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Unread 01-22-2011, 12:58 PM   #1
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Re-painting the underside. What color?
I just sanded down the frame and every thing on the underside of my jeep (diff covers, tie rods, ext.). I am going to paint the frame flat black but not sure what to paint the diff covers and stuff like that. What would you do? Pic of my rig is below.



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Unread 01-22-2011, 04:06 PM   #2
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Black.
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Unread 01-22-2011, 05:11 PM   #3
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my thought is Black but its your jeep.
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Unread 01-22-2011, 08:27 PM   #4
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Black, you wouldn't even be able to notice it half of the time if you painted it that dark green.
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Unread 01-22-2011, 08:39 PM   #5
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I suggest black too...
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Unread 01-22-2011, 08:44 PM   #6
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I'll be doing mine semi-gloss black when it gets a little warmer.
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Unread 01-22-2011, 10:14 PM   #7
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I painted some stuff under my jeep with rustoleum hammered silver to avoid the lame blackout bandwagon.

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Unread 01-23-2011, 01:25 AM   #8
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Black or silver, up to you, but use THIS:
http://www.magnetpaints.com/underbody.asp

i did 2 coats silver and then used the Monstaliner bedliner as well on the underside of my CJ project.

And personally, I would NOT use flat black for anything at all. I'd use a satin or semigloss on the frame.
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