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    New paint

    After forever of watching my clear coat disappear I decided to do something. A friend and myself painted the entire car in Raptor ute liner. I know its not a look everyone likes but its definitely the cheaper option costing me around $750 all up. And its also very forgiving for rookie painters. The rear bar is about to be modified and then both it and the front will be painted in the same paint black. The raptor was tinted with the factory paint code of silver.

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    That's not bad...I thought about doing the same to mine.

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    Ha

    Got a sort of Doomsday look about it! Just park it off the trail and NO-ONE will see you...

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    Nice work . Was that a 'Platinum' edition?
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    New paint

    Quote Originally Posted by singlecell View Post
    After forever of watching my clear coat disappear I decided to do something. A friend and myself painted the entire car in Raptor ute liner. I know its not a look everyone likes but its definitely the cheaper option costing me around $750 all up. And its also very forgiving for rookie painters. The rear bar is about to be modified and then both it and the front will be painted in the same paint black. The raptor was tinted with the factory paint code of silver.
    I like it .... and for the same reason as you ie peeling clear coat, I had earlier considered doing my roof, just might revisit it New paint
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    1999 build D2 TD5 Auto, Mantec snorkel, 2" LRA spring lift, ARB on board air, Ashcroft ATB, CMM air ram CDL shifter, swag & gold pans ....

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    Nice work. More details on your process?
    Mine - modified MY03 LT L318 Discovery 2a HSE Td5 15P
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    Quote Originally Posted by twr7cx View Post
    Nice work. More details on your process?
    Just sand the car with 180 grit. Mask up the car. Spray an adhesion promoter on plastics and any areas with tight bends. I did all the decals, the flares and the gutter. And spray two coats using the raptor gun waiting an hour between.
    Your meant to clean the gun between bottles as your making it up but there was two of us so one person mixed the next bottle as the previous was being sprays for a instant swap over.
    Just can't get the paint wet for the first 72 hours.
    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse View Post
    Nice work . Was that a 'Platinum' edition?
    Was the still is. Haha. Not that it changed much about the car


    We also painted these two other cars.
    2003 D2a TD5 Auto
    1960 Series 2 Petrol

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    How washable is the raptor lining? Any issues with dirt/grease/whatever getting embedded in the textured surface?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoDown View Post
    How washable is the raptor lining? Any issues with dirt/grease/whatever getting embedded in the textured surface?
    So far washing dirty, mud and bird crap off has been a breeze. Just high pressure washes off. Although the surface isn't flat the texture isn't really tight enough to trap anything. Well not that I've found yet anyway.
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    Quote Originally Posted by singlecell View Post
    So far washing dirty, mud and bird crap off has been a breeze. Just high pressure washes off. Although the surface isn't flat the texture isn't really tight enough to trap anything. Well not that I've found yet anyway.
    Thanks, I've never seen one of these paint jobs up close and have always been curious what maintenance is like. We have a lot of forest areas around here and it seems like this would really help with the pinstriping that comes along with driving trails.

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