my old cherokee i spray painted matte white

 

Sorry. I'm not to familiar with matte paint jobs. If you seal it, won't it bring a shine back to it?

 

Yes, you would have to seal it with some sort of a matte sealant. As far as white goes, yes I do agree with you that white shows more imperfections but black or a darker color would show the dirt more. I guess it's a give and take kind of thing. It's what you are willing to put up with I guess, and what kind of driving or recreational activities you do in your Jeep.

 

krd95xj, that looks sick man. When you say spray painted, did you have an actual spray gun/ compressor setup? Did you tape what you didn't want sprayed or did you remove the items?

That does really look cool though, I'm tired of having a shiny Jeep. All of my accents(e.g.- bumpers, fender flares, whees, etc.) are all matte. I just think it would look cool if everything that was matte. Good post.

 

You can dull down any paint by mixing flatener in the base coat or if you like mix it in some cheap clear. That way you have the body sealed against moisture and get the finish you like. In spring I'm going semi gloss orange and having a couple spray bombs loaded with the same color for touch ups. I tend to get scatches while out playing.

 

Right on BOOM-stick, orange should be an interesting color to work with. Are you going the same orange that is on the newer Wranglers? Or something different?

 

Not sure, kinda partial to the old hemi orange, had a duster that color.

 

Great color, I'm partial to the Hemi orange myself. You'll have to post a pic when you finish the project

 

This was what I was thinking of.

 

Yea all that was done in my friends back yard haha. And the paint was all rustoleum spray can and the black is spray on Bedliner. What I did was sand the whole jeep down to get the old clear off then masked everything that I didn't want white. Primered and painted. For the Bedliner I masked the white when it was dry and painted the Bedliner and this was all done in less then 2 days and only around 200 bucks. It's all in the prep! Haha

 

krd95xj, awesome, how does it look up close? I bet you had to buy a million cans of paint for your project right? lol....Do you have any more pics?