What did you do to your XJ today? 1M Views

[Sobek]

Ahhh that reminds me of the good old days spending days or a week camping up near Rainbow Bay, back when you could sit on the beach for 3 days and maybe see 3 or 4 cars. Shame it's all a 4wd highway now for every tradie bloke and his new Ford Ranger to go screaming up and making a mess of it all How quiet was it there at Stradbroke?

I like that roof rack too btw. I haven't looked into roof racks for these Jeeps AT ALL, but I thought they might use the stock roof racks for attachment. How does that one work, it's clipped onto the side gutter trim molding or something?

[HamishW96]

Originally Posted by XJClassic

I've been buffing up the Patriot Blue paint as well, and it's starting to come up nicely. It hasn't had a polish for a while so using an orbital buffer and Menzerna polishes it is really helping it get its gleam back. I've noticed lot of orange peel in the factory paint with these things...

If you could post a pic, I'd be happy to see what your shade of patriot blue is. My 95 is patriot blue apparently but is a bit past it. My orange peel was horrid. I used 2000-3000 grit sandpaper to get rid of it, then cut it back with my DA and meguiars ultimate compound.

[Futal]

Originally Posted by Sobek

Ahhh that reminds me of the good old days spending days or a week camping up near Rainbow Bay, back when you could sit on the beach for 3 days and maybe see 3 or 4 cars. Shame it's all a 4wd highway now for every tradie bloke and his new Ford Ranger to go screaming up and making a mess of it all How quiet was it there at Stradbroke?



I like that roof rack too btw. I haven't looked into roof racks for these Jeeps AT ALL, but I thought they might use the stock roof racks for attachment. How does that one work, it's clipped onto the side gutter trim molding or something?

Haha yeah, I remember as a kid you’d be lucky to pass two or three rigs along main beach, but on some weekends it’s like a highway.

It’s a great rack solid as a rock and doesn’t make noise on the highway, however I’m going to be putting it up for sale, it’s not going to suit my next camping set up. I can give you a shout next time I’m up the sunny coast way if you’d like. [emoji4][emoji1303]


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[XJClassic]

Originally Posted by HamishW96

If you could post a pic, I'd be happy to see what your shade of patriot blue is. My 95 is patriot blue apparently but is a bit past it. My orange peel was horrid. I used 2000-3000 grit sandpaper to get rid of it, then cut it back with my DA and meguiars ultimate compound.

Here you go. I've played with shadow and exposure settings on this pic (it was pretty dark and didn't show much) and as a result you can really see the panels I've buffed. I did maybe 3x 400 Heavy Cut, 1x swirl remover and 1 x sealer with the orbital.

The colour changes a fair bit with light but dark blue pretty much describes it. Is that the same as the 1995 Patriot Blue?.

I wonder if it has ever been polished at all. The contrast is amazing, and I haven't really done a paint correction, more of a quick polish.

[darksidecustoms]

Hey XJ peeps, been a long time between posts on AJOR for me as I’ve had a challenging personal journey, and so has the XJ.

Most recently, just got it pink slipped at the end of the 3 month grace period last October and then the motor developed a loud knock 2 weeks later. It was parked up and between moving back to Sydney from the Blue Mountains and a big overseas trip only just trailered down a fortnight ago.

So last weekend, I pulled the motor down to find that the knock was from a demolished piston skirt on no 5... more to come.




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[jaffazoom]

ouch how many Klm's is that at???

[LuluBelle]

Originally Posted by jaffazoom

ouch how many Klm's is that at???

yes ouch btw like the led headlights
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