Lynda's "CJ" Buildup Progress

[CRaSHnBuRN]

how do you'll plan to paint the zolatone? I hear normal sprayers won't give you the textured look. I really like the black mixed with white colors (onyx or hamlet), and would love to paint the 4runner with it as long as it was somewhat textured and didn't just come out gray

[Fredo]

It's not the spraygun type that affects the texture as much as the needle and orifice size on the nozzle of the gun.

[Lynda]

Scott painted his Patrol with zolatone in the front yard of his place in colllege. He just used a spray nozzel thingy...whatever you normally do...he'll have to answer exactly what, but it did come out textured.

[Fredo]

Yeah, it's not a big deal....you just make sure the nozzle is big enough, crank up the pressure, and make sure you spray it evenly and not thick and you're fine.

[redcagepatrol]

you use a bedliner gun with like a 1/4" nozzle. You adjust the pressure for the texture.

Raspberry Raven - jeeez

[Fredo]

You can use a normal HVLP gun as long as you have a nozzle around 2mm. But, to be honest, I wouldn't want to subject a good hvlp gun to that, and most don't come with a 2mm nozzle.

[redcagepatrol]

I had to bend the 1.25" tube a little more on the tube fenders to get them to match the top plate... It pisses me off to pay for parts that are supposed to make my life easier - only to have to fix them when they come in

So - after trimming about 1.25" off the YJ tube fenders, tweaking the whole fender towards the grill, and re-bending a bend that should've been right, I finished the tube fenders.

EDIT - you might notice in the last pic that the hood sticks out further than the fender at the body because I bent the whole fender in so it would reach the grill...

Didn't get too much else done because I wasn't feeling well on Friday and Sunday

[agjohn02]

It pisses me off to pay for parts that are supposed to make my life easier - only to have to fix them when they come in

your putting YJ fenders on a CJ. its not supposed to be easy.

[redcagepatrol]

your putting YJ fenders on a CJ. its not supposed to be easy.

BUt - the YJ tube should've been bent to the same radius of the YJ plate... I didn't want to pull out my bender for that

[fbronco86]

How many lbs of welding wire have you gone threw yet?

[davido]

Lookin' slick. I passed by you guys on 290 twice in the last couple of days. 6AM on Sunday on my way out and 2AM this morning on my way back. I was hoping to stop and see it, but timeframe didn't work out.

[redcagepatrol]

got my steering stuff in, working on my traction bar

started a thread on Pirate...
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...=1#post6590665

[CheapJeep]

Looks like Christmas in your shop.

[redcagepatrol]

steering is on, traction bar is done. Need to mount the steering valve - not exactly sure of the best way yet...

[redcagepatrol]

now - how should I mount to this orbital valve?

one more of the traction bar - the upper mount