[nhwjjeep]

So, my family owns an 84 cj7 with only 40k original miles on it. Over the years it has a couple rust spots and peeling paint and a small dent in the rear corner. We want to get it painted as part of a restoration. It really does not need much work...... It would be great to find somebody to paint inside out, and possibly the frame. Any recommendations? I am in the Portsmouth NH area.... Would prefer somebody with jeep experiance....

Thanks...

[jeepskate]

Unless you want to pay through the nose and take it to a Jeep rebuilder, you should disassemble it yourself, buy all new bushings, and hard & soft lines, take the body & possibly the frame (depending upon how you want to have it coated) to a media blaster. Then any competent paint & body person can paint the body for you. For a restoration and living in the NE, I'd probably either have the frame powder coated or hot dip galvanized (leaning more toward the galvanizing since that'll get every nook & cranny inside and out).

[nhwjjeep]

Actually the frame is in good shape....that may be more in depth then we want to get, the thing sat in a heated gararge for most of its life... So I guess somebody competent at painting who knows jeeps would be best......Thanks again for the advice....

[jeepskate]

Well, if you want the frame painted, everything has to come off. Once you pull everything off, do you really want to put 22 year old brake & fuel lines back on it? If you leave the frame out of the equation, then this is a simple body shop job...it doesn't require any Jeep-specific knowledge. Just find a good body shop, pick your paint type & color, and drop the body off. Pulling the body off is usually a slippery slope though. You end up doing lots of 'may as well do it while it's apart' stuff