08-29-2014, 05:35 AM | #1 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Canada
Posts: 17
| Body scratches
I just finished my first kit (Jeep Rubicon) and I'm pretty proud of my final product. Now, with only 2 runs and 2 roll over later, the body already show some scratches. I tried different methods (sanding, buffing, Dremel polishing wheel) and products (dental paste, lens refinishing kit) and nothing gives a satisfying result. Do you keep a body for show and another for trail? Does the scratches are part of the game? |
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08-29-2014, 05:44 AM | #2 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oslo, Norway
Posts: 203
| Re: Body scratches
Show?? What is that?? Deal with it, scratches are a part of the game.... |
08-29-2014, 08:58 AM | #3 |
Newbie Join Date: May 2014 Location: n/a
Posts: 23
| Re: Body scratches
Yeah, that's... gonna happen. If having an immaculate shell is important to you, it would probably be easier to just keep one that never leaves the house, because I can't imagine how much time it'd take to micro-mesh the scratches I get after a couple-of-hour long run.
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08-29-2014, 09:06 AM | #4 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2014 Location: Williston, ND
Posts: 109
| Re: Body scratches
Don't worry about scratches. You'll have 100's and 1000's in a week if you actually drive your rig.
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08-29-2014, 09:27 AM | #5 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Hillsboro
Posts: 70
| Re: Body scratches
Did you custom paint it or is it stock color.. My silver stock paint JK is scratched up but does not show too bad unless you look up close. I would imagine darker colors show scratches worse than lighter color.
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08-29-2014, 09:36 AM | #6 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tekin, ID
Posts: 1,940
| Re: Body scratches
Trail rash are badges of honor, wear em with pride!
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08-29-2014, 12:21 PM | #7 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bend
Posts: 1,577
| Re: Body scratches
^Agreed!
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08-29-2014, 03:07 PM | #8 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Victoira,BC
Posts: 229
| Re: Body scratches
they all turn into scratched up junk after awhile, it does hurt scratching the new body up though. but like others said they are badges of honor lol
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08-29-2014, 04:01 PM | #9 |
PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
Posts: 13,137
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08-29-2014, 06:37 PM | #10 |
Newbie Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Canada
Posts: 17
| Re: Body scratches
I like your truck, but I find that rock rashes fits better with the older bodies (like yours) than newer models like the Rubicon. On yours, it adds realism.
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08-29-2014, 06:43 PM | #11 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: pomona
Posts: 201
| Re: Body scratches
I prefer the two body method. One for show and one for go.
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08-29-2014, 08:37 PM | #12 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Esko
Posts: 640
| Re: Body scratches
A body without scratches? What's that? I haven't even driven my new G6 build yet and I've noticed a scratch or 2. It's inevitable.
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08-29-2014, 10:47 PM | #13 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Mission viejo
Posts: 214
| Re: Body scratches
Don't let your OCD get the best of you bud, I've been there. It's meant for having fun with and no need to get grey hairs over a couple of rollovers.
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08-29-2014, 11:44 PM | #14 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 3,099
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08-30-2014, 10:30 AM | #15 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: s. terra firma
Posts: 519
| Re: Body scratches
When you get your new rig done admire your newly finished crawler. Then take it out and have fun with it. Then you wil constantly want to improve its performance. If the scratches bother you you may want to build another rig just for show. Then it snowballs out of control.
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08-30-2014, 12:05 PM | #16 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Tracy
Posts: 192
| Re: Body scratches
I literally finish painting a body...go outside throw it on the ground a few times then off I go....no worries no regrets. Have fun....who cares what your body or rig looks like. Sent from a whiskey downer beer pounder's shop |
09-04-2014, 11:41 PM | #17 |
Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: San Diego
Posts: 260
| Re: Body scratches
I like earning my scratches. Reminds me of where I've been.
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09-05-2014, 12:08 AM | #18 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
Posts: 2,550
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09-05-2014, 12:38 AM | #19 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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| Re: Body scratches Last edited by TacoCrawler; 09-05-2014 at 12:46 AM. |
09-05-2014, 12:40 AM | #20 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
Posts: 2,550
| Re: Body scratches
LOL 666, the original front axle case on that Blue TJ bodied Wheely King was starting to grind through like that when I scored new axles with lockouts on one and MIP/RCP CVD's on the other.
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