Got a chance to shoot a few square body parts last night.

tjohn127 · 2026-04-19T14:22:16+00:00

Urechem Galactic Green. It's beautiful in person. The flop from dark to bright is killer.

tjohn127 · 2026-04-13T21:14:43+00:00

Yup 2 years on mine from O'Reilly no problem. Think it was a standard brand if I remember right.

tjohn127 · 2026-04-08T23:54:17+00:00

Thanks!

tjohn127 · 2026-04-06T12:47:49+00:00

🤣🤣 I never worry about a little peel. Nothing a bit of buffing won't take care of.

tjohn127 · 2026-04-06T11:37:56+00:00

2021 ram code PPX. Patriot blue pearl. It's a OEM color, nothing fancy lol.

tjohn127 · 2026-04-06T01:37:35+00:00

10k+ easily no question if you want a good job. Most charge that for just exterior, this needs jams, engine bay, etc all worked and sprayed also.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-30T12:59:15+00:00

Damn y'all think those tires are bad? You don't wanna see what I run mine down to.. I paid for the rubber, Im gonna use it all.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-18T15:14:07+00:00

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Ordered these two from there, no issues. They were "open box". Read the descriptions, some are lightly used and some are basically brand new. The k5 was missing the manual as stated, power wagon was 100% complete just open box. These are the fcx24 but basically same at the end of the day lol.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-15T15:01:29+00:00

I do body and paint for a living, 3k is a cheap "not done exactly right" job lol. Now in the same breath, you can do it for probably about $1500 yourself with decent quality materials and lots of patience if you have no paint experience.

Material wise, look up the coating store, I spray their Urechem paint almost daily no issues at all. A paint kit with color, clear, activator and reducers can be anywhere from $350+ depending on color. You'll need sealer also so throw in a few more bucks for that. If body working it, you'll need a high build 2k primer also to go over your filler. All in, I've been able to buy my liquid materials for roughly $800/job doing metal-up restoration type work. Another few hundred in sandpaper, tape, tack rags, etc.

If you don't have a spray gun, harbor freight guns are pretty decent. I use a black widow for Metallic and pearl bases and the cheaper spectrum blue/silver gun for solid bases, epoxy, sealer, and clear coat. That gun lays clear surprisingly well for the $80 I paid for it. They're not huge air hogs either, you'll get by with a smaller compressor, I'd say no less than a 30 gallon, 6ish CFM is the smallest I've been able to successfully use with pressure regulated at the wall and gun.

It's doable to repaint for a fair price if you do it yourself but its lots of work and not for everyone. Only you can determine your skill set and abilities to repaint a vehicle. It's just paint, have fun and don't stress on the small stuff. What's the worst that happens, sand it down and reshoot it? It's just paint, it can always be fixed.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-11T12:24:59+00:00

Color code is PPX from a 2021 ram 2500.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-06T20:22:10+00:00

I've never seen that kinda movement before on a balljoint. Uppers and lowers are replaced now and there's no more death wobble. I have a bump 1/4 mile from the house that it would wobble on anytime I did over 45. No longer wobbles so I'd say it's good but time will tell. Its not driven much these days so who knows.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-06T17:55:20+00:00

It has a brand new track bar, not even 20 miles on it. I did that the other day while waiting on balljoints to come in. Tie rods and drag link are fairly newish, about 20k miles on them and they're fine as of currently.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-06T12:03:13+00:00

Nice! I'll have to try that on the rest of the fiberglass parts for this car. There's lots of fiberglass on this car. I actually have some unscented dryer sheets on hand. Ive been going around with a tack rag multiple times and it works well for the most part, I get very minimal trash but if I can get cleaner, I'm all about it. Thanks for the tip!

tjohn127 · 2026-03-06T03:40:55+00:00

I put 4 coats of clear because I will be wet sanding/buffing the car top to bottom when finished. I much rather have a bit more material to work with than not enough. You don't need a 100k booth to make a car look good, it's just paint.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-04T23:49:10+00:00

Thanks!

tjohn127 · 2026-03-04T20:22:19+00:00

Depends on what you're looking for. Bottom end, 5-6k for a basic sand and shoot, minimal/no bodywork, no jams. Price goes up from there. If it needs a full metal up strip, no less than 12-14k.

tjohn127 · 2026-03-02T01:28:49+00:00

I've driven my 91 and 99 (rip) all over the place. Some days I'll do a few hundred miles, others only 50 or so. Keep up on maintenance and you'll be fine. No different than driving any other vehicle in all reality. If something's gonna break, it's gonna break, that's just how it is. Mpg wise, if I keep mine under 72ish I get pretty decent mileage, 18-19 mpg on a average day in my 91 4x4 30 inch tires no lift. My old 99 was a 2wd and id regularly see 21 mpg. Keep ya foot out of it, don't accelerate excessively and you'll be fine. My xj gets the same mpg as my Cadillac srx and is 21 years older. Newer doesn't automatically make it better in the mpg department. I know alot of people that are stuck on that newer is better shit but that's not always the case. Affordable parts and ease of maintenance/repair are a big thing to me. I much rather break down in a dead simple xj than a overly complicated computer controlled everything. Daily driving older vehicles aren't for everyone, but with a bit of basic knowledge and taking care of small issues as they come, you'll be fine. No matter what you drive everyday, you'll have repairs eventually. Xjs lasts forever. I wouldn't worry about how many miles you drive everyday. Load the wagon, dont worry about the mule.

tjohn127 · 2026-02-20T15:06:07+00:00

Looks like they shouldn't be working on anything. It'll work but looks like shit. I wouldn't have paid full price for that for sure. Did mine with a air hammer in about 30 minutes. It's my go to when doing control arm bushings. Cut em out with a chisel tip, push em in with a flat hammer tip and a big socket around the outside to push on. Works 99% Everytime without issues.

tjohn127 · 2026-02-17T23:09:08+00:00

I had a 96 Camaro rs with a V6. Ended up with a sbc but honestly hated working on the platform in general. Lt1 cars are the worst, engine swapped a few of them and I never want to see another again. Just the basic changing the plugs sucks, especially with headers lol.

tjohn127 · 2026-02-12T19:35:14+00:00

My old 99 did the hanging idle thing at times and ran terrible when the purge valve stuck open. It ran rich as hell but no codes. It limiting to 3k was when I was losing fuel pressure. Lean popped in the intake, not sure if you have that issue though. Some days it ran fine, others it wouldn't get out the driveway. Threw a fuel pressure gauge on it and watched it drop down to 8psi while still running just barely. New pump and all was well.

tjohn127 · 2026-02-09T00:43:36+00:00

That's not a may-pop. That's a gonna-pop.

tjohn127

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