Andy in Pa.
NAXJA Member #180
- Location
- Downingtown, Pa.
Enjoy!!
Before (These pics are about 1-1/2 years old, imagine the rust looking worse and a few more dents):
Replaced both doors, popped out a few dents and used some bondo on filling in some pitted rust spots ( Did I mention that I REALLY don't like doing bodywork...). Also trimmed up the rear quarters behind the tires approx 5" too (compare to the older pics, yes they are trimmed).
With input from my wife (its really her Jeep) the bottom 2/3's was painted a Satin Black, and the upper 1/3 is a gloss medium gray. The gray was also going to be a satin, but I couldn't find anything that wasn't Primer, so it got painted gloss gray.
After:
Lessons Learned:
1. As much as I dislike using bondo, I dislike removing decals EVEN MORE!!!
2. Over-spray seriously sucks!!
3. I am not very good at taping sections off, but it looks good from 20ft!!
4. I REALLY dislike removing decals that are 20+ years old.
5. Yeah.... the decal thing again, my fingers still hurt.
A.
Before (These pics are about 1-1/2 years old, imagine the rust looking worse and a few more dents):


Replaced both doors, popped out a few dents and used some bondo on filling in some pitted rust spots ( Did I mention that I REALLY don't like doing bodywork...). Also trimmed up the rear quarters behind the tires approx 5" too (compare to the older pics, yes they are trimmed).
With input from my wife (its really her Jeep) the bottom 2/3's was painted a Satin Black, and the upper 1/3 is a gloss medium gray. The gray was also going to be a satin, but I couldn't find anything that wasn't Primer, so it got painted gloss gray.
After:





Lessons Learned:
1. As much as I dislike using bondo, I dislike removing decals EVEN MORE!!!
2. Over-spray seriously sucks!!
3. I am not very good at taping sections off, but it looks good from 20ft!!
4. I REALLY dislike removing decals that are 20+ years old.
5. Yeah.... the decal thing again, my fingers still hurt.
A.