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Hey thanks for posting this... Smiley posted this over on 4x4wire, so I tried it on my moms vx. It looks great!!!!!
I don't post much over here, but I do lurk form time to time...
here is a link with pics.....
Thanks again
_chris..
vx repaint pics....
Anyone try this on the hood insert to match the cladding? I wonder if it might cover the minor nicks and chips the insert gets. Just curious for opinions on this from people who have messed with their insert.
Yeah I did the insert also, it turned out pretty good. Its harder to get an even coat on it because its not textured. I'll try to get some better pics....
if youve got some guts and confidence in your ability to paint, you could always sand down the hood insert some to give it texture (maybe 400-600 grit)... just keep in mind once you do that theres no going back
Here is the only picture I have of the hood insert at the moment. When this was taken I didn't have the front clip repainted yet....
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...Picture079.jpg
onebadtrooper that made a big difference, Looks Great!
Go ahead post the pics here.
I did paint the tow hook red like the calipers, looks cool.
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I rode by some kids yesterday, I heard a kid say "Now that's a Gangsta Jeep" lol.
I would love to see a Kaiser painted up, before I make the leap. I think it would look great, but just not 100% yet. Anyone done theirs yet that can post a pic?
my bride and I are looking into our first house...should close in a month or so. The first project, blacken up proty's cladding with some of my boy mark's duplicolor magic. I will have to keep you posted with everything that goes down. If any other prots want to do it, I could be the guiney(sp) pig.
Mark, can I steal your cladding bolt idea? Methinks yeller would scream on a prot with black cladding.
there are pics somewhere of a proton with painted clading screws, but i cant find it. i have painted one screw to try to live with it, and decide, which i havent yet.
perhaps i can be of asistance then when mine gets done.
i cant wait, i think it will look hotter than ever. I am also going to have done/try the hodo insert. It is glossy now and I would like to restore it to its original glare-reducing self.
Very nice, am thinking it would look real good on the new Dragon Green paint job I am doing. One thing though, I would highly recommend that you use a wax remover, or paint surface cleaner BEFORE you rub it adown with a scotchbrite pad. That way, you don't work any silcone into the cladding making paint adhesion bad.
How's the paint holding up?
It's been a while now.
What are your climate conditions?
hey how does it hold up hitting it with the power washer at the car wash.
Still holding up great.
I made it through the Love Bug Suicides of 2006.
I pressure wash it about once a week. I don't get the nozzel too close...
I live on a dirt road, .75 mile to my house.
Before I painted the cladding it sucked being on a dirt road because the dust would stick to the product on the cladding.
Only had the problem at the front tag that I didn't prep well, only took a minute to fix. I thought I would have had some problems with it, but really haven't.
tbigity: I think that would look great, if it doesn't work out you can paint them back.
I will post some update pics soon. The red tow hook looks cool.
Joe_Black: The love bugs were the worst I've seen in this area.
I was working with state officials to have them extradited back down, but I'll be relocating near you next year, so they can stay here.
I agree...I also have some proton yellow front/rear skidplates on order from ron. This should look hot with the cladding being a starker contrast. I figured if it went south, just shoot some rhino liner on it (have some friends in the biz that will do a profesh job like they did on my colorado). Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? After all, that is why I am driving my dream car now!
I am hoping the black cladding will look hot with my new exhaust too. Just had some quad tipped 2" chrome pipes attached to some new flows. They stick out just about 2" farther than stock and look hot under the dark colored cladding. Thanks so much for posting this mark. It jump started my modding :-)
Awesome! I'm surprised it has held up as well as it has. It was my understanding there wasn't a paint out there that would adhere properly to the cladding.
well// its now been another month or so.. wonder how the progress is going with the new painted cladding... was considering line-x myself//but dang... that looks
too good not to try for the money...
That painted cladding looks effin' awesome. Nice work. Very very nice work.
I really liked how Mark's cladding paint looked so I did it for myself a couple weekends ago. I got a little sloppy in a few spots but nothing I cant live with. I however only used 4 1/2 cans of paint. That left me with some touch up paint for the future. While I was at it I painted the cladding screws silver for contrast and rebadged her as a Lotus. Started getting comments (more than ussual) the next morning.
This weekend I used some of the left over paint to coat the hood insert, which turned out fabulous. Prep'ed it with Bulldog. I also tested the paint's durability with a little off-roading. It held up good. Only a few scrapes on the front piece but nothing so bad that I had to get a can out and cover it right away (you only really see it in direct sunlight).
Next paint project is the wiper arms and re-chrome the pillar badges, redden the callipers...
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...dingpaint1.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...dingpaint2.jpg
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...nsertpaint.jpg
Another great option is the Krylon Fusion paint made to bond directly to plactic.
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Originally Posted by morgan-tec
Good stuff. I used it to paint my modded XBox 360, hahaha.
Hey, jsut came across at this link at the Russian VX site... nice......
http://www.auto.vl.ru/sales/?id=1089117
I hate murals on cars. It's good looking airbrush work, but on an automobile it just looks.... eh. Never understood why people do that. Keep that sort of work limited to spare tire covers and license plates (to really show off your trailer park pride, hahaha).Quote:
Originally Posted by Petos
Paint still holding up good...
It just couldn't stop the 11 point deer.
http://markalexandermiller.com/VXDeer.jpg
OUCH!!! Sorry to see this happened! What's next?
oof! im sorry!! looks like your hooked up to a towstrap.. the vx not run anymore?
OH NO!!! I hope the deer suffered the ultimate punishment for it's deed.
Have you submitted that photo from your original 8/29 post for the calendar?
Henry
Definitely! Your totaled VX needs to be immortalized in the 2007 Calender!
You should submit those first 2 photos from this thread!
Bart
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Originally Posted by k4tmc
:(
I'm thinking of having a get together,
I will be serving deer. ;)
It happened 3 hours ago, and the deer is already at the butcher.
I did drive it up on the trailer.
I will not be able to tell until morning how bad the damage is.
It is bad... but it is fixable.
I don't think she'll be totaled.
Those other pics have been so cool on the other thread I didn't even think about my pics for the calander.
http://www.markalexandermiller.com/VehicrossBlack.jpg
Hi Mark,
I am SO sorry about what happened to your VX! Why couldn't it have been hit by a Jeep or a 4-Runner or any other run-of-the-mill SUVs out there?!?
The VX is too rare to be wasted on a deer!
Oh well...at least you tenderized it before eating!
Keep us updated on your baby. And let us know if the deer tastes like cladding paint.
Terribly sorry man. That 'after' pic looks nasty. May the VX Gods shine down upon you and get your ride up and running like new - speedily.
-biju.
Mark,
By all means submit those two pictures. I especially like the one above. The only thing missing is some ducks or geese on the lake and some flowering azelias, which would make for a great springtime (March - May) calendar photo. :cool:
My drive to work puts me in a protected area where deer are multiplying like rabbits. Someone hits one at least on a weekly basis. I have had a few close calls myself. :mad:
Good luck in getting the VX back in shape.
Henry
That's just a gosh darn shame...sorry for your loss, that pic ought to make us all "deer paranoid" for a good long while.
I am so bummed for you after seeing that. :(
I can still remember how I felt when I tangled with a tree a couple yrs. ago...not good.
Hope you're back on the road soon.
anyone tried those deer warners you can get from autoparts stores that mount to your bumper and are supposed to make some kind of terrible noise to ward off deer? looks like the two holes in our bumper on either side of the licence plate holder would make a good mounting spot for them (if you dont mind the hideous look of cheap plastic)
Etlsport,
Well...here in NC, everyone says those devices don't work. Now...they may work on some deer in other parts of the country or world.
Henry
I put those in the spot you described days after buying my VX - they kind of match the grill and don't look bad. I drove 35 by some antelope near the road and watched them as I approached... A few looked up to see what that noise was but they didn't move otherwise. Any other time I have come up to animals on the road I haven't noticed a reaction at all... other than my own anyway!Quote:
Originally Posted by etlsport
Florida deer must all be listening to I-pods
Started Painting My Cladding On My New VX!
Here is a comparison pic of the side painted and the rear not.
http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...erPainting.jpg
Looks good. Looks like this is something for me to add to the list of things to do soon, since the weather is warming up here in Indiana.