eiffelpower Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Finally got around to paint everything.debadges the rear as well looks so much cleaner . Loving the white calipers and lug nuts . Now gonna take apart headlights paint inside black then add some halos Some pics from how it started to now Totemus and rolly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtsr Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Looks great - neat and clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiffelpower Posted December 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Thanks . Appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Where to you plan to put the Halos? I'm still trying to figure out where to put LED strips to use as DRLs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 NIce work. I want to do some modding on mine, debadge, plastidip some chrome to black, etc. The wife won't let me since it is "her" car (even though I make the payments).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Looks good. I would have never thought white for the calipers, but it works. Curious how much cleaning will be required. The black headlights will set it off nicely. Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecrazyfoo4u Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I haven't seen the lower part of the front bumper painted black; I like it. Does it separate from the rest of the bumper or is it molded in? Did you just plasti dip it? Seems to match the rest of the stock black on the bumper good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I haven't seen the lower part of the front bumper painted black; I like it. Does it separate from the rest of the bumper or is it molded in? Did you just plasti dip it? Seems to match the rest of the stock black on the bumper good. I plasti-dipped mine and it matches quite well (with glossifier). It is separate from the bumper and can be removed, but working with plasti-dip, it is easy enough to do without removing it. I can't speak for the OP though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecrazyfoo4u Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 I plasti-dipped mine and it matches quite well (with glossifier). It is separate from the bumper and can be removed, but working with plasti-dip, it is easy enough to do without removing it. I can't speak for the OP though... Okay cool, thanks! That's interesting that the glossifier coating makes it match better. You would think it would be just the flat black plastidip coating to match the best. Did you use glossifier on the grill too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 (edited) WTH is glossifier??? Edit: Can't believe I made a mistake like that.......here LMGTFM: https://www.dipyourcar.com/Glossifier.html Edited December 16, 2014 by jkeaton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiffelpower Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I'm gonna put halos in the fogs and I thought about running led strips at the bottom of the headlight housing on the inside when I take them apart.. it's my wife's as well haha I still do what I want with it though .Then figure out if any possible way to put them in headlights . There isn't Much of a contour shape on the stock headlights . The calipers are probably gonna be cleaned a lot haha. . I painted everything . The lower Fascia does separate nicely from the plastics . I use regular acrylic enamel gloss black with self etching primer . dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiffelpower Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 On the lower fascia it had five or six push pin retainers and then pops out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eiffelpower Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Wheels I used vht wheel paint then cleared with vht as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Okay cool, thanks! That's interesting that the glossifier coating makes it match better. You would think it would be just the flat black plastidip coating to match the best. Did you use glossifier on the grill too? I used glossifier on everything (fascia, grill and wheels)... The UV protectant version. Looks like the OP painted everything (I wasn't sure if I wanted it to stay like it is permanently, so I used dip. I will likely redo most, if not all of it, in paint now that I know I like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 The bottom part of the bumper on mine is black from the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 The bottom part of the bumper on mine is black from the factory. You have a crossroad... the front end on yours is completely different in every way below the paint... dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 You have a crossroad... the front end on yours is completely different in every way below the paint... I'm going to have to take a trip over to my Dealer's to check out the DJ lineup. I thought that the only difference was the platinum bull bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobitz68 Posted December 18, 2014 Report Share Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) I'm going to have to take a trip over to my Dealer's to check out the DJ lineup. I thought that the only difference was the platinum bull bar. Nope. Fog light housings are different and I believe that you have less painted plastics... Mine goes almost all the way to the bottom whereas yours goes slightly lower than the bull bar looking fascia piece. EDIT: The difference are pretty obvious if you look at his pics above and compare them to the ones in your gallery (or just look at your DJ, ha!). Edited December 18, 2014 by Lobitz68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcaliber81 Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 NIce work. I want to do some modding on mine, debadge, plastidip some chrome to black, etc. The wife won't let me since it is "her" car (even though I make the payments).. I have that problem as well but I tell her its hers but its in my name lol. I still prefer my 20 year old grand cherokee limited Over my new car anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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