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Ok guys, getting ready to start prepping my '92 for paint. Need some input!
I hate "Gunmetal Grey", its frikin boring. I really didnt want to have to redo the doorjambs though, so i was originally gonna just go with a bright silver, ala '01ish XJ.
However, I'm not 100% sold on this idea yet. So IF i overcome my laziness in regards to the doorjambs...
I've always dug the idea of a 5spd XJ in bright white. So that's an option. But my last XJ was white.
Also kinda REALLY liking the idea of going with '18 Wrangler color called "Gobi".
If i go silver or white, trim(bumpers/flares) will likely be in black.
With Gobi, trim will either be black, or tan bedliner.
Desert tan would be cool, but for some reason I am not a fan of flat paint jobs (except the Icon flat titanium grey). I like the Jeep and Toyota desert tans that are pastel but still with a gloss clearcoat.
Also a darker orange copper would look cool (more coppery/dark orange than the Jeep Amber Fire paint)
If I was going to paint a car I would do something that is going to turn heads, but honestly - color preference is so subjective.
Last edited by investinwaffles; Aug 20, 2018 at 01:10 PM.
I’m going to be doing mine as well sometime soon. I’ve already committed to doing the jambs I just don’t know if I want to use a tough paint like the bed liner stuff (I don’t like the texture look). But I know I’m either going to do a green or a dark burnt orange.
I’m definitely going to be following along with yours because I’ve never painted a car before so I need all the tips I can get lol
Thanks for the input guys! Yes yes, lol, i figured youd vote for white.
Damn waffles, that Atlantis Blue is gorgeous. Maybe for the next foxbody i build, i could see a slammed LX in that color, hell yeah.
LOL, i paint cars, and you're welcome to follow my lead... but im gonna do this one the way i did my YJ. One panel at a time. Lot of bodywork needed on this one. So... Fix a panel, paint it, move on to the next one.
Thanks for the input guys! Yes yes, lol, i figured youd vote for white.
LOL, i paint cars, and you're welcome to follow my lead... but im gonna do this one the way i did my YJ. One panel at a time. Lot of bodywork needed on this one. So... Fix a panel, paint it, move on to the next one.
Not something I'd recommend to most people, lol.
Single stage & White then.
I am doing a single stage paint on my Cherokee. Partly because of desert pin striping when off road is easier to touch up, and I am also doing the panel one at a time too.
White and black, or red and black is just classic Jeep.
Oh it'll definitely be single stage, for exactly that reason.
White... maybe. Shooting one panel at a time in any other color isnt something i recommend to most people, because the car will end up looking like a patchwork quilt, lol. But thankfully ive got a pretty good eye for mixing.
Due to "owner error" i had to respray 3 panels on this one a year after the paintjob.
Bright orange pearl, metallic silver stripes... that was fun, lol.
Damn waffles, that Atlantis Blue is gorgeous. Maybe for the next foxbody i build, i could see a slammed LX in that color, hell yeah.
I would be torn between Calypso Green and Atlantis Blue on a Foxbody
One of my other favorite colors. Gorgeous notchback with those CCW's
EDIT:
I also love the Jeep Moss Green Pearlcoat - one of my favorite greens. That and British Racing Green (the old pastel color vs the newer metallic one)
Last edited by investinwaffles; Aug 21, 2018 at 10:17 AM.
Oh it'll definitely be single stage, for exactly that reason.
White... maybe. Shooting one panel at a time in any other color isnt something i recommend to most people, because the car will end up looking like a patchwork quilt, lol. But thankfully ive got a pretty good eye for mixing.
Due to "owner error" i had to respray 3 panels on this one a year after the paintjob.
Bright orange pearl, metallic silver stripes... that was fun, lol.
having seen a lot of your work on pictures you’ve shared on here I’m curious if you’d be interested in doing the body work and paint on a 72 bronco ? I don’t know where you’re located but would be willing to travel at some point this is nothing soon it is a long term project .