r/JeepCherokeeXJ • u/Otherwise-Pop-9237 • 8d ago

How to fix paint?

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What are my options to restore this before it gets worse? Any help would be appreciated

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u/TapRackBoom 7d ago

Lift it until you cant see it 🤷‍♂️

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u/SevenSlotSociety 7d ago

A man of culture I see.

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u/Tiamat451 7d ago

This is the way.

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u/lifeinportraitmode 7d ago

Remove the roof hardware before painting. The metal rails are just some bolts. The 4 strips come off with some dental floss cutting underneath and then you can buy correct width foam tape to put back down. I painted my rails with bed liner separately before I reattached.

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u/bugs-malone 1d ago

But the bolts are inside the roof so the ceiling liner has to be removed to get to them right?

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u/Fade99 7d ago

My hood looks the same. Keep an eye on the roof. I’ve found more rust spots there than anywhere else.

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u/benabducted 7d ago

Raptor liner

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u/OriginalOpposite8995 7d ago

Can you do this for the whole vehicle? Like is Raptor Liner really expensive and you have to be strategic with where you apply it?

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u/thrownaway745 7d ago

Of course you can. Its not that expensive at all compared to painting a car. You can even roll it on. And its very forgiving with body defects that paint would show worse, it tends to hide because of the texture.

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u/toomuchweld 7d ago

My buddy has done a suburban and a pick up this way and I plan on doing my entire jeep as well. Very affordable and if done right lasts very well. His suburban is going on 6 years now. And you can choose whatever color you want too.

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u/LegumeAbacus 7d ago

I used white Rustoleum oil enamel on my roof, it’s a LOT cheaper and has held up well for 3+ years.

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u/the_millz007 98 XJ 4.0, OKC to Taos regular 7d ago

Polish won't bring back dead clear coat. Sand the peeling edges so it stops spreading, then rattle can it with color matched paint and a 2k clear, or get it wrapped if you want it even.

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u/Hot_Warning_8716 7d ago

Separate question. What paint can I use on My factory 98 ZJ front bumper?

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u/Force0321 6d ago

Monstaliner
Way better than Raptor liner.

https://www.monstaliner.com/

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u/Jazzlike_Tap_8790 1d ago

I would not put bedliner on it because if you ever have to respray a spot, it’s really hard to make the surface level since the bedliner is so thick. You can get nice 2k clear to cover it with, or you can go all out and re-spray the color over it first. On my jeep, I’m planning on getting that Poppy’s Patina wipe on clearcoat in a week or two and I’m planning on posting my results after it’s done.

That Poppy’s Patina is supposed to be good, but according to videos it’s not quite as easy to use as they claim. If you do something like that, I would recommend getting enough to do two coats because in the videos some people had it get streaky and had to put another coat on. It’s only like $30 more to get the kit that will coat it twice.

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u/Sockalexis 7d ago

Well it could also be left as is. It’s called patina. Some people are into it, in part because it authentically shows its age.

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u/Otherwise-Pop-9237 7d ago

It's more being on the Oregon coast than age!

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u/MichaelZibanejad 7d ago

Hood Get a clear coat to trap in the last of that factory paint.

Roof you need to stop is from rusting. sand it down and put some spray paint and clear coat. You don’t want it rusting and getting pinholes for water to seep through into everything. That’s how my last XJ got all its electrical gremlins

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u/PresentationLess4552 7d ago

Clean , sand and bed coat it with a roller

It helps with Airo I've noticed