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Need color suggestions.

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by Dondo, Oct 27, 2004.

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  1. Nov 9, 2004
    Boyink

    Boyink Super Moderator Staff Member

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    Boyink, Nov 9, 2004
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  2. Nov 10, 2004
    lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

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    Here's a close-up pic of my color, somewhat distorted by the flash.
    It's Medium Green Metallic 5B, a 1985 AMC Eagle color.
    Sometimes the metallic looks silver, sometimes it looks gold, depending on the ambient light.
    I originally took thispic to show the location of the TJ hood bumper I installed so that when I open the hood, the bumper, not the hood, hits the windshield frame ;)
     
    lynn, Nov 10, 2004
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  3. Nov 10, 2004
    Dondo

    Dondo These are my good pants..

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    That looks sharp. Any more shots by chance?

    Dondo
     
    Dondo, Nov 10, 2004
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  4. Nov 10, 2004
    lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

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    Thanks!
    There's some offroad shots of mine over at Oxcreek, are you a member there? The site belongs to our fellow ECJ5er, Brad
    www.oxcreek.com
    register,then go to Photo Gallery, then 4 wheel Drive album, then look in the Tioga County PA albums.

    I'll see if I can post a couple others here that show the color.
    Oh, it's a two-part paint job, base coat then clearcoat.
     
    lynn, Nov 10, 2004
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  5. Nov 10, 2004
    lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

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    A few pics
     
    lynn, Nov 10, 2004
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  6. Nov 10, 2004
    lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

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    One more, from the '04 ECJ5 Calendar, here is Miss June ;) :D
     
    lynn, Nov 10, 2004
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  7. Nov 10, 2004
    schardein

    schardein Low Range Therapy

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    I have a brochure of factory paint chips for 66 or 67. Wish I had a flatbed scanner so I could share. It also has drawings of the available seat styles, mainly the FSJ's, although the last page is the CJ's, it lists which colors of vinyl were used with which body colors. I just won an auction on ebay which I think is going to be the same type of brochure for 68/69.
     
    schardein, Nov 10, 2004
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  8. Nov 10, 2004
    Project71-5

    Project71-5 BACON

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    Heres mine

    [​IMG]
     
    Project71-5, Nov 10, 2004
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  9. Nov 10, 2004
    AKCJ

    AKCJ Active Member

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    Here's another shade of green.
     
    AKCJ, Nov 10, 2004
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  10. Nov 10, 2004
    JohnyJeep

    JohnyJeep BLOWING A XING NEAR U@2AM

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    I wouldn't worry about price to much. It only takes about a gallon of sprayable to paint a Jeep, if your not doing a hard top. I used base/clear on mine. Very easy to paint. The base dries very fast to a satin finish. Almost impossible to get runs. The clearcoat however will run very easily if your not careful. Make sure you get the proper temperature reducer for the clear. On the plus side, if you do run the clear it's easy to sand and buff out.
    IIRC correctly I only used 2 quarts of color to paint my Jeep. mixed 1 to 1 with reducer it was a gallon of sprayable. More than enough. OH one other thing, make sure your primer is as close to your base color as you can get it.
     
    JohnyJeep, Nov 10, 2004
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  11. Nov 10, 2004
    Worth

    Worth Ex Farm Hand

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    Two personal favorites:
    - White with just a touch of grey.
    - Tan
    Both with black top and interior.
     
    Worth, Nov 10, 2004
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  12. Nov 10, 2004
    Dondo

    Dondo These are my good pants..

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    Cool, thanks for all the advice and pics. I went to the local Jeep dealer today and they set me up with 2 color codes. Light kacki (sp?) and Catus, both from the Jeep Liberty line. If I ever get a day off from work, I'll head to the paint store and try to decide which of the two I want more.

    Again, thanks everyone. You all are a pretty helpfull lot!

    :)

    Dondo
     
    Dondo, Nov 10, 2004
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