Hood Blackout

[TexasTJ]

Anyone know where to go for a hood blackout graphic for a JK?

[96discoXD]

Anyone know where to go for a hood blackout graphic for a JK?

Here you go: http://www.jkowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38691

[njjeepthing]

Dam, if your were in NJ, I have a bunch of them...

[forsakenfuture]

Does anyone real use these to keep the glare off of the hood or just because they like the looks?

[TexasTJ]

I want it for the glare from my windscrean lights.

Biggs

[Antichrist]

This is the most cost effective hood blackout.
About $10 and good for 5+ years. Longer if you don't lay tools and stuff on your hood like I do.

http://s6.thisnext.com/media/230x230/Krylon-Spray-Paint-Satin-Black_B0BF7B51.jpg

Especially in the south where the sun will fade your paint around the blackout.

[Accrete]

FWIW here is a picture of the hood of my van. My wife and i covered it with the 3m Di noc "Carbon Fiber" wrap. The stuff seems bullet proof (well at least bug proof!). Very nice finish. It is also available in flat black and other colors from stickercity.com (http://www.stickercity.com/)
http://www.accrete.com/p-tgl/AwdVan/TGL_2010-12-31-3mCFwrap.jpg

[cico7]

This is the most cost effective hood blackout.
Especially in the south where the sun will fade your paint around the blackout.How about using bed liner? it should withstand the tools
and provide the flat black

[bldeagle10]

This is the most cost effective hood blackout.
About $10 and good for 5+ years. Longer if you don't lay tools and stuff on your hood like I do.

http://s6.thisnext.com/media/230x230/Krylon-Spray-Paint-Satin-Black_B0BF7B51.jpg

Especially in the south where the sun will fade your paint around the blackout.

how did you prep? did you masking tape off the area you wanted specifically then sand down the clear coat a bit then apply?

[njjeepthing]

How about using bed liner? it should withstand the tools
and provide the flat black

Friend of mine used bed liner on his Jk, couple days later he began to have over heating issues. Go figure....

[rammland]

you could always just go to a sign shop and see if they have any leftover vinyl most of the time you can get quite large pieces for free or next to it that's what i did on my xj

[Antichrist]

How about using bed liner? it should withstand the tools
and provide the flat blackBed liner is ugly. LOL
I'm laughing cause I'm the one always saying don't worry about what others think. I don't like the looks of it. For me. ;)


how did you prep? did you masking tape off the area you wanted specifically then sand down the clear coat a bit then apply?The Discovery has a shaped ridge on the hood so I used newspaper (for overspray) and masking tape. I sanded it some, then sprayed a couple of coats. I mainly did the sanding to get any wax off and rough the surface some, but didn't get compulsive about it. If I had it might have lasted more than 5 years. I did a recoat in 2009.

[Cedo Nulli]

Pixeldecals.com has them in flat blk for 70$

[Xodius]

Friend of mine used bed liner on his Jk, couple days later he began to have over heating issues. Go figure....
I know a bunch of guys with bedliner all over their Jeeps. None of them have had issues with overheating. Perhaps your friend should look at cutting some extra vents in. Pretty easy to do and after all a jeep is not yours until the first cut ;)

[JIMBO]

:sombrero: www.pixeldecals.com--

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm83/jimbowby/Jeep%20Accessories/PICT0239.jpg

:costumed-smiley-007:wings: JIMBO

[tommudd]

Perhaps your friend should look at cutting some extra vents in. Pretty easy to do and after all a jeep is not yours until the first cut ;)

:victory:

[Beowulf]

Hood blackouts for the TJ are now available from the same compnay that made the JK version.

http://www.pixeldecals.com/shop/TJ-Mountain-Hood-Blackout-Decal

[Chili]

On the paint prep, if the surface is good you should be able to get away with the following: wash the area with dishsoap (like dawn) to clean the surface and that should also remove any wax, mask off the desired section, scuff the paint with a scotch bright pad, clean off any residue, spray primer - let dry, spray paint - let dry. Light even coats.

You can wet sand in between if you want better results.

[Antichrist]

I still think paint is the way to go. I can think of only two reasons to use a decal;
1. you like spending more money than you need to
2. you're planning to remove it soon.