Painting update... new pic... with mirrors, lights, no tape...

[Dirtball]

It was a little late when we got home, but I got the second good coat on it today and took a couple of almost twilight pics...

After the first good coat:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1417.jpg

After the second good coat:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1418.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1420.jpg

It's certainly coming along... there are a couple of spots that I'll need to take a look at later... but heck, I can just sand them down and reroll them at my leisure... just one of the advantages.

The lower quarters aren't painted because I'm going to do them in black, along with the top... though I'm kind of changing my mind about the lower quarters.

It's a lot of work... but that just makes me take that much more PRIDE in it.

[Gambler68]

effen a that looks good man. :thumbsup:

Does the 2nd coat look that dark in sunlight?

[Dirtball]

Don't know... lol... it was cloudy and getting dark... it is darker than the original pics because I "enhanced" them before I uploaded them and it made them seem lighter. It's got a lot of gold in it... kind of like road stripes or road signs... I like it.

[jepj2000]

That looks really good! The paint seems to be rolling on really smooth like you said. I can't wait to do this to my J10 one of these days.

Rankin

[supercopjason]

you almost got me thinking caterpillar yellow!!

That looks sweet man good work and thank you for posting up the pics for us looking to do the same thing to see. Someday maybe the tractors will see each other.

Also forgot to mention the shine. A fw more coats and it gonna shine like a new penny.

[AlsChopShop]

thats looking great! how much do you have invested so far? and your expected total cost?

i think i know exactly what i'm going to do with mine this spring! but i'm thinkin dark blue. :thumbsup:

can you take a close up picture in the daylight with something reflecting off the paint? i wanna see how smooth it is up close. :)

Al

[Dirtball]

Thanks guys... I appreciate it...

I've got about $30 in it... three quarts of paint at around $7.00 a quart and a few foam rollers. I actually got the paint for $3.50 a quart, so my actual cost is maybe $20.

If I had primed it first I'd be really close to being finished now... as it is it will take a couple more coats. I AM going to wetsand it and put a final coat, but I'm really just trying to get it ready to take to a Fall Festival this weekend... the wife wants to take it... lol.

[jeeping1974]

looking great! :thumbsup: after reading this thread and at least one other, i'm gonna go the same route and roller my j10. just have to deside on a color now.

great job though. can't wait to see it with the black.

[My1990GW]

Looks good Dirtball, keep us posted and let us know how the paint holds up long term. I'm considering doing this on the J10.

[Dirtball]

I've used this paint on lawn and garden tractors I've restored and I know it holds up great... 'cause they stay out in the weather some... we'll see... the best part is that I can just touch it up without having to worry about paying someone to do it or worrying about my shop teacher letting me back into the trade school even though I'm not a student anymore... or renting a booth... ;)

[orangecherokee]

Don't know... lol... it was cloudy and getting dark... it is darker than the original pics because I "enhanced" them before I uploaded them and it made them seem lighter. It's got a lot of gold in it... kind of like road stripes or road signs... I like it.

you'll be able to tell in the morning when you have to go pick up all those kids before school :D

[Dirtball]

you'll be able to tell in the morning when you have to go pick up all those kids before school :D

That's what my wife said!!

That's one of the reasons I'm holding off on some of the black too... that, and I don't want it to look like I'm copying Caterpillar...

[TealJ]

That's what my wife said!!

That's one of the reasons I'm holding off on some of the black too... that, and I don't want it to look like I'm copying Caterpillar...

Hope you dont mind but i used one of your pictures and put some black pin stripping and some black trim on it and i think it looked sweet !

[Dirtball]

And you didn't show it to me (us)????

I wanna see!!

[TealJ]

Here you go i did this with microsoft paint so dont laugh to hard (and of course tinted windows would help)
http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/10/27614211428.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=6786887)

[jeeping1974]

it doesn't look that bad. i think that it should only be the roof and not the back side windows and for the bottom go up a little more and have it run over the fender flares also.

[jeeping1974]

this is what i was thinking
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s63/jeeping1974/100_1420.jpg

[TealJ]

looks pretty good

[Dirtball]

This is more what I was thinking... and I could just do the top in non-thinned black paint 'cause it won't matter as much about whether it lays down, etc. Heck, I don't even have to do the whole top, just around the sides... I'm 6-2 and I can't begin to see the top of it, lol. And I DO plan on tinting the windows... but I'm waiting on the fronts 'til I get new wipes installed... I bought a quart of black last night to do the lowers and the areas around the wheelwells... though, again, I kind of like the all yellow too.

Thanks for showing me this... both, actually, because I had also thought of doing the whole top in black... but that makes it look like a J10 with a camper on it.

[TealJ]

heres more black for you (I know i got too much in the middle )

http://img2.putfile.com/thumb/10/27614511039.jpg (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=6786950)

[My1990GW]

... but that makes it look like a J10 with a camper on it.


Ha Ha Ha! That was funny!!! But it still looks good though! Again, keep us posted!!

[Dirtball]

I didn't mean for it to come out that way... or to seem ungrateful for the pic... I apologize to TealJ if it DID come out that way.

[TealJ]

No need to appolgize after i look at it does look like a truck with a camper

[Dirtball]

Which isn't a bad look... IF that's what you're going for!!

[PhilG]

guess I missed it somewhere . .what paint is it?

[Dirtball]

At the end of page one TealJ had a pic of my Cherokee with some black on it... the top and the bottoms of the rockers... that I guess he Photoshopped or something akin to that. With the yellow body and the black top it looked like a J10 with a black camper top.

[Dirtball]

This will be my last regular update. I'll post pics again after I get the black on it... don't want to be a hog...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1423.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1422.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1421.jpg

This is the third good coat... it'll need a couple more coats and some wet sanding, followed by a final coat in the garage (bugs... lol). I'm still very happy... still wish I had primed it first though.

[Mud Buzzard]

Looks real good. You can really see the coats filling it in and making it look smooth as glass. Rollers really do work well huh? ;)

[Dirtball]

It's really smooth except for where I let it run. It's not smooth like a spray on, now... it's not show car... it has the least little orange peal look and feel to it. That's why, after the last good fill in coat (good term) I'm going to let it dry for a couple of weeks then sand it down. I need to sand a little around some bondo too... I'm in too much of a hurry cause my wife and daughter want to take it somewhere this weekend and I'm trying to make them happy.

Thanks again for the good words...

[BarryL]

Paul, thanks for sharing this. Looks darn good. I'm thinking of the same thing on the Wag. Post a pic when you get the "final edition".

[Justin Kerns]

Would love a paragraph on what you did to prep. Thanks!

[PhilG]

prob dumb question . .how did you roll around/under the door handles? I think it looks great.

[jeeping1974]

i want to thank you Dirtball for making up my mind on going the same route, as far as rollering paint on. i'm thinking allison chalmers red for the body and international blue from Ace's rust stop machine and implement line.

[Dirtball]

Paul, thanks for sharing this. Looks darn good. I'm thinking of the same thing on the Wag. Post a pic when you get the "final edition".

I appreciate it... I will post the final edition... go for it, it's a lot of work (LOTS of thin coats!) but worth it...

[Dirtball]

Would love a paragraph on what you did to prep. Thanks!

The implement paint sticks so well that I just roughed up my paint and laid it on. I did my bondo work and everything beforehand, of course. I didn't put down a layer of primer, and that is one of the things I would do over (along with taking more time to sand the body filler). I would now roll on a layer of primer then sand it down smooth before applying my first coat. I mixed my paint (Rustoleum Old Caterpillar Yellow) 4 to 1 paint to MINERAL SPIRITS. The original article said to mix it 3-2, but that was way too thin for me. And use the white foam rollers, not the rag kind.

[Dirtball]

prob dumb question . .how did you roll around/under the door handles? I think it looks great.

I bought a bunch of the cheap foam paint brushes to do the trim work... the foam works MUCH better than a regular brush for this application... I learned that the hard way :banghead: .

[Dirtball]

i want to thank you Dirtball for making up my mind on going the same route, as far as rollering paint on. i'm thinking allison chalmers red for the body and international blue from Ace's rust stop machine and implement line.

You're more than welcome... I just followed someone else's lead on here, but I'm more verbose, I guess... I think those colors would look great together...

[grand_wag_85]

Looks good! Been thinking of doing mine up like that but the 'gal keeps saying that it'd look like a short bus. I think it'd look dern cool:cool:

[Dirtball]

Looks good! Been thinking of doing mine up like that but the 'gal keeps saying that it'd look like a short bus. I think it'd look dern cool:cool:

Everytime I mention black trim my wife says the same thing... thinking now that some red might look cool... and different... but it'll probably be black... I had a 68 Camaro that was Ford Candy Apple Red with Chrome Yellow stripes... painted it myself... now THAT was a good looking car...

[KE7DZZ]

I am quite impressed, I may try that on the '64 Gladiator.

Nice work!

[scantar]

Wow...that is amazing how well it turned out! If it looks as good close up as it does from 15 feet then it's better than amazing!

Nice work! :thumbsup:

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

This will be my last regular update. I'll post pics again after I get the black on it... don't want to be a hog...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1423.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1422.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1421.jpg

This is the third good coat... it'll need a couple more coats and some wet sanding, followed by a final coat in the garage (bugs... lol). I'm still very happy... still wish I had primed it first though.

And now I need new boxers...again :banghead: :eek:

[mattmopar440]

sweet colors nice job hope to see some trail pics

[men in black]

I think you should go with a Paneled Checker Cab look

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/100_1420.jpg

[Hammer]

Wait until you wet sand it and buff the paint. It will look amazingly different after that.
Polishing/cutting the paint with a good DA will make the world of difference.

[Gambler68]

you should panel the back and do something like this but for FSJs :thumbsup:

http://keithschofield.com/treatments/great-salt-lake/vanvan.jpg

[shimniok]

Wow, nice... ! (not the van or the cab... the real pic)

[Dirtball]

It's funny... we saw an old Chevy panel truck today and my wife thought it was cool... but... NO WAY MAN!!!!

I'm going with the black top and lowers with a thin (3/4 inch) blacks stripe along the crease about halfway down that angles up to the front of the hood on the front fenders... then probably let the stripe go across the very front of the hood and connect on the other front fender... I have a paint program, but I'm not good with it or I'd put in a pic of my idea...

[Lone Justice]

Do the Starsky and Hutch Stripe in black. You KNOW it would look good!:thumbsup:

Reminds me of the first FSJ I had been around. Had a huge indian head graphic, kind of a cross between the old Braves logo and the Red Man chewing tobacco logo, and a HUGE black stripe at the bottom that said Cherokee Chief.

Wait! Do that with the checkerboard cab stripe!:D :D :D :eek:

[Dirtball]

:lol:

[DanHS]

You mean something like this?

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a22/DanHS/FSJ%20stuff/dirtballschero.jpg


I think that looks sweet.

[Dirtball]

Yep, except in gloss black... thanks for that... it settles it in my mind... that little stripe halfway down will really look good.

[Dirtball]

I'm not as good as you guys... but this is what I envision...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1421-withblackandrhino.jpg

I have Rhino dreams... lol...

[tstoxic]

Wow! already learned how too paint my truck. great site! That looks REALLY good!:thumbsup:

[jeeping1974]

that is going to look great once you get a front bumper and grill set up.

[Tejasol]

Dirtball, (I just love calling someone that), your rig looks awesome. Can't wait to see the finished product.

[Dirtball]

I made the mistake of trying this color too... now I don't know... what do you guys think?

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1421-darkredtrim.jpg

[Hammer]

You ever see those 'Joe Isuzu' commercials back in the 80's?
Makes it look goofy and like a toy with those colors (especially with the paint program like that).

[jeeping1974]

stick with the black....

[skeletor]

it looks like the oscar meyer wiener mobile like that. definitely stick with black. i liked it better though with the black surrounding the window the "camper" look. thats how jeep did the paint back then and i still think it looks good.

[Dirtball]

LOL... I guess you wouldn't have liked my Candy Apple Red 68 Camaro with Chrome Yellow stripes!!

[BRUTUS]

I just read the entire thread and can't believe that there has been no mention of Jamie's Caterpillar waggy...

http://snow.prohosting.com/heimeken/images/PicsMain.jpg

I am beginning to think that I am the only person on this board that sees the similarity. :D

Lookin good Dirtball!

[Dirtball]

I thought I mentioned it in another thread on this... I've certainly thought it several times (that I don't want to copy it). That's one of the reasons I've been looking for some different color combos... or different use of the black, like the stripe down the side (middle of the beltline) and then going across the front of the hood.

[Dmntxn77]

Who cares if it looks similar? Its just a color.. I have been wanting to paint mine yellow for years, but just never have.. Now I think I want a dark blue.. Uh Oh.. so does Al (AlsChopShop), so what? Are one of us copying the other? Or are we both copying someone who has a factory blue cherokee???? It doesnt matter man....

Paul, you are not copying anyone except Jeep if you put a black stripe on the bottom.. Paint it how ever looks good to you, since you are the one that drives it everyday..

[men in black]

Dirtball since you like yellow and red
how about red flames

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/100_1423.jpg

[Dmntxn77]

That actually looks pretty cool.. Can you try that in blue or white? Or maybe blue with white tips...

[jeeping1974]

ooooohhhhhhh. what about ghost flames?

[Dmntxn77]

ooooohhhhhhh. what about ghost flames?

Might be kinda hard to roll them on... :D

[shimniok]

Whee :D

6491

[jeeping1974]

Might be kinda hard to roll them on... :D

true........ true. haha

[men in black]

That actually looks pretty cool.. Can you try that in blue or white? Or maybe blue with white tips...

Blue, Red with White tips

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/100_1423blueflames-1.jpg

[Dirtball]

LOL... when have you guys had so much fun????

I feel kind of flattered...

Everything that's black and yellow my wife keeps saying "school bus"...

She's going to have to get over it... 'cause it's happenin'...

[Dmntxn77]

Blue, Red with White tips



NICE.. I like it.. If the pattern was about 50% bigger, it would be money.. :thumbsup:

[janie]

Paul,

The rig looks great.:thumbsup:

[JeepsAndGuns]

I kinda like the pic Shimniok posted.

[jeepguzzi]

I made the mistake of trying this color too... now I don't know... what do you guys think?

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1421-darkredtrim.jpg


If you do this we shall change your name to Ronald McDonald........

[Dirtball]

I think this is what WE have settled on... lol... except maybe with just the top of the top black instead of the whole thing...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1421-blacktop.jpg

[jeeping1974]

i like the black round ring around the headlights.

[Dirtball]

i like the black round ring around the headlights.

Two days ago I said I couldn't use paint... I guess I've gotten better at it, huh? LOL

IF I ever have a Rhino I want black trim rings... I think they would look good...

[supercopjason]

I had some 4" LED lights in the vent cover holes and it looked great. I wish i knew who made the 7" plate that held it in place

[AlsChopShop]

here's what i'd do.....

http://SORE4X4.com/forum/userpix/59_yellow2_1.jpg

or without the center of the hood painted:
http://SORE4X4.com/forum/userpix/59_yellow3_1.jpg


leave the rockers yellow, otherwise the rig seems to 'fall off' into the shadow, and you lose the shape of the rig. i don't like that.


are you wanting to use black as an accent color or are you shooting for a 2-tone paint job? IMO, you need to have less drastic colors if you are going for 2-tone like some of your pics with the rockers covered and around the fenders.

Al

[Dirtball]

I'm going to use black for accent... I want a stripe of some kind, then black ONLY under the door... the rocker... then the very top, and possibly the stripe continued over the front of the hood, but not sure...

[Dirtball]

Here are a couple of pics with the grill and lights and stuff on it... ya'll have fun with one of these too...

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1427.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1431.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1428.jpg

[Mahamotorworks]

This is all you need.

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k158/Mahamotorworks/FSJ/Dirtball.jpg


A 1/2 inch stripe down the middle of the side and paint the rockers.

MAHA

[Dmntxn77]

How about this?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/dmntxn77/DirtballsCherokee5.jpg

[supercopjason]

I think it look great just like it is. I sure hope mine turns out that well.

[Dirtball]

Nice... both of you... Lord you all are giving me a lot to think about... I just show 'em to the wife, and the ones she likes at least make the cut!!

[scantar]

Rock it Laredo style.

http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/scantar2/yellow.jpg

[Heavy_Metal_Thunder_81]

How about this?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/dmntxn77/DirtballsCherokee5.jpg

YES!!!!:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Dirtball]

I think it look great just like it is. I sure hope mine turns out that well.

I've had this thought too... don't break up the yellow... then I see just HOW yellow it is and I think that I need something to break up the yellow.

When you get started on yours just, please, prime it and be more patient than I was... I have more runs than it looks like I do... and that's because I just got in too big a hurry to get it ready to take to the fall festival where we usually buy lots of arts and crafts and plants and, thus, need the truck... that I couldn't take anyway because of the squealing coming from the left front. I never took the time to sand between coats, so I still have a lot of work to do after it cools off some (supposed to be 89 with high humidity today). Think about it... as good as you think mine looks yours will be THAT MUCH better... and that is a VERY good thing!!

[jeeping1974]

what are you doing for a front bumper?

[Dirtball]

My front one is in really good shape... but my rear one is totally kaput... the bolts were pulling out through it.

I'm going to get some scrap and make bumpers, I hope... I certainly don't have the money to buy nice looking ones. My neighbor makes "dozer" styple ones for $250 with D rings attached, and I'd love to do that... but funds are really short after the lift and tires.

JeepsNGuns is going to help me make bumpers after I get the scrap. If I had a nice rear one I'd just put the original bumpers back on it for the time being.

Any suggestions?

[jeeping1974]

i just used 5" "C" channel and was done with it. you could probably cut the ends to follow the body lines a little seeing that its not as squared as mine. cost me $100 for the front, rear,4 mounting brackets, cutting wheel, primer and paint.

[Dirtball]

That's what I'm looking to find in the junkyard... or some really heavy pipe... my front brackets will ALMOST work with C channel just like they are... they are very close to 90 degrees to each other.

I'll look for a good rear bumper for the time being I guess... there was one on Ebay recently that was $20 'til the last hour, when it went close to $100 IIRC... too much for me...

[AlsChopShop]

robert, i was thinking about making the stripe hashed similar to yours on my rendition, but in the rear so it 'fades out' so to speak. i'm digin your version tho, if he tinted the rear window dark it'd look like one big window. but i still don't like rocker paint, haha.

scantar, laredo stripes would look good, for sure!

Al

[justin'sbig7]

my 5 yr old daughter just pointed at the screen and said "now thats a cool jeep!" :thumbsup:yellow looks good, i wanted to do my wag in big bad orange with a white roof and stripe down the side

[Dirtball]

Man I appreciate you sharing that with me... I think that means more than all of the adults put together. My 10-year-old did her best to talk me into orange, but she's tickled with the yellow. Something about kids' honesty, I think...

[waynestiles]

Orange, with black stripes, you'd HAVE to name it Tony


I'm having the rockers and lower rear quarters replaced by a body shop down in TN (shop rates are about half what they are up here) on my 87gw before I bring her home. there are only a couple very small perfs but I'm having the whole lower 1/4s and rocker skins replaced just to be sure.

Its white, but I'm having the rockers and lowest part of the rear quarters covered with the black "good grade" bedliner material rather than paint.
A: its a whole lot cheaper than having them get a custom mix to match the old paint
B: it'll save on stone chips etc.
I hope.

anybody else try the bedliner stuff in this type of application?

eventually I'll de-woody it and dechrome around the windows and maybe do some more black trimming on it.

[tkiller13]

leave it, just ditch that stupid grill/headlights. Put a black razor on it and call it done. Looks good with the yellow and nothing else.

[Dirtball]

When I say "paint" I really mean bedliner... at least on the rockers and anything else down low that I do in black... it'll help in several ways, including some lazy bodywork coverup.

[Mahamotorworks]

I agree bedline the rockers it will help to protect it from small rocks. If I was going to actually paint my rig I would do the same but all it has in its future is black epoxy primer.

Thinking about it I might Bed linner the whole thing. Hmmm The possibilities.

MAHA

[Dirtball]

I think somebody on here has his whole Cherokee Herculined...

[TealJ]

I started something with the pictures didnt i lol :D

[Dirtball]

Heck, it's been fun as all get-out... I think lots of folks have had some fun... and gotten some good ideas (and given them too!!!).

I'm glad you started it!!

[xsonmyeyes]

Yep, I used bedliner on my rockers and fenders up to the body line. It stands out against the white quite well. This pic is before I relocated the bumpers and got the 31" BFG's. I redid the exaust too recently so it dosen't hang quite as low as it did in this pic...Lots louder now with the Cherry Bomb!

[Dirtball]

That looks sharp... and should contrast nicely with my yellow when I get around to doing it.

[Murphy]

That is one fine lookin Cherk Dirtball. I love that black on yellow. The black pignose really sets it off. I think I'm going to roll mine too. Not yellow, it prolly wouldn't look as good on a wag. A little like a school bus as someone mentioned. (...to me anyway.) Can you take a really close-up pic to show how much texture you ended up with in the paint? How did you paint the grill?

[trailsforus]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/trailsforus/big.jpg

Just a quick little scallop job. I always wanted to see scallops on a fsj



-Dillon

[Mahamotorworks]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/trailsforus/big.jpg

Just a quick little scallop job. I always wanted to see scallops on a fsj



-Dillon

X2 on this one.

MAHA

[skeletor]

heres another one

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p213/77chief/100_14232.jpg

[Dirtball]

That is one fine lookin Cherk Dirtball. I love that black on yellow. The black pignose really sets it off. I think I'm going to roll mine too. Not yellow, it prolly wouldn't look as good on a wag. A little like a school bus as someone mentioned. (...to me anyway.) Can you take a really close-up pic to show how much texture you ended up with in the paint? How did you paint the grill?

Many thanks... I'll try to get a closeup this weekend... I promised someone else in PMs that I'd do that, but we've been getting home late, and with the sun going down earlier it's been tough; that, and the wheel bearings I've been repacking.

I'll tell you that it has a smooth orange peel texture... and that is about 5 coats with NO sanding between coats. I'm going to give it a good sand job and one final coat, then wet sand that followed by polish. I know it'll never be smooth like a spray-on, but it makes me happy... for less than $40.

[GWDriver]

Just caught this. It's one sweet looking paint job (if you like school bus yellow). Is this the Rustoleum paint you have rolled on?

Looks great........

[Dirtball]

Yes, it's the OLD Caterpillar yellow... I'll finish it this spring with a good wet sanding to smooth it out and then the black...

This is what I've decided on:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1427-blacktrim.jpg

The ugly thing on the front is supposed to represent a bumper...

[Heckofadeal]

I like it! Looks Great!

[cajun_lad]

I think somebody on here has his whole Cherokee Herculined...

Yup.....Me. The PO did it; Black with garnet stripe and around the rear windows, Gamecock fan. After my suspension mods, it's going purple and gold ... Geaux Tigers!!!!

[Dirtball]

You just going to paint over the liner?

[cajun_lad]

Yup. That's how he did the garnet striping. I was going to spray it, but now that you've shown us we can roll on a paint job, I may just go that route. Even if I don't go with a different color scheme, it needs something cause the original white still shows through at some angles in some places. And he tried to hide the real bad spots with some spray black, so there are different black darkness 'spots'. It needs a couple good solid even coats. I'm thinking whole thing in gold, with purple stripe and around the windows. And then paint the razor and dozer bumpers purple to match. Maybe do the axles in purple, w/ yellow diff covers and brake calipers. Ok, now I'm just getting carried away.

[Eugene 1]

nice work cant wait to see the finished Jeep

[Dirtball]

It'd look better in Crimson and White though... :p

[cajun_lad]

It'd look better in Crimson and White though... :p

Careful bud, you're flirting with disaster there. Oh by the way, how's that new head coach of yours doing? :D

[Dirtball]

Looks pretty good with the great haul we got on national signing day... 'though it WILL take another couple of good classes to get things back to square... gotta have depth, ya know... that hurt us a lot last year, 'specially against you guys...

The cream will rise to the top...

[men in black]

Here's the low down :cool:


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/yellowjeeplow2.jpg

[GWDriver]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Dirtball]

Here's the low down :cool:


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/yellowjeeplow2.jpg

Dang man... you are TOO good with MSPaint... that's pretty awesome...

[cajun_lad]

Dang, at first glance, I thought that was real. That is a pretty good "crop" job.

[misfittom138]

This would look awesome! :thumbsup:


Yes, it's the OLD Caterpillar yellow... I'll finish it this spring with a good wet sanding to smooth it out and then the black...

This is what I've decided on:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1427-blacktrim.jpg

The ugly thing on the front is supposed to represent a bumper...

[Dirtball]

Dang, at first glance, I thought that was real. That is a pretty good "crop" job.

I did too, 'til I saw the Hell Creek Suspensions sticker on the back window and realized it was mine... I do good to do stripes... and I did a pretty good job on Schlagger's waggy, matching the color and getting rid of his woodgrain...

Like this:
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/SchlaggersWaggydewooded.jpg

[men in black]

I use Arcsoft Photostudio 2.02, it was a free program
That came with a Sony Camera I bought 10 years ago.

All the photos I've done in this thread were done with this program.

here's the link for a trial version of Arcsoft Photostudio ver. 5

http://www.arcsoft.com/support/downloads/downloadnow.asp?downloadid=189

I think Photoshop is over kill for most people!

Here's the photo I started with.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g101/Bham_old_fart/100_1431.jpg

[Eugene 1]

Here's the low down :cool:


http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n192/pixelhound/yellowjeeplow2.jpg


Nice!