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Old 03-04-2015 | 10:10 AM
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Painted up my axles and steering components, drive shafts, leaf springs:


This is old aha but what paint was used for such a clean gloss look?
Old 03-04-2015 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by FreddyD'Apice
This is old aha but what paint was used for such a clean gloss look?
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Old 03-04-2015 | 11:32 AM
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I like the look. I used krylon to paint mine.
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Old 03-04-2015 | 11:41 AM
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Doesn't last though :P.

I mean just a few weeks later, limestone and mud fades away the gloss and it becomes matte.
Old 03-04-2015 | 11:55 AM
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I just killed the last 2 hours at work reading this build thread. Great build man. That's one of my favorite colors offered on the XJ.
Old 03-04-2015 | 05:07 PM
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I just killed the last 2 hours at work reading this build thread. Great build man. That's one of my favorite colors offered on the XJ.
Thanks
Old 03-04-2015 | 05:07 PM
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Removed the crappy Rough Country anti-sway bar quick disconnects and installed some beefy new JKS anti-sway bar quicker disconnects today:

Old 03-04-2015 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by thatXJguy
Removed the crappy Rough Country anti-sway bar quick disconnects and installed some beefy new JKS anti-sway bar quicker disconnects today:
Got mine in the mail last week. The weather must be nicer in Florida then it is in Arkansas ha ha
Old 03-04-2015 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Justjoshnya
Got mine in the mail last week. The weather must be nicer in Florida then it is in Arkansas ha ha
Yeah it was 81 today...
Old 03-04-2015 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by docmedpros
Yeah it was 81 today...
Nice.
Old 03-04-2015 | 11:03 PM
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Yeah, way too hot. I want the nice cool 60's and 70's back lol
Old 03-04-2015 | 11:32 PM
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It's going to be 40 all next week here, breaking out the tshirt and shorts!
Old 03-05-2015 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by unidentifiedbomb
It's going to be 40 all next week here, breaking out the tshirt and shorts!


Ummm no!! I've spent enough time in the cold. Plus installing any jeep parts is always more fun in the warmth
Old 03-05-2015 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by docmedpros
Ummm no!! I've spent enough time in the cold. Plus installing any jeep parts is always more fun in the warmth
Not in Florida where my armpits cry rivers in the driveway lol
Old 03-05-2015 | 08:59 AM
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I'll take being hot any day. Last time I was in the cold, it was for cold weather training and it got to -30


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