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Sport cage painting
I have just received my sport cage and have put a good coat of primer on it. I have purchased a can of spray paint that is the color of the Jeep, my question is should I paint the cage the color of the Jeep like I planned or should I paint it another color like maybe with the bedliner spray?
Thanks,
Steve
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i'd probably go with bed liner...
will you have padding?
what color was your jeep again? (sorry didn't find a pic or note...)
sven
Last edited by XXXpedition; 07-02-2008 at 07:38 AM.
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I am not sure about padding but maybe after a while. I was thinking last night about doing the bars across the front in the vehicle color and the ones running to the sides of the windshield in the bedliner.
I will see if I can post a picture.
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I use my overhead bars to pull myself in and out of the jeep, which wears the paint quickly. What ever you choose, thnik about the ability to touch it up
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I painted the front half of mine black. I used regular old Krylon (or what ever) primer and paint. It has held up well over the last few years. It has a few scratches, but then again, what part of my jeep doesn't have a few (or a lot) of scratches?
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OK black won out. I put a coat of the liner on one side of a brace and I decided you are all correct. Now just to get it together without wrecking the dash, I dry fitted it and managed to scrape the dash a bit and I am looking to put some rags and tape there so hopefully I won't do any more damage. It's handy that I am putting the cage and a gauge in at the same time, just have to find a switched wire for the gauge.
Thanks to all,
Steve
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I'm thinking of powder coating my cage.
durable and clean finish!
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Powder coating was my first choice but right now it's a bit more than the budget can handle. I have found that the bedliner spray works great and is fairly resistant to the likes of me. I will see about half it done today as the side is about dry from it's third coating, that stuff really goes fast..
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Krylon semi-gloss black. I use it for my bumpers, can rack, skid plates, rocker guards, roll cage, etc., and buy it by the case. Relatively inexpensive and very forgiving.
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Hammerite looks good too.
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