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#1,161 ·
Metaxa said:
I wonder how that would look if you cut out the 4" of bar that goes over the fogs and welded in a cross section slice of 4" pipe, so it formed a circle around the fog lights?

At any rate, it is a good looking thing as it stands, pretty massive for the Patriot, almost needs something at the back end to balance it out?

Just thinking out loud.
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Thanks. It does look pretty big but I think a lot of it is the angle of the pictures and how wide my phone's camera lens is.

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#1,162 ·
Ky it looks much better, I just ordered some black rims for my 09.


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kyeams9 said:
After tackling the Hitch mod a few months ago, I've been waiting for some free time to Tackle PlastiDippin my aluminum wheels Matte Black. Took a bit to get the knack of spraying this stuff, there are a couple spots where the PlastiDip is a little bit thicker but you can only tell if you are right up close to them. I left them on the Jeep, using the garbage method to cover up the brake pads and rotors and this worked like a charm. Also only used about 2 and a 1/4 cans of PlastiDip to do the job.
Probably would have been smarter to do this job in warmer weather but overall I think it turned out pretty solid, much better than the crappy silver aluminum!
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first, love your Patriot's colour.
second, +1 for spelling brakes correctly.
third, I don't know what kind of weather you get but my winter rims on my Suzuki XL7 are going into their third winter this year with only minor repairs on them BUT I used about a can and a half per wheel. 6 cans total.

Thin is fine on badges and stuff but you want to really cover and put a thicker coat onto wheels or all you will be doing is touch ups. That isn't a scientific opinion, just mine.

Good thing is, you can try out what you have and if it seems to not be holding up for you then add more coats.
 
#1,165 ·
KDS, that's pretty sweet.

If you like, I'll trade you my plastic covers for those fogs, then you could put some big ones on your bar :D Just offering...
 
#1,166 ·
Metaxa said:
first, love your Patriot's colour.
second, +1 for spelling brakes correctly.
third, I don't know what kind of weather you get but my winter rims on my Suzuki XL7 are going into their third winter this year with only minor repairs on them BUT I used about a can and a half per wheel. 6 cans total.

Thin is fine on badges and stuff but you want to really cover and put a thicker coat onto wheels or all you will be doing is touch ups. That isn't a scientific opinion, just mine.

Good thing is, you can try out what you have and if it seems to not be holding up for you then add more coats.
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I wondered that. I'll give my fingers an opportunity to rest up this weekend and hopefully I get some decent weather during the week and I'll add a few more coats. I have 3 cans left over, so that should do the trick.

Thanks for the heads up Matatax!
 
#1,167 ·
Get yourself one of these.
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Rust-oleum-243546-Spray-Grip-Handle/dp/B000DZFE44[/ame]

If you don't shop online I've seen them at paint stores and in the paint section of large box stores.

Way easier, more control.
 
#1,168 ·
the_jeep_now said:
Looks great! So does it block the fog lights?
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So here are some night time pictures with the fogs and headlights on so you can see what shines on the grille guard and the shadows that are cast. What you can't tell from the pictures are that the outside rim of the grill guard on the sides by the turn signals cast a shadow on the periphery of the road. It's really not a big deal, I'm just being nitpicky.

As you can see, the fogs do shine quite a bit directly on the supports, but the fogs aren't hindered much.

I wonder why they didn't make the design a wrap-around like all other normal brush/grille guards... it would look much better and wouldn't cast the shadow on the outside.

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#1,170 ·
I like it. Your pictures are good, I hadn't seen good close up's of it yet.

Your next assignment is to get more pictures but, this time, from 30+ feet away. Anybody seeing it this close when your on the road's not gonna live to tell about it :D.
 
#1,171 ·
I'm surprised Metaxa hasn't suggested this yet but I'd be tempted to drill a few holes near the top on the back side and spraying FF in there, then plugging the holes. Maybe taking the habit of cleaning it with FF then wiping it down with a rag.

The finish on it looks pretty strong but these things are usually built to sell, not necessarily last. A $14 can off FF might be a good investment.
 
#1,172 ·
Took a couple weeks off, one of the things on my to-do was clean the garage. I looked at the different racks for storing winter tires and decided I could build one for much cheaper. It's got a bottom shelf to store my jack, two rows for the tires using chain link fence posts, another shelf for general storage and a top 8" shelf for floor mats and snow scrapers. Total cost $50 (already had the peg board and a sheet of 1/4" plywood).

I'm not done yet, would like to finish the uncovered parts and paint it black or grey but the structure was done and I had other stuff I wanted to get done. Was waiting for it to be finished before I posted a picture here but that could take a while since I'm back at doing overtime.

Note, if you attempt something like this, measure your tires width while they are standing up, not stacked on top of each other as they compress by as much as an inch.

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#1,177 ·
I had my Flowmaster 40 Series Muffler installed today. Also, had the muffler shop eliminate the resonator as well.....
 
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#1,179 ·
Looks good!


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AMagg said:
Plasti-dipped the wheels, badges and antenna. Also installed an Arkon passenger seat bolt mount for my Droid. First time with plasti-dip too. Easiest thing ever.
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Looks good! I think I've PlastiDip'd almost everything possible on my jeep :)


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