What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[BlueScapegoat]

Washed it. Got a delivery, God bless Canada.

She comes apart in the morning.

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[drewcnit]

Thanks. I’ll get someone to validate my materials before I go for round two sometime this year.

One piece of advice I got was to use all the same brand/line of products.
I painted my inner fenders both front and rear with Rustoleum products and it's held up well.
Self Etching Primer because the inners were aluminum, light sand with a fine grit sand paper, then top coat, no clear. I think I did 3 coats each of primer and top coat.

Recently, it was dirty at the time and sans fenders and bumper but you can see the inner well, the one big scuff to the right of the shock is from my sway bar hitting it, otherwise it has held up exceptionally.

 

[drewcnit]

Was cleaning more mud off the JT from this past weekend and cleaning up some take off parts, I'm getting ready to sell.

Look at the abuse these skids have taken -
Rock Hard 4x4 Rear Shock Skids

NextVenture's Rear Diff

The amazing part is once I get them cleaned up and refinished, they'll still be good for someone else now that I don't have those axles anymore.

 

[Stan H]

I’m genuinely impressed. I do not know how to paint automotive stuff.

Color match spray paint , I joke but I know a guy that did that and clear coated it afterwards. Swear up and down it looked nice.

 

[BlueScapegoat]

Color match spray paint , I joke but I know a guy that did that and clear coated it afterwards. Swear up and down it looked nice.

Automotivetouchup.com has always impressed me. Their shit has been spot on every time I've ordered from them.

 

[Stan H]

Automotivetouchup.com has always impressed me. Their shit has been spit on every time I've ordered from them.

Napa will order the paint in a spray can for you . For a small piece like that I swear that's what I would do

 

[XraytecH]

Upgraded to a larger gas strut to my Glad’s tailgate.

A subtle change when the tailgate "Swings" down. Instead of a THUD, it’s a tiny thud. When closing there is a huge difference in the lift assist.

 

[bill61]

I bought Hydro Blue from Automotive Touchup a few years ago. Both spray cans and a bottle. Both were lighter than my Jeep. I needed to add a touch of black to darken it up.

 

[DanW]

Upgraded to a larger gas strut to my Glad’s tailgate.

A subtle change when the tailgate drops. Instead of a THUD, it’s tiny thud When closing there is a huge difference in the lift assist.

Nice! Link?

 

[Stan H]

Upgraded to a larger gas strut to my Glad’s tailgate.

A subtle change when the tailgate drops. Instead of a THUD, it’s tiny thud When closing there is a huge difference in the lift assist.

Your tailgate drops ? . Mine goes down slowly.. Built into the tailgate.

 

[XraytecH]

Nice! Link?

https://www.rockauto.com/en/partsearch/?partnum=866663

 

[XraytecH]

Your tailgate drops ? . Mine goes down slowly.. Built into the tailgate.

Yes I have the stock gas strut. It’s behind the driver side blinker.

I have one of those HDPE tailgate covers which adds quite bit of weight. So the tail gate “Swings” down a bit faster with the stock gas strut.

 

[BlueScapegoat]

I bought Hydro Blue from Automotive Touchup a few years ago. Both spray cans and a bottle. Both were lighter than my Jeep. I needed to add a touch of black to darken it up.

Awe that sucks. I've ordered three different paints from them and they were all exact matches. Even my 1 of 150 '91 alltrac

 

[zcashio]

Since we wheel in dusty areas a lot, we purchased the AmFib snorkel for our shop Rubicon XR.

I wanted the replacement panel to color match and not be black, so I rattle caned it with primer, then Anvil, then used 2k clear out of a can.

paint went down well, I think it turned out great!

That looks great! I took my amfib off my black JLUR when I traded it in and I’ve yet to install it on my new anvil. Now I’m wanting to paint mine to match, so thanks lol

 

[Supazuk]

Took off the running boards and the plastic mounts and upgraded to barricade enhanced rubi rails Had my 13 year old son help me .... spent more time chasing him down then putting them on but it was time well spent!

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