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What did you do with your Scrambler today?

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On Saturday, I replaced the heater switch, and all the heater related knobs on the dash. I also R/R my OE 31's with new ProComp MT2's and new Bead Locker look-alike wheels. Soon to replace all the chrome with Black Powdercoat.

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It finally broke 40 degrees and the sun was nice and warm... so I went from

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to

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The other one is done already, it was my prototype wheel for experimenting with gloss, semi-gloss and clear.

cb
 
got "new" seats for the Jeep....
 
certifiablejeep said:
It finally broke 40 degrees and the sun was nice and warm... so I went from

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to

THIS
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The other one is done already, it was my prototype wheel for experimenting with gloss, semi-gloss and clear.

cb
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Nice! So what paint did you end up using? I have a set I have to do the same thing to. I've rehabbed several sets of chrome wheels but this will be my first set of white wheels. Any tips or tricks i should know? Are you going to add the pinstripe too?


 
Eric actually caught me on this one... these wheels are for the CJ5 and I had my "what did I do to the Scrambler mixed up" in reality.
These are for the CJ5 and what I did yesterday was work on the wooden shim attachments to the wooden side boards for the Scrambler.

Aside from that snafu... the only thing I have to say about painting is that they have to be warm... too many runs when the metal is cold.
I had to redo one of them and that sucked.

I basically stripped them with kleen strip, wire brushed them, used the pressure washer, got them most of the way there, sanded them lightly so no ridges or high spots and then compressed air'ed the heck ouf of them. 1/2 alcohol 1/2 water on a rag, wiped em down and then semi-gloss white rustoleum... 3 coats... light light coat, medium coat, and then a pretty heavy coat, but not too heavy.

I let them dry for a few days.

Then I did the same with the clear. I have one clear run but it is negligible... wheels are a PITA when you do them outside... Idon't have a paint booth and it was cold, so I took my chances. They came out very nice.

I have a set of tires to put on them on Friday and then mount them... even though it is a CJ5, I will post up a pic with the rubber when it is done.
No stripe unfortunately, the customers liked the clean white look like they had on their aftermarket rims before.

cb
 
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These are the wooden shims being attached...

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The bolts and washers are keeping pressure on them so the wood glue bites in and holds.
I sanded a little on both sides, made the sandwich, and voila! They came out great.
I will try to put them on this weekend after the CJ5 gets out of the way.

cb
 
I put my hardtop and doors back on. Got tired of it looking like almost every other jeep on the road. Its got its one of a kind style back
 
It was white semi-gloss paint and just the rustoleum clear coat... not sure if there was a gloss version or not... hmmm, now you got me thinking.

cb
 
Worked on building the radiator/trans cooler mount, ran trans cooler lines and started to figure pieces out for tilt forward front end.IMAG0048.jpg
 
A lot of cool wheels lately... love the hurricane/turbine style... I have wanted to find a nice in good shape set for my CJ5 for a while now, however, lately, working with the white waggies, I am thinking that would look good on there as well... or slots... or steelies... I can't make up my mind for anything these days.

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certifiablejeep said:
A lot of cool wheels lately... love the hurricane style... I have wanted to find a nice in good shape set for my CJ5 for a while now, however, lately, working with the white waggies, I am thinking that would look good on there as well... or slots... or steelies... I can't make up my mind for anything these days.

cb
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Going to sell the wheels off my 8 they are SIMAG0007.jpguperior in nice shape and still have the Superior center caps on rears
 
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