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buckola · 05-15-2003, 07:17 AM

I tried doing my own body work on my old Jeep YJ ( winter beater)
I also painted it in my garage. It was a 20 step paint job...it looks good from 20 steps away. The Jeep was an easy first project due to its lack of contours. After the hard winter up here it is showing signs of my inexperiance. A few rust spots and paint blisters showing up. The main thing is to get rid of all and i mean all the rust. Bondo will not keep it at bay. And of course sand until you can't sand anymore and then sand some more. Over all I enjoyed the experiance and will attempt it again.

Remember there is nothing you can't fix if you screw it up the first time

Goog luck

steve

05-15-2003, 07:17 AM	#5
buckola 1 Wrench / 10 Knuckles Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Burlington Ontario Posts: 179	I tried doing my own body work on my old Jeep YJ ( winter beater) I also painted it in my garage. It was a 20 step paint job...it looks good from 20 steps away. The Jeep was an easy first project due to its lack of contours. After the hard winter up here it is showing signs of my inexperiance. A few rust spots and paint blisters showing up. The main thing is to get rid of all and i mean all the rust. Bondo will not keep it at bay. And of course sand until you can't sand anymore and then sand some more. Over all I enjoyed the experiance and will attempt it again. Remember there is nothing you can't fix if you screw it up the first time Goog luck steve __________________ 1970 GMC Custom Vortec Heads, Edelbrock Performer Intake, Crane 272 Energizer, Hedman Full Length HTC Headers 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8. 1/4 mile 13.3 1973 Z1 900 Kawasaki ( all original)