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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Thinking bout spraying my xj this weekend.
The army green is faded and peeling guess I didint sand it enough lol

Wanna do a legit color. It was originally a light blue. I know the body isn't perfect so some dings dents waves are gonna show. I'm not concerned about it getting scratched up after I spray it cause that will highly be expected.
I'm undecided on color so some help would be nice.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:28 PM
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White?...i alwaysed liked a white xj... Or black
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Or you could bedline the whole thing...
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:51 PM
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Winter Camo
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:54 PM
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Definitely a bright yellow
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Or you could bedline the whole thing...
no.....


I was thinking burnt orange.

What you guys think?
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepingDan
no.....


I was thinking burnt orange.

What you guys think?
That might look pretty awesome, if you do that I want to see a pic!
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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Oh I'll post pics after.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:37 PM
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Silver will help to hide the dents/dings/scratches/waves better than a darker color.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepingDan
no.....


I was thinking burnt orange.

What you guys think?
orange looks good.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 08:58 PM
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what about harley davidson orange? aint really the cheapist paint tho, but would look pretty sweet.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JeepingDan
no.....


I was thinking burnt orange.

What you guys think?
When I eventually paint mine I'll do either all burnt orange or two tone burnt orange and black. I say go for it.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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burnt orange will look good. "rescue green" (on the 4 door jk's) would look good too.
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 09:58 PM
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Synergy green!
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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Roll on bedliner.
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