88 YJ-CJ Painting Prep Work and Front Grill

July 18, 2022

88 YJ-CJ Painting Prep Work and Front Grill

There's been some traveling, so I haven't made a ton of progress over the last couple of weeks. A few different things are going on:

Cleaning and painting some small parts
Cleaning up the interior and getting it ready to paint
Front Clip - still lots to do

Painting Prep Work

It's time to do another round of painting, so I did quite a bit of prep work recently.

Primed Parts

Epoxy Primed:

Tire Carrier Brackets - 5 pieces
Tailgate Hinges - pair
Windshield Hinges - pair
Battery Box - the mods done earlier needed to be touched up

This is a a horrible picture, but it does show all of the primed parts:

Also shown in the picture - the grill and tire carrier. I worked on the grill paint prep a little today, but much more needs to be done.

No action, but I was thinking about how I want to attack the tire carrier. I may just drop it off at the powder coater and have them sand blast and coat it. It's an odd shape with lots of area and would take me a long time to clean it up.

Unfortunately, I forgot to prime the shifter cover and frame today. I left them out of sight, sitting on a stool. Doh!

Interior Tub Cleaning

I spent most of the afternoon cleaning the interior of the tub. I had removed most of the undercoating a few months ago, but had not prepped it for paint.

There's still a long way to go, but I made some progress.

It was actually fairly comfortable working under the Jeep "safari" top. There was ample shade and a slight breeze this afternoon. There's a lot of actual area that has been cleaned, but that was the easy part. The difficult corners and seams still need a lot of attention.