MrAnderson1987

Rockers, that's a term I hear a lot but don't know what they are I'm new to this

Power73

the rockers are the metal panel under the doors. thats what were all hear for, to learn!

djcallao

Search "smoked lenses jeep Cherokee" on eBay. I also used VHT Night shade for my tails

MrAnderson1987

Found and ordered how many coats of the night shade did you apply?

MrAnderson1987

Got the the bumper plastics off not to hard at all. Gonna hit em with some sand paper now and lacquer thinner after I pre clean and dry before painting

djcallao

About three. Make sure to prep The tail lights really well

MrAnderson1987

Okay people, got a big weekend ahead of me starting on Friday evening.
Fri
Paint and clear coat plastics
Prep and smoke taillights
Leave overnight to dry
Sat
Prep and buff taillights
Reinstall tail lights, trim and bumper plastics
Install smoked turn signals
Grind out piece of hood touching intake
Annnnnd if I'm feeling it and I have extra paint I'm gonna eyebrow my front lights, probably not though until I get my new headlights in.
Uggh, can't wait haha

MrAnderson1987

Got antsy and nightshaded the taillights today after work/ before school. Not bad of never having done it before just a lil run on one and a tiny drip on the other.



Gonna let them dry overnight then gonna light wet sand em and use some ultimate compound to buff out the imperfections. Including the new fingerprint cuz my girlfriend just haad to touch them haha

Also got my turn signals in the mail today!!



Gonna be blacked out tomorrow

MrAnderson1987

Operation "paint **** black" was a success!!!

Before



After

shawn_00x

This is a great looking rig!! My 2ooo will soon look similar blacked out. My wheels are the stock ones painted black as well. Nice rig though keep it up.

here is mine for now on 2" lift

MrAnderson1987

Dude! I wanted to paint my stock rims too! Mine are all rusted though so I think I'd be a headache looks good though. Just a tip when shading the tail lights (with vht nightshade) only do two coats. All the vids say three and there's no freakin way a cop wouldn't pull me over right now. The brake lights are quite dim and I just ordered some super bright LEDs to replace my bulbs in an attempt to counteract this.

greatestshowondirt

I like the look of those tail lights, but they do seem super dark. I'd be interested in seeing how some different bulbs would brighten it up since I've considered doing the same to mine down the road. Did you notice any difference from your TB spacer and cold air? I was told that's what you have to do get decent mileage out of an XJ with a lift.

MrAnderson1987

Tb spacer, not really. In fact that thing is kinda a pain in my ***** right now because it makes my aem touch the top of the hood and before I noticed it it ground my intake tube down to the metal (in one short trip!) so I currently have a bicycle patch guled to the under side of my hood until I decide if I'm gonna cut out the small piece of cross section or take out the tb and eat the $100 I payed for it. As for gas mileage I did the math and was getting 11.5 appox but since then I've put Flowmaster and intake. Haven't filled up since then

shawn_00x

Yea I have seen about using 2 coats. It seems to be the consensus when using it. I thought about leaving a space clear in a Steeler's emblem or something so it would still be red showing.

MrAnderson1987

Yea I wish I had done an emblem