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So, I have a commercial shop that I lease...across the parking lot used to be a paint shop. The guy that ran the place had an old XJ that he painted Chevy orange. This was a crappy old XJ, in a rather ridiculous color, but this guy made it look really nice. He took off all the little tiny mouldings and trim peices and door handles and repainted them black, and he also painted the taillights completely red.
He invited me over to look at it since he knew I drove an XJ and I said something like "wow, you're twice as old as I am and you've got twice as much energy!". Now I know why - he was freaking high on meth, awake 24/7...and currently in prison. I was totally going to have him paint my Jeep. :doh: He was in the process of reattaching the moulding on my Jeep when he disappeared and I took over his shop...
Anyway, he painted '89 or so taillights in a "candy" red color. They looked factory, which I believe is pretty rare, so I said "you painted those?!" :worship:
I have no idea what he used or how he did it but I want to do it. It had to have been some kind of professional automotive paint, he kept bragging about how expensive the whole job was. Something like $1100 worth of paint on that jeep. Anybody else paint their taillights? I have his shop and a better air compressor...certainly I can do a better job than he did.
He invited me over to look at it since he knew I drove an XJ and I said something like "wow, you're twice as old as I am and you've got twice as much energy!". Now I know why - he was freaking high on meth, awake 24/7...and currently in prison. I was totally going to have him paint my Jeep. :doh: He was in the process of reattaching the moulding on my Jeep when he disappeared and I took over his shop...
Anyway, he painted '89 or so taillights in a "candy" red color. They looked factory, which I believe is pretty rare, so I said "you painted those?!" :worship:
I have no idea what he used or how he did it but I want to do it. It had to have been some kind of professional automotive paint, he kept bragging about how expensive the whole job was. Something like $1100 worth of paint on that jeep. Anybody else paint their taillights? I have his shop and a better air compressor...certainly I can do a better job than he did.
