painting emblems

[jeeptorino68]

all the foil coating is starting to peel on various emblems on our 02...
any tips on painting these badges? what kind of prep or paint to use? i assume some plastic paint?

 

[trent.brown]

The search function comes in handy. Look at what dude1116 has done
http://www.jeepkj.com/forum/f196/jeep-hood-logo-fixing-51282/

 

[jeeptorino68]

thanks,
didnt think to search
sorry

 

[crazyjeepkid]

i wanna paint mine black since im pretty much going with a black n blue look

 

[dude1116]

Hey guys!

So I looked everywhere to see if I could find my prep pictures but no dice. First I sanded up the emblem, then I basically cut REALLY small pieces of tape and wedged them in between all of the letters and what not. Then I taped and covered the rest of the Jeep with paper and sprayed down the emblem. Worked out pretty well! I've had it done for a couple of years now and I'm not seeing any major imperfections. Let me know if you need me to go into more detail. I've been meaning to redo mine lately anyways.

Cheers!

 

[dude1116]

i wanna paint mine black since im pretty much going with a black n blue look

Where are you in New York? I'm only 30-40 minutes out of the city if you're around there. You can drive the Jeep over and we can rig her up with some tape and paint it!

 

[crazyjeepkid]

Where are you in New York? I'm only 30-40 minutes out of the city if you're around there. You can drive the Jeep over and we can rig her up with some tape and paint it!

im 30 minutes north, but i can do the emblems myself, im more interested in painting rims black which i cant do

 

[dude1116]

im 30 minutes north, but i can do the emblems myself, im more interested in painting rims black which i cant do

I can help with that too! Painted my rims graphite:

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/dr4g1116/Jeep/IMG00002-20120721-1738.jpg

 

[crazyjeepkid]

I can help with that too! Painted my rims graphite:

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/dr4g1116/Jeep/IMG00002-20120721-1738.jpg

nice if you also smoke tailights then ill be on your doorstep with cookies lol
:smokin:

 

[dude1116]

nice if you also smoke tailights then ill be on your doorstep with cookies lol
:smokin:

Also have done that Only my third tail light though. I smoked my friend's Lib's tail lights.

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/dr4g1116/Jeep/IMG00007-20120721-1741.jpg

I suggest VHT nightshades. It gives a glossy smoked affect that I like. I used Rustoleom here. It's more of a matte finish that I don't like quite as much.

 

[crazyjeepkid]

Also have done that Only my third tail light though. I smoked my friend's Lib's tail lights.

http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh527/dr4g1116/Jeep/IMG00007-20120721-1741.jpg

I suggest VHT nightshades. It gives a glossy smoked affect that I like. I used Rustoleom here. It's more of a matte finish that I don't like quite as much.

sounds good but dont u have to take off the wheel in order to paint them? that is what i saw on youtube

 

[dude1116]

sounds good but dont u have to take off the wheel in order to paint them? that is what i saw on youtube

To paint tail lights or wheels? >.> To paint tail lights, you take out the tail lights. To paint the wheels, yes, you need to take off the wheels.

 

[crazyjeepkid]

To paint tail lights or wheels? >.> To paint tail lights, you take out the tail lights. To paint the wheels, yes, you need to take off the wheels.

taking out wheels to paint sounds like a pain in the ass

 

[dude1116]

It's completely necessary. You don't want to end up painting your disk...

 

[crazyjeepkid]

It's completely necessary. You don't want to end up painting your disk...

yea i know but its still a pain

 

[Ry' N Jen]

all the foil coating is starting to peel on various emblems on our 02...
any tips on painting these badges? what kind of prep or paint to use? i assume some plastic paint?

The easiest way to refinish a set of KJ's emblems is to get some scrap sign
makers vinyl and apply directly over the emblem and then trim very carefully
around the lettering with a pointed X-acto knife.
Cool thing with this method is that you can choose what ever effect you want
as there are hundreds of types of vinyl. You can even get chrome vinyl so you
can restore them to original stock appearance.

 

[Wulfhound]

The easiest way to refinish a set of KJ's emblems is to get some scrap sign
makers vinyl and apply directly over the emblem and then trim very carefully
around the lettering with a pointed X-acto knife.
Cool thing with this method is that you can choose what ever effect you want
as there are hundreds of types of vinyl. You can even get chrome vinyl so you
can restore them to original stock appearance.

mine are brand new I dont want to put vinyl on them I think i am going to linex them

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Whatever works for you!