MiNi Beast Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 Thanks guys! Progress doesn't look like much but there has been a lot of hours put in since the last post. Have been wet sanding the clear coat to make it look like glass. The results are worth it. I also was able to get the hood strut kit installed. My girlfriend isn't tall enough to operate the hood prop so this was a must. Also pieces together a nice set of hood hardware and got everything put on. The current project is a bit of madness but it will be worth it to me. Decided to do bed liner before I buff the paint just in case. Which spiralled into stripping the entire bed floor and fixing all the dings and dents. Luckily it doesn't have to be perfect like the exterior panels but it's still a tremendous amount of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 daaaaaaaaammnnnnn... that's clean lookin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 After many afternoons, the bed floor is finally straight enough. It's amazing how bad a floor can get but that's 30+ years of abuse I guess. Here's how it looked in bare metal. Then we gave it a good coating of epoxy to seal it all in. Need to do seam sealer and smooth out a few small spots and then it'll be ready for bed liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 perfection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWheeler331 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Shoot yeah. Looking Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-man930 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I wonder how you're gonna feel that first time someone casually tosses a cinderblock or whatever in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 2 hours ago, A-man930 said: I wonder how you're gonna feel that first time someone casually tosses a cinderblock or whatever in there... That's what's different about my mindset. I build things as nice as I can and then use them. Stuff will happen, it's inevitable. It's a project inside of a project. Restore it to stock first, then modify it and use it as if it were a new truck off the dealer lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I've never put a single dent inside the bed of any truck I've owned. all had plastic drop-in liners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 Skim coating the minor dings in the bed. Definitely overkill but I want it like new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakarian Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Amazing work! For painting, has the truck been in the garage and you just put plastic around the truck or did you roll it outside? Both of mine MJs and the wife's XJ need a paint job but not sure how to go about it but following your build gives me hope to attempt it. Try on the XJ first of course . Keep up the great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Thank you! Everything stays in the garage except I did move the Cherokee outside when I was doing the final paint. I got a big roll of inexpensive plastic and cover stuff really well. This is the stuff I got. It goes a looooong way. You have to be careful using it as masking plastic though, only one side will let paint stick. If you use the wrong side you make a huge mess of paint flakes. Also. I've been using this a bunch for masking. Super convenient and inexpensive as well. Cuts hours off of masking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vakarian Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Appreciate the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 28, 2022 Author Share Posted April 28, 2022 After a bunch more filling and sanding. It's getting really close now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimiGibbs Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 That color is beautiful..... Going to be a great looking truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Running the risk of seeming like I'm posting the same photos over and over again, lol. But all the blocking is done finally. Just needs the untouched spots scuffed down and it's ready for the paint guns to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car_liker Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I hope to one day have your level of skill (and patience)! Paint and body looks and probably is better than factory fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 On 4/29/2022 at 4:46 PM, car_liker said: I hope to one day have your level of skill (and patience)! Paint and body looks and probably is better than factory fresh. Thank you! It's not difficult to do better than factory, they left a lot to be desired. Also, got the bed liner sprayed in finally! Color matched right on the money. The hours and hours of straightening the bed were all worth it. And the raptor liner was awesome to work with. Sprayed a coat of back epoxy primer first for adhesion and to darken the color. Did a coverage coat of tinted raptor thinned 15% out of a 1.8 tip in my primer gun, followed by a texture coat at 60 psi and 18ish inches from the supplied gun, and finally a dust coat to even out the texture. Used every ounce of the one gallon kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 perfection again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxyjeep Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Awesome build. The theme is SRT, so hopefully it's getting an SRT engine.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 On 5/4/2022 at 12:53 PM, SoCalJeepComanche said: Awesome build. The theme is SRT, so hopefully it's getting an SRT engine.... Absolutely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Been sanding and buffing a lot. But very happy with the results so far. Bed and tailgate are ready for prime time. VID_20220512_210444638.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghinmi Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scguy Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 That is looking beautiful. Great work, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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