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Old 05-21-2009, 01:13 PM
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need opions, should i repaint my jeep black or go with red or yellow.im thinking yellow
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OD green or desert tan bedliner with black badging (emblems)
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i do like the desert tan but with me being in the army now its kind of tacky but it would look badass
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Yellow's a pretty drastic change. Better look at lots of pics and be sure first. Taking into account the jambs and everything, a simple respray is a whole lot easier and cheaper.
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If you're planning on painting JUST the outside, stick with your original color, imho. It looks silly to open the doors/engine/etc and see a different color on the inside than the outside.

If you're going to repaint EVERYTHING... yellow is pretty cool.

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He is already an 88m... he drive's a BIG green and/or desert tan truck as it is.

Go for the yellow!
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Hey everyone I've got a 1999 jeep grand cherokee limited with 4.7 110,000 miles on it everything was working great till yesterday when my controls to the heat and air quit working . nothing no lights on the dual climate control nothing at all if anybody knows what it might be just let me know thanks .. I don't know if this is the right spot for this question .. thanks again
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if i do paint it red or yellow, ill take evrey thing apart take fenders an all that an do it right doors already come off with ease. the best yellow is the mopar yellow thats on jeep wranglers
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Hey everyone I've got a 1999 jeep grand cherokee limited with 4.7 110,000 miles on it everything was working great till yesterday when my controls to the heat and air quit working . nothing no lights on the dual climate control nothing at all if anybody knows what it might be just let me know thanks .. I don't know if this is the right spot for this question .. thanks again
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Originally Posted by J-smith
Hey everyone I've got a 1999 jeep grand cherokee limited with 4.7 110,000 miles on it everything was working great till yesterday when my controls to the heat and air quit working . nothing no lights on the dual climate control nothing at all if anybody knows what it might be just let me know thanks .. I don't know if this is the right spot for this question .. thanks again
You'll probably want to post your grand cherokee questions in the grand cherokee forum here: https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f5/
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if i do paint it red or yellow, ill take evrey thing apart take fenders an all that an do it right doors already come off with ease. the best yellow is the mopar yellow thats on jeep wranglers
yeah, if you do it right, yellow would be awesome. I've wanted to do that to my old beater for a long time, but never had the money (nor the painting experience to do it myself).
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blue xjs run better man go blue!
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I painted my black '92 yellow last month. Turned out great. I am in the process of finishing the door sills and such with yellow.

Before...




After... I rolled the paint on. Valspar Industrial OSHA "Safety Yellow". Nasty stuff. Very hard to remove from skin. About 10 bux a quart, 10 bux for rollers and 25 bux for sandpaper.

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looks good,what kind of paint did u use...if i do i would paint the grill an all that plastic on front
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Originally Posted by tomcarey88
looks good,what kind of paint did u use...if i do i would paint the grill an all that plastic on front



I used Valspar Industrial enamel. Same as Rustoleum but smoother I think. Cheap too. I wouldn't suggest painting the Jeep this way though. It takes ALOT of time and prep to get it right. Next vehicle I do I will probably spray with conventional auto paint.

It did take a good 18 coats to cover the sanded down black though. Some edges are still a bit "thin" and I will be touching up once it warms up outside. This paint takes a while to completely dry.



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