Son of Stink

[Gjeep]

Long time no update!

 

Don’t get me wrong, I was mostly excited to apply ‘Chief’ graphics to my stroker build – but something kept nagging in the back of my mind that it just wasn’t right for the build. I went all out on the interior. Something familiar but different and I needed to do the same on the exterior. Plus, my ’91 MJ will be a Chief and will look right especially with those vector wheels echoing the Chief stripes. Gotta be.  

 

Settling into 5.5 overgrown Oregon acres takes a bit. Ton of work. But, every week I faithfully start the little beast looking forward to getting back to it some day. (Once my ’91 MJ runner gets done that is – also sitting in the garage waiting on me.) This week was the week though to figure out the graphics – forced my inspiration by reaching out to several online vendors, but deciding that a local guy would be best. Just easier to work person to person. It pushed me to finally put sharpie to paper and doodle, over and over and over again. A good pile of not good enough paper was scattered on the kitchen floor. I kept narrowing down the graphic design ideas until I got here – 98% sure this the final design. The sketch is rough but you get the idea…

 

 

Lots of knocked out lettering that’s era appropriate. ‘4.6L STROKER’ will be on the last stripe closest to windshield towards the outer lower edge of the hood. ‘COMANCHE’ will be in knocked out letters on the doors. Neither letterset will be ginormous, opting instead for subtle yet visible. Both the nose and tailgate ‘Jeep’ lettering will be knocked out, with the center area of the gate blacked out. Onward...

[Gjeep]

This is how my graphics lay-out started a little over a month ago, using my ’91 MJ as the guinea pig. Had to see how it would look in person. Seeing things on-screen just isn’t the same. So, I bought I don’t know how many rolls of electric tape and 1/4” pinstripe tape to represent the cut-out where body color would be shown. Many, many, many, many visions and revisions got me to here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

These graphics are 99.9% final. Aiming to have files off to the graphics guy for mid-Nov tweaking/production. This is a photo of my MJ with graphics laid on via Adobe Illustrator but during the day while working I dabble using MS Word, updating master file later. You can see the sloppy blocks. The graphic will start/stop 1/2” from the flare following the contour. Hood will have a Comanche Chief-ish stripe but simpler. The tailgate center-most area will be blacked out with ‘Jeep’ letters cut out (like the ‘Comanche’ on the side) so the silver paint is exposed. The header panel Jeep logo will be a cut-out as well with solid black ‘4x4’ decal on the cab in the usual spot. I cut the wheels/tires off so I can see in my mind a couple different wheel options.

 

 

[fiatslug87]

What finish are you thinking for the graphics?

[Gjeep]

Satin black to match bumpers/ flares. These are 'scab' flares used for placement and are plenty faded.