i have a stock 96 white xj and alot to come but right now i want to take off the black and red molding and maybe do a bed liner or just paint the bottom part anyone have any tips on taking off that rubber molding stuff? also i really like the blacked out tail lights are they a whole different light or is it just spray paint? Thanks.

 

i have tented my front corner marker lights and just used spray paint worked good just do real light coats i have thought of using window tint on the rears just because they are so square, and the way i have always removed molding is to heat it up with a heat gun peel it of and then use a pin strip eraser to remove the tape

 

Do yourself a favor and get you a can of VHT Nightshade it's about $8 a can at most of your local auto part stores and easy as heck to do here's how mine came out......

 

I try vinyl first its cheap but looks good that way if you don't like the way it looks you can just tear it off.

 

If you go with bedliner for the lower section, stay away from the cheap spraycan stuff. I have that on my front bumper and it is peeling off after 6 months. Its not as tough as they make it out to be. Go with the real stuff.

 

do you spray the inside or outside or the inside of the lights to smoke em out with the VHT?

 

The wifey's hairdryer works just as well.

 

outside

 

Wow Teal96XJ, your rig is pretty awesome. I like how it's 2 door and the color is cool. I'm jealous now.

 

I like that teal color too- I have an '09 Patriot in Surf Blue and am thinking of making the XJ into it's bigger brother by painting it Surf Blue also. I think it would be cool to have the two of them the same color in the driveway. The lifted XJ next to the new MK.

 

yea to get the hard molding off i ran fishing wire under it and i came off.then i put sticker removal on it.finally i just sanded the heck out of it.

 

what about that sticker under the trim pannel. Is there an easy way to get that off also? I want to put bedliner on that pannel so I need to get it off so I can sand it.