Have you painted anything?

I would just call Tim at DMZ...he hasn't posted them yet on the site as I think he wants to catch up with the demand a little bit before "officially" spreading the word. He might have a few left, but he is starting to make runs like he does for his SUA kit. Mine was around 1950 shipped, but Im all the way in VA across the country.

 

Emblem and intake cover.

 

Make sure you sand it and use an adhesion promoter and self etching primer before paint. It won't flake off if prepped

 

Yeah, my original thought was "I'm gonna be rattle-canning them when I smash them on things, I don't care about powdercoating them." Which is true. I just became overly annoyed with the way the mag chloride here in CO eats through the Rustoleum paint and leaves surface rust spots all over the underside (oh, the irony).

So now that they're powdercoated, I'll rattle can for touch-up. Still drinking beer either way though, to be clear.

 

Same here!

Painted wheels and grill emblem with Duplicolor Graphite. Painted headlights and factory skid and busted rust on the hitch and skid to paint black. Thinking about painting the wheels bronze in spring.

 

Almost forgot about the engine cover. If only it was still that clean...

 

And painted headlights!

 

Looks good man, I painted up my buddies when I had to fix his retro kit. What did you use in sealing yours?

 

Love the headlights maybe someday

 

Dipped grill emblem, bedlined skids, sliders, and front bumper. Stripped and painted wheels. Was bored and painted shackles. Painted misc brackets in the bed to hold tools and jack and rear light brackets I made.


Wheels were painted with Duplicolor 040 for a color match and cleared I figured easier to touch up that way

 

I used retro rubber from TRS. I didn’t remove the old sealant though and they still get some moisture in them over time. I just dry them out for now, will probably rebuild them someday.