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Nov 19, 2007 | 06:16 AM

#31

dsy

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I've got scratch marks in my body paint from tree limbs that almost disappear where they go across my painted top. My painted top does not have a clear coat on it. The painted top seems more scratch resistant than it was. Painted with Omni MTK Acrylic Urethane.

Last edited by dsy; Nov 19, 2007 at 06:25 AM.

Nov 19, 2007 | 07:28 AM

#32

fishit

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Originally Posted by SaharaBlackNo1

Fishit, how do you find the body color painted hardtop holds up to scratches? The flat black paint they use scratches pretty easily, and I assumed that painting it body color, with clear coat, etc would help keep the scratches down. Well keep them from being as noticeable as a jagged white line looks on the stock hardtop if it gets scratched.

The pictures were from this last Sat which was the Maiden Voyage. I got the jeep 2 weeks ago and only had it painted and lifted last week. It appears that the clear coat should resist scratches really well. There were no scratches to speak of after I cleaned her up and there was plenty of brushing branches on the trail.

Nov 19, 2007 | 08:53 AM

#33

SaharaBlackNo1

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Very nice to hear that Fishit, and the Jeep looks great incase I didn't mention it in the last post. Soon as I order all my goodies from AEV, I think I might have to have the shop paint the top along with the hood and bumper.

Nov 19, 2007 | 09:05 AM

#34

Mowabb

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Fishit, your Jeep looks very nice. I like the silver on silver. I was torn between the silver or green.

Nov 19, 2007 | 01:46 PM

#35

Littlejon

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I really like the colormatching, but my favorite is when the top is smoothed, and painted so it has the same shine as the rest of the body. Just my 2 cents.