Resurrection of the Chief

[Maltese Chief]

In December I rolled my '89XJ, the Maltese Chief.

I am thinking of rebuilding a black limited to look like this;

or this;

I am not sure which I like better and would really value your input, any comments?! atriot:

Thanks.

 

[FlexdXJ]

The last one looks awesome!

 

[xjlongo]

Thats a tough choice, I like both but if it was my jeep i would probably do the black bumper.

 

[kastein]

I like the way the white bumper looks better, but the white bumper is gonna look worse once it gets scratched up a bit.

 

[Letterman]

Black bumper.

 

[MoparManiac]

What about black bumper face/white hoop?

 

[bwfdrums]

Id go with the black bumper. That would look pretty sharp. on some black steelies of course.

 

[Maltese Chief]

What about black bumper face/white hoop?

This one's not bad;

 

[redneck]

This one's not bad;

thats it, right there. :guitar:

 

[NickDanger_XJ]

That is one classy looking XJ.

 

[jakeWI]

i would say black bumper or the newest one, black bumper white hoop.

 

[kastein]

Xwhatever, latest one for sure, MoparManiac wins

 

[Maltese Chief]

I plan on doing the rockers and bumpers in black herculiner.

The white sides will be white herculiner.

Opinions seem to lean towards the white front bumper hoop!
That could be white herculiner also.

This is my concept for the rear;

Thanks for the inputs.

Any more suggestions would be welcome,
it's good to see lots of RED contributors here!

TC

 

[Maltese Chief]

Fine tuning;

Eh?

 

[snail]

i like this one too
glad to hear you're resurrecting it. the original looked so awesome.
as for the newer pics, what color were you going for with that trim? in my opinion, thinner metallic gold trim lines would be the only thing that would work

 

[Maltese Chief]

i like this one too
glad to hear you're resurrecting it. the original looked so awesome.
as for the newer pics, what color were you going for with that trim? in my opinion, thinner metallic gold trim lines would be the only thing that would work

That trim is actually a bright orange. It didn't seem to transfer on the photo as such.

The local high school colors are orange & black & white, as are all my office/business logos and signs.

Picked up the XJ yesterday and the body and undercarriage are rust free. The timing chain is broken (good thing my former engine is as new), and the main pos. and neg. battery leads are fried. I hope the entire elec system is not fried also. The "new" battery, Feb. 2010, seems to be shorted out also?

Any advice!?

 

[blacksheep01]

I like the orange stripe. Really pops.
BS01

 

[chaser9478]

It kind looks like a cop car. I like the black and white I am going to paint the hood black, following the lines, and down at the bottom. Mines white btw. I have some body damage to fix and hide.

 

[Maltese Chief]

It kind looks like a cop car. I like the black and white I am going to paint the hood black, following the lines, and down at the bottom. Mines white btw. I have some body damage to fix and hide.

I would like to see the photo's!!

I have the inside of mine stripped. I'm patching the floor over the muffler, and prepping for herculiner on the entire floor. This '89 is otherwise rust free!!

I have carbon fiber cloth to go on the headliner, dash, console, and tailgate insert.

Doing some interior wiring for security and remote locks, window power, clearance lights,mirror with map lights, heated seats, and stereo/CD changer. I'm beefing up the battery, starter, and alternator cables with addition of mega fuse from high perf. alternator.

The sides will be smooth white durabak, and the rockers will be black herc.

Thanks for your post's.

 

[JAS]

Fine tuning;

with this color scheme I think the spare tire should be ying & yang