Schatty

i voted gloss black, white is to old school and wont look that good and matching rims with paint doesnt work inless you paints black imo

countryboynance

That will be very helpful on black friday! lol & btw nice xj and loving the paint!

SLPRJP

Decided to trim the front fenders tonight. Also finished the paint. Or 95% finished anyways.

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SLPRJP

Folded the edges too, that way I don't snag something on them

ztcherokee

im diggin the color. is it just rattle caned??

Moparman88

nice jeep man...i am getting my fist one after waiting 6 years(sence i was 16) i love the mat tan color. mine is a faded gray and im planing on putting bed liner from the body line down and painting the hole thing army green. but as far as your wheels go i dig the black on the tan...looks good

SLPRJP

^^I'm planning on doing some bedliner here and there on mine. Get the good stuff or it fades bad.

And yup, this is a rattle can special!

SLPRJP

I didn't like the way the grill looked so I shaped it up. Still need to clean it up and paint it.

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sandaddik2

looks good. its nice to see a nice non beat up xj sometimes
i vote black for the wheels

Swamp Donkey

Nice progress, i like the color, but then i dont cause my Nissan is a hair darker shade then that and you cant even tell its got mud on it after wheelin'. I also vote on black wheels.

macsXJ

My vote is for tan. If you got the time, do one in Black and one in Tan, mounted with tires and bolt them on. The tan will probably look a lot better with the black from the tires. Why be like everyone else with black wheels...

Mac

SLPRJP

True. I definitely have the time, worse case scenario is I respray it black.

Moparman88

i agree painted grills look way better on them...just a heads up...paint WILL NOT stick to chrome...i worked in a body shop for a while and we had a hummer come in with paint flaking off the grill, had to take a razor blade to it took a day and 1/2...if you have access to a sand blaster that works great to...its a lot of work but i always say do it right the first time and save money

SLPRJP

Hey Thanks for the tip. I actually just want to paint the inner portions that are already black.

Although it's not too big a deal what I do with this grill because it is broken anyways. I had to replace it after the wreck and not long after that my dumba$$ friend broke it.

Last winter we where out and about and we where pulling into a parking lot when he sees a fire truck with lights flashing and flips out (he used to part-time for a local news agency) and slams on his brakes to pull a u-turn. He has abs, I didn't and I slowly slid into him. Then he speeds off like a bat out of hell. I see him later that day and he's like, "dude, sorry about the grill and foglight. I'll pay for it". That was a year ago. See what friends are for

SLPRJP

Can someone make sure I'm looking at this right. I am trying to figure out if I want different axles or gearing.

On my front axle is has stamped on a tag 52068642 then 3 55 610391-7.

Rear axle is 53009805 3 55 5484-2.

That's 3.55 gearing right?