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They are very well made rims
 
More good news... My boss just gave me the nod to move back into our warehouse for this project. This will be especially nice with the extra room, fork lift, and the nice flat concrete floor.

Still deciding on wheels.
 
if you are not decided yet ..

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I did the raceline over kmc. just saying..
 
The donor body is in the need of paint. I'm thinking of doing a single stage urethane... I've never attempted to paint a rig myself but this seems like a good opportunity. Anyone have a any good thoughts on paint?

Oh, and what color?
 
Did you already pick up the body?
 
If you need a hand let me know.
 
brokenparts said:
The donor body is in the need of paint. I'm thinking of doing a single stage urethane... I've never attempted to paint a rig myself but this seems like a good opportunity. Anyone have a any good thoughts on paint?

Oh, and what color?
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It all depends on what you want. If it is pure trail rig than single stage urethane is fine, especially if to take the time to really prep the body before you lay it on. The last couple of paint jobs my dad and I have done really came down to having a large air compressor tank with a good water trap system as well as a somewhat decent paint sprayer. We have tried a few harbor freight guns with mixed results. Also really helps if you can get your work area relatively clean and the temperature as close to the 70s as possible. Too cold and too hot have given us issues for obvious reasons. Painted my grandfathers FJ55 white using single stage in a framed plastic covered both in the driveway and it came out a pretty good 10 footer with some runs on the lower rockers if you close. Did the prep and primer on my Nova in the same booth but decided to have the final top layers handled at a paint shop for about $400. That could be an option for you as well.

As far as colors depending on the condition of the panels we have gotten away with lighter colors like white and tan with reasonable success.
 
farpolemiddle said:
It all depends on what you want. If it is pure trail rig than single stage urethane is fine, especially if to take the time to really prep the body before you lay it on. The last couple of paint jobs my dad and I have done really came down to having a large air compressor tank with a good water trap system as well as a somewhat decent paint sprayer. We have tried a few harbor freight guns with mixed results. Also really helps if you can get your work area relatively clean and the temperature as close to the 70s as possible. Too cold and too hot have given us issues for obvious reasons. Painted my grandfathers FJ55 white using single stage in a framed plastic covered both in the driveway and it came out a pretty good 10 footer with some runs on the lower rockers if you close. Did the prep and primer on my Nova in the same booth but decided to have the final top layers handled at a paint shop for about $400. That could be an option for you as well.

As far as colors depending on the condition of the panels we have gotten away with lighter colors like white and tan with reasonable success.
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Sweet, you are hired. :)

Good info. Thank you.
 
Drill new holes ;)
 
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