After all the mechanical work we have done we decided to put some time into the aesthetics of the Jeep. The first order of business was the rims. The boys decided that we should paint them black. So we removed the wheels, sanded off all the rust, masked off the tires and painted them gloss black. Then we masked off and painted the centre caps and finally Jason wanted some red striping on them, so he applied some pin strips to the wheels.
Next was the very faded fender flares. In order to paint the flares we had to mask off the entire Jeep to avoid any overspray. Once the Jeep was masked and the flares well cleaned they were painted with Krylon Fusion for Plastic paint. The results were very good.
The last piece of this appearance phase was the front bumper. We took it off, hammered, twisted and welded it straight. Then cleaned off the rust, removed the remaining "marshmellow" and painted it flat black (Plasticote T2 to be exact).
And finally the before and after photo's...
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