New MT/R's, Frankenlift, Flowmaster, Line-X, UPDATE!!!!!!!!!

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:15 pm

Check this out! Who says you need new rims.........

hallb4 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:33 pm

I like it! So how did you paint the rims? Is it durable\ scratch resistant?

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:45 pm

It's a wheel paint by duplicolor....
I sanded the hell out of the rims with medium to fine sand paper
(these rims have 113,000 miles on them) so they were all scratched etc...
Sanded till all smooth..... and so the paint would stick...
as far as durability... so far so good... Plus they are black so any scratch can be covered with a black paint pen...
I couldn't be happier w/ the end result..

tommudd · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:08 pm

I bought a set of Moabs the other day and painted one of them like that, it was scratched anyways so I thought what the heck , didnt like total black so now have it a dark grey, next ???

yours look good though!

Tom

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:20 pm

That is one nice KJ you have there! What are you planning on doing with the front bumper? It would look even better if you tint your tail lights and 3rd brake light.

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:30 pm

Hopefully by December or early next year I will have an ARB bull bar coated with Line-X.

06LIB · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:34 pm

AWSOME!! Who does line-x or can I do it. I have wanted to line-x it for 2 years but just dont know where to turn....

KJ4ME · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:37 pm

what percentage is your front tint????

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:59 pm

Unfortunately you can not do it yourself.....
here is the site for the dealerships.....

http://www.line-xdealers.com/dealer.php

and my front tint is 5%.......

meh_kick · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:20 pm

Those wheels and line-x look like they need to get a couple scratches on them...

http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/vie ... hp?t=23212

Sean150 · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:32 pm

slick

Sport · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:22 pm

I will have to say awesome job man. That might be worth trying on my extra set of wheels, nobody wants them anyway. :twisted:

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:31 pm

I took a rock on the expressway last week and chipped my grille. Lin-X wanted way too much money to spray it.
Used herculiner on mine and It looks GREAT.

Is yours still chrome?

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:04 pm

Yeah I checked into Herculiner, Rhino lining Ect... But I just had to go with the Line-X. It t has a smoother feel than Herculiner. Plus I think the spray on Line-X is more uniform on larger areas. The grill looks good though WoodysKJ.

On a different Post someone else asked me if it was Rhino Lined.
I posted:

"I don't want to upset anyone so I'll say it nicely.
No It Is not Rhino lined

It is Line-Xed w/UV protection
Ya know the stuff that the military uses.

There is a huge difference, and if you don't believe me check into it.
It is a completely different material.
The Rhino lining is a lot more rubbery, and is less durrable.

Plus the quote I got from the rhino place was more expensive.

They both have a lifetime warranty, I think.
But WoW what a difference
My buddy has his F150 rhino lined. He hates it".

AND!... now line-x has a material available with a Dupont Kevlar compound in it... I wish I would have waited a year.. oh well...

Thanks for the replies.
Chris

Donnie · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:15 pm

Looks great!

I did similar pieces with duplicolor on my truck. They looked great but after a year they looked like hell, the durability on that stuff isn't too good.

scout · **Posted:** Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:28 pm

looking good!! thats some thing i wanted to do as well.

BeepBeepJeepJeep · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 9:20 am

WoodysKJ wrote:

I took a rock on the expressway last week and chipped my grille. Lin-X wanted way too much money to spray it.
Used herculiner on mine and It looks GREAT.

Is yours still chrome?

Sorry... I disagree

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:37 am

Donnie Wrote:
"I did similar pieces with duplicolor on my truck. They looked great but after a year they looked like hell, the durability on that stuff isn't too good."

Well If it lasts half that long I would be suprised.. I mean It is spray paint..

But on the plus side it cost less that $40 to do all of the wheels...
These rims are out the door in a year or so anyway. I just wanted black rims Right now, and I had $40 in my pocket... I'm trying to save up for the ARB bull bar, so 200-500 for new rims was out of the question for me..
Thanks for the comments
Chris

stick · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:20 pm

That looks really good. Where those wheels originally the chrome colored ones or are they the gray colored ones from a Renegade?

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Wed Aug 15, 2007 4:35 pm

yeah, sorry my bad I completely forgot to add a before pic...
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