newbie from jersey

[oldfordisbetter]

my wife has a 1991 ford explorer. i paid for it & its in my name so its mine but she drives it. i work on it. i fix it. i clean it.. it used to have crappy faded grey paint so i sprayed a silver & blue two tone with a black pinstripe. she's really into the jack guy from nightmare before christmas so i got her steering wheel cover, seat covers, floor matts, a 14" jack sticker on rear window & a 6" jack doll i secured to the grill... its got a spectra cai & dynomax exaust i got for it. also tomorrow im getting sum bfg a/t's installed on it..

 

[BrooklynBay]

Welcome to this forum! Take some pictures of it, and post them.

 

[KhushbuMalik]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum! I am too a Newbie here.

Cool. Post pictures here.

 

[oldfordisbetter]

when i firs bought it.. the grey was faded & so was the silver..

as it sits now with the new bfg rubber i just got 2day

 

[jonlax]

nice looking paint.

Whats the color codes?

 

[explorerguy89]

nice colors welcome to forum and what part of dirty jersey are you from?

 

[Glen4X4]

Welcome To The Forum! The truck looks nice. Good paint job!

 

[Burnout]

Like the 2 tone. Really accentuates the fact it's an old one, but that's not a bad thing. Looks like a tough truck. And is that a shocker sticker on the back window?

 

[oldfordisbetter]

im from EHC south jersey. would ya believe the paint is a rattle can job? with the right prep, & wet sanding it'll look real nice. i've had many many people swear it wasnt spray bombed but i keep a can in the rear to do "touchups". I sanded down complete body. used body filler here & there, used 3 cans of grey primer. did 2 coats. wet sanded. taped bottom off & sprayed top, silver again 2 coats. taped top off & sprayed 2 coats royal blue on bottom. untaped & wet sanded after a few hrs. then with a steady hand layed a black 1/4" pinstripe. then taped off rims & grille & sanded, primered, & painted blue total for paint & materials was under $100. i used the spraypaint it was $4 a can from lowes. coveres what 2 can would in one can. this is the 4th truck/car i've painted this way & everyone swears they were done professionally till i show them the cans to "touchup" & yes that is a shocker sticker...

 

[jonlax]

the rattle can job looks GREAT!

I actually re painted a fender once like this and it turned out great. Duplicolor and clear with some hard work turns out great. I could not imagine the entire truck!

Jon

 

[oldfordisbetter]

now you can. macco quoted me at $987 for same exact thing. i took it back after i painted & they swore i had it prof. done. so for under $100 & an afternoon worth of work i got a $1000 paintjob for pennies..

 

[explorerguy89]

that is sweet =p i need to redo my door cuz of a dent