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Can take these to the body shop and get these cleared there also. The sun and salt air here is not kind on any exposed plastics

Hello all, just wanted to get some feedback on clear coating the tail lights. I have a nos tailight set I’m about to install and have been thinking of clear coating them. Does anyone have any experience with doing this? Any recommendations? I don’t have access to 2k clear here on Guam but I do have an automotive acrylic lacquer clear or I can take it to the local body shop and have them shoot them. However, I really don’t trust them to handle these nos lights and don’t want anything to happen to them. Let me know your thoughts

Worked on my tailgate sill area. Body shops never take there time with these small items. I removed all the bracketry and am stripping it down and cleaning it all up. Masked off and painted the tailgate jamb

Thanks! My wife is the one that wanted to add the scoop. I was surprised the scoop looks that good. Almost like an oem option. I’m working on all the tailgate hardware now. Stripping off all the old paint and refinishing all the trim pieces. Also replacing all the torx bolts with stainless since we are right by the ocean. Once the tail end is finished it’s on to the cab and then front end. Headlights just arrived.

Ok guys, don’t hate me for this. Matching NOS black trim tail lights. Been hunting these down for a while. Uploaded in full HD lol:

Yea, it seems like 90 was the first year

Here are the long awaited pictures of the finished product. Still working on a lot of cleanup and trim piece restoration.

Looking awesome! These are the kind of mods I really like to see

The Rustoleum Granite color is a very close match to the original light gray color

That’s super helpful! I noticed that eliminator is no longer listed under the 91,92 trim. Does that now fall under “sport” or another mode?

we have almost the same identical truck. Built 2 days apart and both from the St. Louis area

Every one I’ve had has been made from aluminum. The old 4.2s has some plastic covers for a few years

Thanks! Yeah it really glows in the sun. It has a tremendous amount of pearl in it

Did it have the original eliminator striping or how do you know it’s an eliminator? The eliminator was the “sporty” track version of the truck from what I understand and was only offered in 2wd until 91-92 when the option for 4x4 was added. If they were available pre 91 that would be awesome! I have been looking for another MJE 4x4 but have been limiting my search to just 91-92.

Clean truck!

Never heard of 4x4 being an option pre 91 on eliminators. As far as I knew that was only an option introduced in 91. What is you build date? Have you registered your VIN?

Color is oem 2019 Aston Martin Cinnabar Orange. Ditzler PPG paint. Can’t wait to get the trim all perfected and reinstalled along with the new tail lights. Going to get the new tail lights clear coated with several coats from the body shop before installing.

Here is a bit of a teaser for the color and mods:

Was able to grab a set of custom made 5x7 headlights with morimoto hid projectors. They were taken off a newer XJ. I’ll polish them up and replace the bulbs. I don’t have a picture but they look almost identical to these:

I’ve seen the 10 hole wheels online also for about $50/ea.

Personally I feel like 31’s or take off JK/JL 32’s work well. I’d recommend not going any wider than 10.5” though as you will see control arm rub as was mentioned before. 31’s normally are ok for stock gearing and stock steering can handle them long term imho.

Thanks, I may have some more shortly

Have a line on some custom projector headlights with morimoto projectors and black shrouds. Hopefully I can grab them and add that to the build. Had a set of the GTR lighting 5x7 projectors in my YJ and they were phenomenal

Managed to find a set of NOS tail lights with the black trim. My spare NOS chrome trim one and originals will be in the for sale section soon. I’ll have the new tail lights clear coated with several coats to protect them. Salt air and intense sun is our killer here on island. Looking into getting a decent car cover also for added protection

here’s the link