Has anybody painted the interior of their hardtop?
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TheGillz
Explorer
http://jeepforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=479862&highlight=painted+hard+top
Here is one idea on the JK.
Here is one idea on the JK.
stick
Adventurer
I painted the outside of my hardtop with Krlyon Fusion paint. It's a paint for plastics. It has held up well. I see no reason it wouldn't work on the inside of the top. I was actually going to paint the inside of the top too, but I used a brown colored paint and I figured it would make the inside of the Jeep too dark.
Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
Picked up the Dupli Color rattlecan spray on liner today. Got six cans (a case) 'cause it was cheaper at the local auto parts store than if I would bought just the four I figured I need. The weather here is crappy, rain and chilling (mid 40s) so I'll wait to the weather improves abit to shot it. Inside is all sanded with 250 grit and cleaned and ready to go. I don't think it will be any darker inside than with the dark charcol color of the softop, but if it is that's O.K., I like a dark interior. I take some shots along the way and post up the finished results.
Haggis,
Before you go this route have you sat in a Jeep with a dark top liner? I really like the white interior of the Hardtop compared to my soft top. The lightness of color seems to brighten up the interior and keeps it from seeming so cave like.
I wish they would have made the underside of the cloth on the soft top a lighter color to keep the same hard top feel.
I just want to make sure you have experienced the darker liner before doing something so permanent as applying paint.
If you do paint the top though, please post up pics as I would like to see how it turns out.
Before you go this route have you sat in a Jeep with a dark top liner? I really like the white interior of the Hardtop compared to my soft top. The lightness of color seems to brighten up the interior and keeps it from seeming so cave like.
I wish they would have made the underside of the cloth on the soft top a lighter color to keep the same hard top feel.
I just want to make sure you have experienced the darker liner before doing something so permanent as applying paint.
If you do paint the top though, please post up pics as I would like to see how it turns out.
Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
My '98 had a hardtop with the white interior. Neither of us like it then, and I've had several rigs in my time with complete black interiors and always like it. But thanks for the heads up, I am going to test the liner first ot see if I'll be happy with the texture and feel of it before I shot the whole interior.
Haggis
Appalachian Ridgerunner
Got it done.
Well the weather took a good turn today, and as I'm waiting for the materials to get in for the next restoration job I had the time to get to it.
Here's the hardtop interior in it's factory state.
I started by masking off anything I didn't want liner one and removed the front latches, covering the mounting holes with tape so as to not gum them up. Using my variable speed angle grinder on it's lowest rpm setting and a 4 1/2 " Sashco Buffy Pad I scuffed up the interior. The Buffy Pad is basically a Norton buff pad (it's made by Norton for Sashco) but with a finer grit to use on removing stain and grime from logs. I finished up by hand sanding with 250 grit to get all the spots the grinder couldn't reach. Then the hardtop got cleaned off by some air and then wiped down with denatured alcohol. I used the Dupli-color bed liner in the rattle cans and did three light coats in all leaving about 20 minutees in between coats. The can suggested 5 minutes, but I wanted to make sure it was setting up good. This built up the coating to about the thickness of 2 sheets of tablet paper. The resulting coating looks awesome and has a nice feel to it. I thought it was like neoprene in texture my wife thought it felt like snake skin. Either way Michelle is real happy with it and so am I.
Heres a shot of it finished and a detail picture too.
Can't wait to get it on the Jeep and see what it's like mounted up. I like the new look, makes the top seem custom without a cheap plastic look. I'll let it sit a couple of days to makes sure its set up real nice and the stink is blown out. If you do this do it outside, the fumes are strong. I used my respirator and wore long sleeves, goggles and an old hat.
Well the weather took a good turn today, and as I'm waiting for the materials to get in for the next restoration job I had the time to get to it.
Here's the hardtop interior in it's factory state.
I started by masking off anything I didn't want liner one and removed the front latches, covering the mounting holes with tape so as to not gum them up. Using my variable speed angle grinder on it's lowest rpm setting and a 4 1/2 " Sashco Buffy Pad I scuffed up the interior. The Buffy Pad is basically a Norton buff pad (it's made by Norton for Sashco) but with a finer grit to use on removing stain and grime from logs. I finished up by hand sanding with 250 grit to get all the spots the grinder couldn't reach. Then the hardtop got cleaned off by some air and then wiped down with denatured alcohol. I used the Dupli-color bed liner in the rattle cans and did three light coats in all leaving about 20 minutees in between coats. The can suggested 5 minutes, but I wanted to make sure it was setting up good. This built up the coating to about the thickness of 2 sheets of tablet paper. The resulting coating looks awesome and has a nice feel to it. I thought it was like neoprene in texture my wife thought it felt like snake skin. Either way Michelle is real happy with it and so am I.
Heres a shot of it finished and a detail picture too.
Can't wait to get it on the Jeep and see what it's like mounted up. I like the new look, makes the top seem custom without a cheap plastic look. I'll let it sit a couple of days to makes sure its set up real nice and the stink is blown out. If you do this do it outside, the fumes are strong. I used my respirator and wore long sleeves, goggles and an old hat.
XXXpedition
Explorer
mark,
that turned out nice - could you do mine too???
)))
sven
that turned out nice - could you do mine too???
)))sven
XXXpedition
Explorer
hmm, i'll think about it...
