones off.
I leave in 2 days so set up some stuff I’ll be taking with me. ( no I’m taking the green model A door
)
Glad I didn’t have time to do it myself before I head out on the long road trip… apparently it was a real battle to get the front ones off.
I leave in 2 days so set up some stuff I’ll be taking with me. ( no I’m taking the green model A door
)
Project Long Jeep Hard Roof Rehab continues...
Finished cleaning up the interior surface of the top as I had decided to forego actually painting it. Not that bad once she's all cleaned up.
Before flipping the top (with the help of a kind neighbor) in order to make additional repairs to the outside surface, I had to address one other cleanup item. Seems a previous owner stored the top outside, either on the ground or not far from it, when not installed on their Jeep. No matter where you live, you're likely to pick up some unwanted guests if you do this...and whether they ever knew or not, pick up squatters they did.
For the past year driving around with the top installed as purchased, I noticed a rather regular deposit of dead flora and detritus on the carpet just inside the tailgate as well as inside the wiring and wiper motor covers. I suspected it was bedding for field mice or the like who apparently turned the rear cavity of the top into a condo of sorts.
Not much for access but having the top inverted over the past month for repairs allowed most (if not all) the crap packed inside the top to dislodge and fall to the top surface (temporarily the bottom). I picked up a set of shop vac detailing attachments in order to get into the smallish access holes and suck everything out. Unfortunately the attachments didn't mate to my brand of shop vac, fortunately I've got a 3D printer and rectified the problem within an hour...
Spent a couple of quality hours at it, this is well less than half of the material I ended up removing...
As a side note, Rustoleum Painter's Touch Ivory Bisque Semi is almost a dead ringer for the factory inside color of the hardtop. I needed to coat the inside portion of the previous lower edge repair with something as it likely wouldn't see much but overspray, this did the trick...
The top has now been flipped and remainder of the damage repair has commenced. I also started working the forward lip of the top to discreetly repair minor edge chipping with glass resin only. No photos of this at the moment.
Still experimenting with recreating the top texture. Picked up another spray product to play with, more on this to follow shortly. Also took some time to try working out the shape of the foam seals for the outer corners at the windshield frame. One of mine was in pieces and the other wasn't far behind but I think the shape will work. I need to recreate these as I haven't seen them anywhere and they don't come in the hardtop seal kits.
Finished cleaning up the interior surface of the top as I had decided to forego actually painting it. Not that bad once she's all cleaned up.
Before flipping the top (with the help of a kind neighbor) in order to make additional repairs to the outside surface, I had to address one other cleanup item. Seems a previous owner stored the top outside, either on the ground or not far from it, when not installed on their Jeep. No matter where you live, you're likely to pick up some unwanted guests if you do this...and whether they ever knew or not, pick up squatters they did.
For the past year driving around with the top installed as purchased, I noticed a rather regular deposit of dead flora and detritus on the carpet just inside the tailgate as well as inside the wiring and wiper motor covers. I suspected it was bedding for field mice or the like who apparently turned the rear cavity of the top into a condo of sorts.
Not much for access but having the top inverted over the past month for repairs allowed most (if not all) the crap packed inside the top to dislodge and fall to the top surface (temporarily the bottom). I picked up a set of shop vac detailing attachments in order to get into the smallish access holes and suck everything out. Unfortunately the attachments didn't mate to my brand of shop vac, fortunately I've got a 3D printer and rectified the problem within an hour...
Spent a couple of quality hours at it, this is well less than half of the material I ended up removing...
As a side note, Rustoleum Painter's Touch Ivory Bisque Semi is almost a dead ringer for the factory inside color of the hardtop. I needed to coat the inside portion of the previous lower edge repair with something as it likely wouldn't see much but overspray, this did the trick...
The top has now been flipped and remainder of the damage repair has commenced. I also started working the forward lip of the top to discreetly repair minor edge chipping with glass resin only. No photos of this at the moment.
Still experimenting with recreating the top texture. Picked up another spray product to play with, more on this to follow shortly. Also took some time to try working out the shape of the foam seals for the outer corners at the windshield frame. One of mine was in pieces and the other wasn't far behind but I think the shape will work. I need to recreate these as I haven't seen them anywhere and they don't come in the hardtop seal kits.
Do you frequently travel with house painting gear...just in case the spirit moves you?
Do you frequently travel with house painting gear...just in case the spirit moves you?
Do you not?
Nothing amazing but since I saw one on a C8 Corvette in Chicago I had to have one on #shortbus. Worth it since my nephews will dig it!!!!
Found this box really funny! I was a taught to not ask, asking is an invite to trouble .
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Do you frequently travel with house painting gear...just in case the spirit moves you?
haha.... the main reason for the trip is to help paint some rooms in my sister's house...(shes getting it ready to sell)
Kiwi TJ
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I sign painted that as its always something... I carry spare oil, rags, hand tools, brake fluid, zip ties etc...cuz you never know haha.Found this box really funny! I was a taught to not ask, asking is an invite to trouble
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You probably cant see it but the sticker on the top says "Explosives /Ammunition for disposal' on it. I had this sticker showing when a guys approached me while I was filling up the Jeep with gas...he was happy to talk Jeep until he saw the box and slowly backed away haha
DuckNut
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A friend made the repairs he desired. Then sanded it smooth. Took it to a body shop and had them paint it with the SEM chip guard texture of his choice and then top coated it satin black. You would never have guessed it was not factory.
Whitelightning
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I replaced bad reverse light switch (they now function).
I have some LED aux reverse lights I want to mount/ wire. Do you guys think I’ll be good incase I move to a state with “yearly inspections”? I could probably unplug/ remove the light to pass inspection and just bolt/ plug em back in right??
I have some LED aux reverse lights I want to mount/ wire. Do you guys think I’ll be good incase I move to a state with “yearly inspections”? I could probably unplug/ remove the light to pass inspection and just bolt/ plug em back in right??
I'm trying to avoid sanding the entire top down smooth and also trying to avoid additional material and labor charges for the respray. I was going to shoot it myself, but out of consideration for the family living above the bank of garages in my building, I thought it might be better to have a shop spray it. My plan is to deliver the top ready for masking and final spray prep.
DuckNut
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If you visit the SEM website you can read about the textures they offer. They even have a sheet that tells you exactly the tip and pressure to use to do it yourself. They do have a few textures that require a special gun. If I was going to do this I would buy a Harbour Freight spray gun and throw it away afterwards. All the info for the job is on their website.
As long as they are only powered by the reverse light circuit I don't see why they would cause you to fail any state inspection.
If you're worried about it either wire them in with a relay and toggle switch using the reverse light circuit as the switching wire.
Or you could just run an all weather fuse and pull the fuse when you don't want them to come on.
I’m in the communist state of New York and we have no problems passing inspection with auxiliary reverse lights.
Got my black lenses in -
Digital / Analog trans temp gauge ready to go in - visor is optional
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Digital / Analog trans temp gauge ready to go in - visor is optional
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