New armor at the paint shop. My goal is to have all the armor color matched to the body. Then beat on it a bit and then after it gets scratched and scraped, paint the wear items (like the fender tubes and parts of the rock sliders) a flat black and leave the main armor the body color.
Here are the items at the paint shop. These are the aluminum inner fenders. The only items out of the bunch being painted black. It's a semi gloss satin black.
And the other metal cloak items prepped and ready to be hung. The last I heard they were trying to figure out how to hang them because they are so heavy.
And the one item that is not metal cloak, the windshield frame armor. It was rough. They had to do a lot of prep work to get it smooth.
Here are the items at the paint shop. These are the aluminum inner fenders. The only items out of the bunch being painted black. It's a semi gloss satin black.
And the other metal cloak items prepped and ready to be hung. The last I heard they were trying to figure out how to hang them because they are so heavy.
And the one item that is not metal cloak, the windshield frame armor. It was rough. They had to do a lot of prep work to get it smooth.
Stopped by the paint shop to check in on the parts. The rear corners and front fenders are painted. Still need to be cut and polished. The sliders are still being prepped. The windshield armor is a different story. What an amateur piece of fabrication. All the edges look like they were cut by a crack addict with a torch and some of the corners have cuts that run past where the cut stops and just left that way. The welds are crap and even the plates of steel are not flat. You run your hand down the armor and it feels like someone beat it into shape with a sledge hammer. WTF! I know this is armor, but it is the only armor that will be at eye level. At least put some effort into it. They are going to do some massaging to make it look good. But when you see my jeep after this and say, "damn that windshield armor looks great", I sure hope you read this before ordering it, it will look good because of the body shop, not the manufacturer. I should have all the pieces next week. Probably just in time to see the jeep head to Clemson4Wheel.
Picked up some of the armor from the paint shop today. They are still working on that horrible windshield armor and the sliders. Quick pic of a couple items.
And a pic of one of the cup cars they are repairing.
Dropped the jeep, axle and wheels off to Cole at Clemson4Wheel yesterday. Waiting on some parts to show up before they can get moving on it. Once I get it back from them, I will be mounting all the armor.
And a pic of one of the cup cars they are repairing.
Dropped the jeep, axle and wheels off to Cole at Clemson4Wheel yesterday. Waiting on some parts to show up before they can get moving on it. Once I get it back from them, I will be mounting all the armor.
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Thanks, I agree. I really like the look of the World Series rings. Adds a little more character. And the larger holes in the wheel will allow for easier clean out. They should be coming in at Clemson4Wheel any day now (along with the other bling .... the King coilovers). It's in Cole's capable hands now.
