Trunk Monkey
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Seriously, more easy than I said if you don't have salty roads in winter
Yeah, no salt on the roads here in SALT Lake City. Get a flapper wheel for a drill if you don't want to hand sand them.
Trim Painting
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Yeah, no salt on the roads here in SALT Lake City. Get a flapper wheel for a drill if you don't want to hand sand them.
Only in the lake...
Nice town, I remember... quiet and peacefull... Yes, I know, I'm out of the thread! :whoops:
Anyone have any updates on how the do-it-yourself jobs are holding up on the trim?
I'm considering doing mine, but haven't decided whether painting just the weathered inset black would look better or painting the entire trim piece black.
Also, has anyone painted the rear vents in the rear pillar black?
I'm sort of leaning towards doing the inset and the rear vents in black, since I could always go back and do the entire trim piece easier than reverting to the factory color if I didn't like it.
I'm considering doing mine, but haven't decided whether painting just the weathered inset black would look better or painting the entire trim piece black.
Also, has anyone painted the rear vents in the rear pillar black?
I'm sort of leaning towards doing the inset and the rear vents in black, since I could always go back and do the entire trim piece easier than reverting to the factory color if I didn't like it.
My trim and rear bumper are holding up great after many months and thousands of miles on and off road.
Not me... I don't want to reproduce the same behavior of "chromy boys" with black
chromy as in chrome? I'm not sure I follow you...
Sorry,
I mean I don't want to do (with black) the same thing some guys do with chrome (every things else than body is chromed)
Never thought much about it, the 60/62 vents came from the factory in black. Someone in a previous thread had mentioned that it might be a nice retro touch and I was thinking about giving it a shot.
Well ... nice idea, you're right
I did mine this AM. I was going to use a semi-gloss black, but then decided to take my wife's advice and use bedliner in a spray can. It looks tons better. It is supposed to be 99 today so it should harden fairly quickly. I've used this before on the flares of my 80 and it held up great.
Looks great!
I bought all the stuff, but got a little nervous about spray-painting the exterior of my new-to-me LC
I bought all the stuff, but got a little nervous about spray-painting the exterior of my new-to-me LC
I had the same concerns, but I bought some of that painting tape at Lowes with the plastic already attached. The plastic was like 24" tall past the tape. Covered enough of the body that I had no overspray. Good luck!
If the paint goes on unevenly or runs, can I sand it back down and respray as required? I did a test spray on some cardboard and it did not inspire confidence
Trunk Monkey
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Spray light. I had one run that I wiped off before it was dry and just lightly sprayed the area again. I did two light, covering coats on mine.
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Someone please paint the rear vents black. It will look great!
If the paint goes on unevenly or runs, can I sand it back down and respray as required? I did a test spray on some cardboard and it did not inspire confidence
Did you get the Dupli-Color product? I thought it went on real nice in 2 even coats. But, yes, you could either quickly wipe it off, or sand it later.
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Also, has anyone painted the rear vents in the rear pillar black?
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There you go, my tribute to my first LC love, the 60 series!
