Spraying Jeep XJ Parts with Raptor Liner
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Spraying Raptor Liner is really easy and its a forgiving tactile paint that's perfect for rugged look on all 4x4s. I've used it on parts of the Jeep XJ for the last few years and its help up very well as a durable coating. Its chip resistance isnt great so its not advised to use it as a stone guard, but on sliders, armour, fenders and bumpers its ideal for its abrasion resistance.
Now that the new drip rails are welded in, its time to prime and paint all the prepared surfaces and do a little detailing to make the Jeep XJ pretty again.
I love the colour of my XJ so I wont be spraying the whole thing, but coating the bottom of the doors inside and out, door jams, box rockers, sliders, fenders, armour, bumpers and tire carrier. As well as the roof. Its a lot of painting and because I have already used Raptor on my roof and other parts I shouldn't need more than 5L to complete the job.
In this video I cover some equipment, materials and products used across this whole project as well and demonstrate spraying the paint, along side some reassembly tips to prevent further corrosion.
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Jeep Spec:
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ 2.5TD RHD.
Summer Tire - 35x12.50r15 BFG KM3's with 15x8 3.75" backspacing (-19 offset).
Winter Tire - Cooper Discoverer ST MAXX Por Studded 35x12.50r15 BFG KM3's with 15x8 3.75" backspacing (-19 offset).
Lift Front - RC 4.5" Coils and N2 Shocks (3" Coil Spacer).
Front Shock Bar Pin Eliminator.
Dana 30 High Pinion with Artec Industries Lower Control Arm Mounts with modified upper mount and modified Track Bar mount.
Front RC Control Arm Drop Bracket.
Ruff Stuff Short Arm Single Himes.
RC Extended Sway Bar Links.
Dana 30 Rock Crusher Diff Cover.
Ruff Stuff One Ton OTK Steering.
6" Lift Drop Pitman Arm.
Ruff Stuff Front and Center Frame Stiffeners.
Rear DIY Frame Stiffener and Rear Frame Tie in Kit.
6" x 2" Box Rocker replacement with Tube Slider.
Modified Factory Bumper with Side Sliders.
Rear Tow Hitch Tire Carrier that bolts into Rear Frame Tie in Kit.
Modified upper Shock Crossmember for Rear Shocks
Rear Axle Chrysler 8.25 29 Spline with modified High Clearance Shock Mounts.
Rear Shocks 6.5" Trailmasters.
Rear Leaf Springs 5.5" Rubicon Express
Rear RC Shackle Relocation Bracket.
Stainless Steel Braided Brake Lines front and back.
Warrior 9500lb Winch.
Front Bumper - Ebay Custom Made.
I don’t know what your audio setup is, but it’s amazing that you’re loud and clear with a freaking gas mask on.
i have to say it once more you have built one of the cleanest nicest XJs i have seen .
Really appreciate that. Trying my best but it would be nice to get it all done and get some camping in. Thanks for watching,
@@WorkshoptoWilderness jeep's are never done , you will always find something that needs an upgrade
Great Job Mike!!
I didn't know that Stewart Lee was into Jeeps!
you are very informative...thanks
A heat gun helps to get any tape or glue residue off. I left tape on for a week, it would come off with anything until I used the heat gun.
It’s much easier to just use the right kind of tape!
Looks great nice job
Thank you Mike!
AWESOME! I would also like to see everything else you do to the XJ. Thanks!
Great video
Excellent advice and instructions
Here’s an idea for the rear quarter windows.Turn it into a gulwing door. That’s something I’m thinking about doing. Also have a box made for the inside.
Ive actually just finished filming that today. I still need to complete the box but the windows are finished. Worked pretty well. I put some photos on Instagram the other day, just the concept but it went well. Actually seals also which is a plus haha.
@@WorkshoptoWilderness I’ll have a look bud. If ok with you, I’ll pop you a DM and ask for the sizes of the internal box and what rubber seals you used.
I would watch my video first and then you can see all my mistakes haha. Do a better job I'm sure. But absolutely send me a mail and I will share what I used
@@WorkshoptoWilderness Thanks bud. Hope all is well with you and the family?
Top banana, Mike! Your sound planning of the big job and tenacious attitude to the prep work has paid off, and the results look great. Top tip about lots of clean rags! All the heavy graft is worth it when you get to do the fun stuff (I always though it was the fun bit) of re-assembly, with some music on and a flask of tea; then the satisfaction of the end result when it's sitting on your driveway with remedial work done, cleaned, waxed, and ready for the next adventure :)
Another quality vid Mike. Appreciate your effort’s filming your progress. Must make the process longer getting on ‘film’ I have one question though that I’m sure others need answering…..
Who shapes your eyebrows 👀
Thank you! Not the easiest thing to film and it took a whole day I think. Megan trimmed them and gave them a pluck when my hair was done haha. Cleaning me up! Thanks for watching
You spoke of how to do it in this video, but if it is possible, and since you asked, can you show how you assemble the door/window trim? Those little delicate bits always make me nervous. I'll be working on those parts next and would appreciate to know your process. Thanks much for sharing your detailed work! always the best.
I can certainly make a video on it. I still haven't finished the other side and I'm yet to spray some dinitrol and seam sealer in the areas that are required. Thanks for watching and for the suggestions
Awesome video as all way Mike. For the guys out there that want a fine finish for the Raptor paint, you don’t have to use a Shultz gun. I used a standard spray gun with a 1.4 tip. To get better corners when you taping up you can use a product call fineline. It stretches, so you can pull it around the corners and get a nice even finish.
Your attention to detail is amazing mate what a great job you do well done 👍 🏴
Bra jobbat!
Great job Mike. Have you ever considered building an off-road camper to tow behind the jeep? I have a 2 door Cherokee plus 3 kids and a wife and as much as I love sleeping in a tent, not everyone is so keen on the idea. It’s on my to-do list. I’m sure if you were to build one with the attention to detail you put into your jeep, it would be bulletproof!
I've certainly been considering it. Family camping with the Jeep is challenging. Space and organisation isnt easy. I actually miss a roof tent a little bit just because it was fast to setup and all the bedding was contained. I don't mind tenting solo but like you say it gets old as a family. Maybe one of these shift pods or pop ups can make it easier but still there is nothing like a bit of luxury when you get older and have children. Honestly we are at a bit of a crossroads with the Jeep. I have spent 7 years building it and there is still more I would like to do, but I guess I keep thinking, 4wd Van....
Awesome job on the jeep, it is looking great...thanks for the upload..:)
Just found your 2nd channel great work thoroughly explained be happy to let you work on my jeep any time keep up the good work and videos
As always, great video Mike! You are my guru! 🙌
great video, I just finished doing rust repair and the interior floor painting on my xj. doing gears, sye, rear disc brake kit, and the underbody paint/protective coating tomorrow
Big Jobs! Do you have any photos or Instagram. I would love to follow along.
Thanks for watching.
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Nothing posted or anything yet; just been taking photos along this phase of the build so i can show whats been done. Big build being done in a small window of time. Not getting everything i planned to do done but all the important stuff
@@theSvrh it sounds like your doing an excellent job. This kind of work is largely ignored most of the time. Personally I feel likes it's the most important and then jeep will stand the test of time.
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Building a proper foundation is important for sure. Not sure i am skilled enough for a "proper fondation" but certainly a good enough for me lol
Looks great! I'm doing similar work, just not as extensive in the drip rails my bad areas were at the seam or junction up in the top rear corner of the back doors where the panels meet and the ends of the drip rails at the hatch on either side. Surprisingly there's no rust just a tiny bit of surface rust up there. The bad stuff was in the floors from the leaks but I have all that repaired. I think a combination of the stiffer chassis and new modern seam sealer throughout the vehicle will really help protect things. I'll be using 3m 2 part seam sealer. After stripping almost all of the seam sealer off the whole body inside and out I get the feeling that it failed in certain areas from the joints flexing and the seam sealer being super old. I think with frame stiffeners and the roll cage it will help a lot with the body flexing. I also found frame stiffeners that go behind the front and rear bumpers linking everything together side to side.
I've gotten lots of good ideas from your videos. I'll be painting and applying seam sealer to everything very soon. I really didn't want to do any exterior painting I was hoping all my repairs would be inside and underneath the car and I could leave the exterior color paint alone but after finding those areas around the drip rails and digging out that seam sealer I'm going to have to choose between black for the drip rails or trying to color match. My cherokee is maroon so I think black should look good I like how you did yours and I have a large roof rack. I don't think I could get a color match that would be good enough, that stuff bothers me. I really like how yours turned out it looks really good.
I think Maroon an black would look good. Actually rolling on the raptor with a small foam roller can give a really nice fine satin textured finish that's not aggressive. It might be an option anyway if your just doing one area and not lots of places like mine.
The old seam sealer isnt great is it. I've found rust under loads of it around the floors and panels. I guess like you say the body moving must compromise it over time and the all it takes is some water to start a reaction and it spreads. I remember before stiffeners when I first offloaded mine and the Jeep was articulated the trunk use to pop open and I couldn't close the doors once I got out for a photo. That's good that your drip rails are intact, mine had been eaten by 20 years in the damp UK climate. Even when it doesn't rain its in the air and it must just get in everywhere. Sweden is very dry an no road salts so at least the jeep as a fighting chance now i've finished surgery. Thanks for watching and good luck with the continued build.
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I live in the pacific northwest so we don't have much rust issues even though it's pretty moist here, but I was surprised to find so many rusty areas under the seam sealer that's what prompted this big project to redo all of it. At first I was just going to repair my floors. The bedliner on the floors lifted and it just destroyed them. I keep my cherokee parked out of the weather so that helps prolong things too. The worst part of the roof was actually on the inside of the drip rail in that little enclosed area and it wasn't even bad, there was 2 spots where the paint bubbled a little and I used a firearm bore brush on a flexible rod to scrub the loose paint off then I'm going to probably spray a little neutralizer on it and maybe try and get at it with a paint brush. I used one of those inspection cameras to look through the areas you can't see.
How was your windshield frame? My 92 uses metal trim around the windshield all cherokee windshields are glued in but the 94 or 95 and newer cherokees use rubber trim around the windshield that looks like a seal but technically it's just trim its meant to cut down on wind noise compared to the old metal trim and I believe there was another reason for it I can't remember. I'm replacing my cracked windshield and my frame is perfect, I was thinking about updating to the newer rubber trim but im worried it may promote rust because all the rust I've seen on cherokee windshield frames has been on newer models. I'm almost thinking the older version might be better for longevity purposes. I'm also going to have my wife's windshield replaced on her 92 cherokee at the same time so I'm trying to figure out what the best setup is. I read on forums about people using the newer rubber trim on their older models but nobody talks about rust on the newer models and if it's an issue.
brilliant job! A huge labour of love - and it really paid off - looks sick Mike ;)
Thanks mate. Shes looking good these days. Lots of work!
It must take twice as long to do a job like this when you are filming.
I have COPD and asthma! I'd be running for the hills! I barely get by cutting, burning, welding and grinding! Sanding wood is bad too! 😕😮💨
Have you tried a gas mask? That's what I wear almost all the time when working. The filters aren't cheap but smoke, dust, fumes don't get in and you maintain your health.
@@WorkshoptoWilderness That's a good idea! I doubt that I'd still be able to breathe? Now maybe if I could run oxygen through the water tube without blowing myself up ! 🤪
I suggest spending the extra money on the vari-nozzle spray gun. The results are so much more consistent & a true professional bedliner result as opposed to the random globbed on texture you'd get from the included gun. Plus it can be broken down to give it a proper cleaning & less likely to get clogged. All the thin & low spots become more conspicuous due to the texture being more consistent
We have a similar gun at work. A variable nozzle Shilts gun with brass adjusters on the front and a pressure gauge on it. I personally prefer the look of the standard gun and unregretably love the look of the inconsistent texture and the way the jeeps come out. The vary nozzle gun does produce a uniform texture which many like. The standard gun is easier to clean than the vary nozzle gun and easier to take apart. Just putting some truths down, but if you like that consistent texture and adjustability through the gun then it's the way to go. Thanks for watching
G'day Mike, very informative and well presented as usual, thanks mate !!!
In particular your point on those rear upper panels and around the screw heads on the bonnet vents, I assume silicone will stick ok to the Raptor, rather than just a make a formed seal type barrier, like an o-ring for example, if you know what I mean.
Also, I do note your critique on the Raptor as being very abrasion resistant, but perhaps not so much chip resistant, but hey hit anything hard enough its probably gonna ding it, lol.
The issue I have trouble with is scratching the be-jesus out of the paint when navigating closed in scrub type tracks, even some suburban driveways here, lol.
I did see a Nissan Patrol converted to a flat bed ute down the local bottle-o that looked like the whole vehicle was dipped in Raptor, or at least a similar product, looked shizzenhousen IMO, but from a practical perspective, quite understandable given my previous point.
At the end of the day, anything you do special to protect the door and panel paint ? or do you see it as that's just what you cop going off road ?
Cheers Duke.
Great job! Is this Cherokee different from the green one? Very motivating, think I may do some liner on mine. Will watch anything you’ll put up.
It turned out better than I thought. I only have the one Jeep, it might be the colour looking green under different lighting or something. Appreciate you watching and thanks again!
You do awesome videos sir. Keep up the great work! Also what roof rack is that you have? Thanks in advance.
Thank you! I use a Frontrunner slimline 2. It's about 32kg and aluminium so it's pretty light up top.
Thank you alot. You have helped more of us Cherokee owners over here in the US 🇺🇸 more than you know man keep the videos going.... we appreciate it.
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Another fine job my friend! I take it that your air compressor held up to the job. What size is it? Your jeep is awesome, great work!
Its a 50l one, oil lubricated at 3hp. Seemed to never drop in pressure. Thanks again!
Thanks for that Mike some really handy information there especially regarding the primer. We bought the 110 I said about a coupe weeks ago and have invested heavily in Dinitrol products for the under body and cavities after your recommendation. We're going to Raptor the whole body but it'll be two tone grey and black. Do you find you get much overspray with the raptor? I must say I'm really enjoying this channel, I do miss the bushcraft channel as the content was top quality but having known you personally what I like here is that your personality and sense of humour comes out a bit more.
You do get overspraybut not like the dusting you get off of finer paints. It's more like a shotgun. Large blobs can fly A long way and stick to things. It's hard to get off. Ah nice, Dinitrol is an excellent product and it actually works.
Sounds like the 110 is getting some decent protection 👌
I image many miss the old bushcraft videos. I still camp and forage as a lifestyle but I just don't wish to film it anymore. I would rather do it for me you know, the peace and quiet and not worrying about placing a camera around. The workshop videos are much easier to produce. Thanks again mate
Great video mate looking forward to the video about the rear windows as Iv been very tempted after seeing yours could you send the links where you got the water tanks and mounts from please ?
Mike thanks for taking the time and effort to film all this stuff. These projects already take a lot of time and i can imagine that filming it will increase it significantly.
Do you ever regret welding the front panel to your frame slider? Because you dont have the option to take it off the jeep. I have to decide for myself if i want to do that at the moment.
Thanks for watching Sil, hopefully it can help someone out there. It was a time consuming project without filming, but I enjoy making the videos so its not too bad once in a while.
I think for looks it gives a clean look but if the panel needs changing then it means cutting, welding and painting. It sounds bad but in reality look at the tube fender. A new panel would need cutting to accommodate the fender, it would then need painting again and so on. The way I see it is work needs doing either way so I would rather it looked nice.
@@WorkshoptoWilderness it does give a very clean look. I have to take that into consideration! Thanks again.
looking great there Mike, where did you get your hood vents & snorkel from, keep it up
Que genial acabado, alguien me podría decir que clase de pintura es la que utiliza?
Definitely trim removal and replace video please bud.
Hi Mike! I"m so happy to have found your channel. I actually just bought a 97 XJ and I can't wait to start working on it. That said I'm a beginner, so your videos have been really inspiring. I have a question though regarding Raptor Liner. The jeep came with a RoofNest rooftop tent. Unfortunately the clear coat on top has mostly flaked off. Do you think it would be possible to use the Raptor Liner on the plastic top. I am planning to sand it first, and then was thinking to spray the entire hard roof top with the Raptor liner. Do you think that is a good plan?
Opps! I wrote my comment before finishing the video. It looks like indeed I can use the RL on plastic.
I used por15 years ago and liked it. Do you have any opinion on steel-it?
I've not used steel it or POR but both come highly regarded by many so I assume steel it is very good
Where can I find your own engine hood grilles?
I picked mine up off of eBay bu to have looked for them again to send you a link and they no longer exist.
@@WorkshoptoWilderness I searched for it all over eBay but nothing 😢
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jeep-XJ-Cherokee-Hood-Louver-Aluminum-Bolt-On-Panels-Kit-RodLouvers-Cooling-USA-/281394848183?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0 - it's your lucky day, I just found them
@@WorkshoptoWilderness Fantastic!!! you were great. thank you so much 😍
after you are done with the jeep, get your butt out there and lets get some camping going on,,,,,i miss the old days. i bet you are chafing at the bit to get out there again. i miss your shot gun and leather bushcraft accesories, do you still sell those cool leather accouterments ????
I'm fairly fortunate that I still camp alone and with family regardless of the jeeps completion. You may miss the old days but I'm quite enjoying the new days. I still sell leatherwork but by email requests only so the webshop is more just a catalog if you know what I mean. I get quite a lot of orders for tooled belts. Thanks for watching
Mate where did u get them bonnet vent louvres from
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@@WorkshoptoWilderness that’s very kind of you mate btw u have an awesome channel and video content what do u do in Sweden btw I’m from Boring Lancashire England
Ah no worries, its a decent hood vent. Pretty sure they come painted. Thanks for watching and glad you like it, keeps me busy in this quite place.
I work as a sole trader but doing lost of different jobs. I work as a mechanic from time to time, also for the local school and some other business doing editing and filming projects and stuff. I do some graphics work for a local business on Mondays. Finding work here is hard so I do what I can to keep things moving. My wife works in the school. Its been fucking hard moving here to be honest, I mean it was our choice obviously but its taken a good four years to get our heads above the water.
Lancashire is a beautiful place! I'm from South Gloucestershire originally.