Parts Jeep Trail Build

There were some questions on what a paint job costs, so I gathered up most of the receipts for the paint related expenses in 2022 for the jeep project and it’s a bit of an eye opener. The material bill totals right at $1800! This is just for products used so far to get the jeep’s body ready for paint plus the materials for refinishing. So we’re talking about sandpaper, primers & sealers and their respective activators & reducers. I didn’t add in the cost of the new spray gun as that’s a tool even though it helped out on this project. Some of the products didn’t get used up completely on the jeep, so they can be used on other future painting efforts, but I tried to keep the inventory down and buy just what was needed and I’m pretty frugal.

Some materials were purchased last year that were not part of this tally, and they would have been fillers, sandpapers and likely some epoxy primer & activator. So, probably not a huge cash outlay but still contributions to the bill. Let’s call last year’s expenditures at least $200, so the total materials bill is around $2K to rehab an old jeep. Now about my labor…

The frame got wire wheeled and brush painted; it was nice to not have to spend a fortune on paint for a change. With the body back on, the shop got a little larger.

I’m going to re-paint the hardtop so all the parts will match and to fix some errors that got past me last time.