tannerp89

getting ready to re-paint the XJ in some tintable raptor liner but am torn if i should keep the current paint scheme and go with white, or if i should change the color. im thinking a bright green, or a cobalt blue, or i dunno...im open to suggestions, anything but purple, pink or red, for all you smartasses. take a look at my build and tell me what you think. all input is considered and appreciated. thanks.

Tural

green is a nice color. i just don't like a full camo color on a vehicle. i like my hunter green. looks black at night. also the midnight blues look alright. i think the most come-together color is black though. you can add a bedliner on your rockers and it will still look nice on a black Heep.

tannerp89

ya i like the color of yours...the darker greens and blues look good i think. and i agree i dont like the camo colors much either...and my rockers are already bedlined black. kinda want to avoid black tho cause it gets too hot and my blazer and my Honda Shadow are black so i want something different. every car/bike ive owned has been black or white lol...

Tural

i got a black zx6 if that helps...

Tural

i do love my hunter green though. i don't think i'd have it any other color.... or maybe black...

alpine.adrenaline

My lady's WranglerRubicon/JKL (think its a 2008) came in a "Rescue Green" that was a pretty cool color. Where did you find your tintable raptor liner, and how much did you get? I've been considering doing this for a while too so I'm subscribed. You might take a digipic of your XJ and throw it in some paint software to play with colors you like.

Tural

the cosmetics of the body on my XJ are bone stock. if there's any tint, it came stock.

tannerp89

gettin the liner from tptools.com...heres a link..
http://www.tptools.com/p/2600,233_U-...Liner-Kit.html
i ordered one kit, one bottle of clear and one bottle of hardener. you use urathene to tint it to your color...

alpine.adrenaline

Ok. My post was a thought for the OP, but I'd keep that hunter green too if I were you.

tomcarey88

go desert tan......i want to do the whole thing that color,but im in the army an thats all i drive is tan trucks so im going to do white....with black primer silver metal specked paint an a light coat of white or lime green

tannerp89

ya but im not military, have never been, and probably never will be so...the olive drab, camo or desert tan looks aren't for me, and isnt my style. thanks for the input tho. and so your basically going with a metal flake base with a candy top coat right?

tomcarey88

yeah im going to try

A_Jeepr

Steel blue, google it in google images and look at the coffee mugs...

tannerp89

youd be better off with green then...it'll highlight the flake more and give you more depth, especially w/ the silver metal flake base...i dont play with candies though so good luck, unless your planning on thinning down some regular stuff down and doin it that way. dunno how well the flake will show through tho...

tannerp89

kinda like that...havent seen a blue XJ here either....hmmm