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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 06:14 PM
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Hey guys I painted my jeep white today it came out pretty nice for spray paint.
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 06:48 PM
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Looks good man. What it look like before?
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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what brand and kind of paint?
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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on the last pic, back right drivers side wheel, are those all wheel weights for balancing? ive never seen so many, lol
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 07:14 PM
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I used rust oleum flat white with a gloss clear coat the whole paint job costed me 80 bucks with the primer paint sandpaper and tape haha. It was green before and the paint was faded and scratched up
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by johnydoe
on the last pic, back right drivers side wheel, are those all wheel weights for balancing? ive never seen so many, lol
Yea man I got 35s on it and they are balanced perfectly and good on the road lol
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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wow thats still crazy, i had 35's last year and only had 1 weight, but hey if it works then great, i just never seen so many, lol
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 08:59 PM
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nice to see im not the only one doing rattle can spray jobs on the xj.
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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great job man I wanna do mine black and white again some day too. clean job.
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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Rad man.
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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How come everyone uses the flat colors? Not trying to bash, just wondering.
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Old Apr 28, 2012 | 11:08 PM
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Probs cause when you try to do glossy spray paint it usually doesn't turn out too hot ha. I like how the white turned out though.
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 04:32 AM
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Glossy would not look good at all. If you're gonna rattlecan an xj it would look best in flat.
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Old Apr 29, 2012 | 01:47 PM
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Holy wheel weights batman lol. Looks good, i like the black on the rear quarters
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