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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 10:10 AM
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Painted up my axles and steering components, drive shafts, leaf springs:


This is old aha but what paint was used for such a clean gloss look?
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by FreddyD'Apice
This is old aha but what paint was used for such a clean gloss look?
Rustoleum
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 11:32 AM
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I like the look. I used krylon to paint mine.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 11:41 AM
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Doesn't last though :P.

I mean just a few weeks later, limestone and mud fades away the gloss and it becomes matte.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 11:55 AM
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I just killed the last 2 hours at work reading this build thread. Great build man. That's one of my favorite colors offered on the XJ.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 05:07 PM
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I just killed the last 2 hours at work reading this build thread. Great build man. That's one of my favorite colors offered on the XJ.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 05:07 PM
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Removed the crappy Rough Country anti-sway bar quick disconnects and installed some beefy new JKS anti-sway bar quicker disconnects today:

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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
Removed the crappy Rough Country anti-sway bar quick disconnects and installed some beefy new JKS anti-sway bar quicker disconnects today:
Got mine in the mail last week. The weather must be nicer in Florida then it is in Arkansas ha ha
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 08:05 PM
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Got mine in the mail last week. The weather must be nicer in Florida then it is in Arkansas ha ha
Yeah it was 81 today...
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 08:11 PM
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Yeah it was 81 today...
Nice.
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Old Mar 4, 2015 | 11:03 PM
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Yeah, way too hot. I want the nice cool 60's and 70's back lol
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It's going to be 40 all next week here, breaking out the tshirt and shorts!
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Old Mar 5, 2015 | 08:47 AM
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It's going to be 40 all next week here, breaking out the tshirt and shorts!


Ummm no!! I've spent enough time in the cold. Plus installing any jeep parts is always more fun in the warmth
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Old Mar 5, 2015 | 08:52 AM
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Ummm no!! I've spent enough time in the cold. Plus installing any jeep parts is always more fun in the warmth
Not in Florida where my armpits cry rivers in the driveway lol
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Old Mar 5, 2015 | 08:59 AM
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I'll take being hot any day. Last time I was in the cold, it was for cold weather training and it got to -30
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