Long time no speak - well, more like no progress...... Got a little done today. Have been mulling over wrapping rather than painting the Jeep. Helped a neighbor wrap his older Mercedes, and that's what got me to thinkin. After watching professional wrappers on youtube talk about how hard it is, and that only trained professionals can do it, that was the last straw. LOL. Got a small chunk of the color I'm lookin at in on Friday so I got to prepping a few pieces for vinyl. Figured since I have all the gauges all clean I'd start with the dash - get it wrapped this weekend and make sure I like the color. Took the glove box door off, and you'll never believe what was between the hinge and dash...... RUST!. Can you believe they painted the dash and glove box door after it was assembled?? Ok, sarcasm over - but that's what they did. Geez.
After taking the door off, it was a little rough - dings, scratches, etc...
So I sanded it smooth and hit it with a coat of paint for a nice smooth base for the vinyl.
While I was at it I hit the dash also. Well, that was dumb. Timing wise, anyway...... No wrapping those parts this weekend - paint has to be completely dry, so that's what it is doing - drying.
Soooo, while I was waiting for paint to dry, I finished fixing another dumb thing I did. Once I git the tub back on the frame, I started fitting the fiberglass fenders - and it looked as thought the shocks and shock mounts were gonna be in the way. Spent a good bit of time marking and cutting the nicest, purtiest notches out of the fenders you ever saw. Couple days after throwing away all the pieces of fiberglass I had cut out, I realized it wasn't necessary to do any cutting. fast forward to a couple weeks ago. After the pissedness wore off, I grabbed a couple pieces of thin perforated steel, cut out patches, and glassed 'em in.
Here's the new patch taped in place....
Working around the perimeter, I drilled holes so I could wire the patch in place
And here it is all wired up. I did get it glassed in, but didn't take pics.... Fail.
I really didn't have to do all that, but I figure it might help reduce the amount of
splashing up thru the cutouts. Not to mention I shouldn't have cut it out in the first place. Since I plan on bedlining the inside and underside of the fenders, it wont take too much cleanup to get it ready for that.
Didn't get much done this weekend, but at least some progress was made....
Now - to check on some drying paint.
