Sunday, November 16, 2014

New Battery & Paint Job

Stopped to get gas in the Bronco and it wouldn't start back up.  Luckily my buddy lived nearby and was able to give me a jump.  I ran over to the parts store and about $160 later I had a new battery.  We checked the old battery and it was just over 5 years old so that's pretty good.

Regarding the paint job... when I bought the Bronco the previous owner had sprayed the top with a camo matter and also continued it along the rocker panels.  I've had a couple ideas about doing a full paint job but since this is an off road rig I didn't feel like going too crazy with paint and prep.

For prep I wiped all the areas I was going to paint with denatured alcohol.  I taped off the areas I wanted to paint and hit it with a quick coat of all-in-one primer & paint.  I didn't sand between coats and I probably did about 3-4 coats on the bottom and 2-3 coats on the top which I removed to paint.

Here is a before and after.  The wrinkle in the back is where I rubbed a tree while wheeling.



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