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What have you done to your HMMWV today/lately

juanprado

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If the the ball /socket stud can turn by hand, it is worn out of tolerance and has too much play. Potholes can beat them up or added wear from control arm bushings or ball joints out of spec.
 
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Guys, for those that recently painted air lift bumpers, Rhino spare tire carrier or even the rims, what locally available rattle can flat black paint have you used?
Need to do some clean up and paint and don't want to have to set up the whole spray paint gun setup.
 
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Mario said:
Guys, for those that recently painted air lift bumpers, Rhino spare tire carrier or even the rims, what locally available rattle can flat black paint have you used?
Need to do some clean up and paint and don't want to have to set up the whole spray paint gun setup.
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The Rustoleum "camouflage" paint (black) is a good matte black. It was a pretty close match on my truck, though it's hard to tell how much of the visible "paint" was actually done by the military. Also, the green isn't wildly off for items you need to paint OD, though I wouldn't try to blend it with what's on the truck, since definitely not an exact match.
 
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riderdan said:
The Rustoleum "camouflage" paint (black) is a good matte black. It was a pretty close match on my truck, though it's hard to tell how much of the visible "paint" was actually done by the military. Also, the green isn't wildly off for items you need to paint OD, though I wouldn't try to blend it with what's on the truck, since definitely not an exact match.
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I agree, my '85 was CARC painted in '95 so it is faded enough where it is almost impossible to match with the paints out there in rattle cans except for the flat black. I agree with Infidel got me, all the flat blacks I have tried seem to match.
 
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My airlift hood seal gaskets came in on Friday. That was my 5 minute project today to slap those on. I also started taking measurements to build my own center console. It's gonna be awesome.
 
juanprado

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Wal mart sells a flat black with rust control in their house brand. Has been working for me for years and almost half the price of other folks.
Matches exactly and zero issues with no fade.
 
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Yes, most of the flat black paints seem about the same at application, but the black Rustoleum will fade to silver. I have seen this personally on my M1008 and had a friend tell me his civy Blazer that he camo painted had the black turn silver using the Rustoleum camo flat black. This was a subject he brought up while asking how the military flat black holds up and he hadn't seen my Rustoleum spots that turned silver.
 
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juanprado said:
Wal mart sells a flat black with rust control in their house brand. Has been working for me for years and almost half the price of other folks.
Matches exactly and zero issues with no fade.
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Same here. Been using the WalMart stuff and seems to be a good match, especially with older weathered paint like on my HMWWV
 
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