New Paint Job!

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:38 am

Finally! I tried to do it all in a weekend, that was 4 weeks ago. It was worth it, I'm really happy with the turn out. I used Rescue Green Automotive Paint from Jeep. (Click "All Sizes" For the large view)

It's a bit dusty from all the dried up paint particles; im going to wait a week for the paint to cure, then give 'er a wash.

I'm going to install 10gr Dr. Pulley weights over the weekend.

Check them out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24216818@N ... 990026495/

Thanks
Jason

Corsair · Post by **Corsair** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:00 am

that is such a nice green! Good job! Did you use any kind of clear coat? You should paint your forks too

Post by **jrsjr** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:07 pm

Very nice job on the paint and the photos! Very professional.

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:49 pm

I did clear coat. I decided to go with a Clear Coat Enamel. It seemed to be the thickest and provided the most protection to UV, heat, dirt, etc.. and the epoxy-polyurethane was $30 for a 9oz can...

But the enamal went on nice and smooth and really gave a clean, smooth finish.

I painted the forks with a bronze metalic paint -- I originally wanted to annodize them, but couldnt find the right color.

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:02 pm

Jason,
very nice job. It has a HALO3 look to it.

I noticed you had the garlic out to keep the vampire's paws out of your paint job, but I am curious about what you did to keep the dust out of the paint while it was drying. It looks like you did it on your garage? How were the fumes, how did you deal with them?

Very nice indeed.

lou76 · Post by **lou76** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:28 pm

proper...

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:32 pm

Yeah - the garlic worked great -- had no issues with any vampires and such, which was my biggest concern; especially this time of the year.

The dust was pretty bad -- everything was coated and you can see it in the pictures. I was painting with the garage door open and a fan venting out, but iI later found that it didnt work too well; although it didnt seem to settle too much on the panels.

The fumes were TERRIBLE! You mos def need to invest in respirator where you can change filters. The automotive paint was the wost. It's in a whole other level of paint fumes.

Post by **illnoise** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:39 pm

Nice! I think you shoulda left the wheels orange, though >: )

Bb.

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:42 pm

ya know - I was going to. Keep some of the original Blur; but you cant go wrong with black rims.

beelzebubbles · Post by **beelzebubbles** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:58 am

Coolicious!

I hope you let us know how those pulley weights work for El Presidente!

maxG · Post by **maxG** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:31 am

just a thought...do you have to inform your registration office that you had change the color of your bike?

justscooten · Post by **justscooten** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:52 pm

the color of you car or bike or what ever is not a problem in the states. some people change the color of the car as some people change socks

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:13 pm

that looks sharp!

blurblaine · Post by **blurblaine** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:16 am

I like it! I like it a lot!!

Hmmmm ... life after orange isn't so bad after all?!

Rippinyarn · Post by **Rippinyarn** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:58 pm

That is very nice indeed - congratulations!
Good call on the wheels, they look great in black.

weaseltamer · Post by **weaseltamer** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:38 pm

definitally a great lookin paint job. looks totally professional.

lojical1 · Post by **lojical1** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:50 pm

Very niiiiiiice. You should get a Wrangler to match

jk. I may have missed it but did you airbrush the color on or was it in a spray can ? How much color did it take?

360 · Post by **360** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:22 pm

I'm kinda jealous...when I first got my blur, that's pretty much how I wanted to paint it (maybe slightly darker military green..and a green headstock rather than all black). But I've started to grow kinda fond of the orange as time has went on.

...it IS very Halo warthog-esque

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:12 pm

I went through about 6-7 spray cans total for the green, then a few for the wheels. My carbon-footprint jumped up a bit the past month...

I was originaly going to paint it with the dark green and do the whole Jeep Willy 1942 style, but wasnt sure how that would look with the "euro" style of the Blur compaired to the Classic style.

But I def have "The bug" now and one thing leads to the next.

and thanks!

zuman · Post by **zuman** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:46 pm

That's a GREAT job, Jason, both in concept and in execution.
How hard was it to remove the plastic parts for painting? Did any tabs/connectors break?
Thanks.

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:04 pm

zuman wrote:That's a GREAT job, Jason, both in concept and in execution.
How hard was it to remove the plastic parts for painting? Did any tabs/connectors break?
Thanks.

I'd be curious on this too. I tried to get the orange sides off mine and this thing is like a mind bender puzzle, you have to take it apart in the correct order or it just doesn't come apart without breaking something.

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:48 pm

Thanks guys.

I was a little intimidated at first. And it def is like putting together a puzzle. Each piece requires the prior to be removed first. I didn’t break any tabs luckily; Just took my time and used a flashlight and bent the pieces to their max to see how they were put together. There were also a bunch of hidden screws that had to be removed before you could pop off the panels. The gas cap was tricky. You have to twist it to remove it. But it feels like its about to break, but it wont, it just pops off.

The ebst advise I could give is try to seperate them into sections (left side, right side, front fender, headlight etc...) and lable zip-lock baggies and place the screws in the baggies to keep everything in order. If i didnt do this, i think it would still be in pieces.

Jason.

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:18 pm

OK, yeah I did notice that the gas cap bezel turns a bit but like you said, it seemed like it was going to break. Which way do you turn it to get it to pop off?

jasonkoscho · Post by **jasonkoscho** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 4:48 pm

I forget... I didnt remove that until i removed the orange side panels and was able to see up where the cap locks in. I want to say to the right.

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:13 pm

Hmmm, and here I was thinking that getting the gas tank cover off would have to be done before the side pieces. Guess I'll have to just start taking screws out till it falls apart

charlie55 · Post by **charlie55** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:12 pm

All:

Just finished tearing the Blur down, and in so far as the removal of the trim ring around the gas cap goes, twist it about 15 to 20 degrees counterclockwise (or until it just won't go anymore), then lift it straight up. It also helps to maintain downward pressure on the black panel underneath it as doing so gives you more clearance for a better grip on the ring.

Regards,

Charlie

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