Paint color question
05-02-2014, 04:57 PM
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Paint color question
I have a new off the truck 2014 JKU. It had 8 miles on it. While underneath it I noticed it was more of a military green color, but didn't think anything of it. My Jeep is Anvil.
While pulling off the padding on the roll bars to install a soft top, they are all also the same military green color. What is up with this. They don't match the body color.
While pulling off the padding on the roll bars to install a soft top, they are all also the same military green color. What is up with this. They don't match the body color.
05-02-2014, 05:29 PM
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I didn't know they did underbody colors different but lots of people pull up their carpets and they have different colors. I took my roll bar padding off to wash it and I have white, gray, and black. My jeep is white.
05-04-2014, 05:34 AM
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New vehicles aren't "primed" though the term is more a technicality. All primers must be sanded before paint.
The green color you see is the factory E-coat. This is the process where the entire body is dipped in an electrically charged bath, coating it with a very durable, corrosion resistant layer. It doesn't require any sanding to top coat.
From there the vehicles are "sealed" (which is like thin primer that you don't have to sand) with a greyscale (sometimes brown, blue or red also) that will be near the final color. This facilitates using as little color as possible to achieve coverage.
Now onto your observation. Not painting invisible or less visible areas of vehicles is becoming more and more common. For example, the newest Subaru Impreza and Ford Fusion, they don't even bother to paint the fender jams. They just apply the color with the panels shut, and whatever overspray gets in, is all the paint the internal panels get. I recently did a collision repair on a silver Honda Pilot and they didn't even paint the very visible door jams. They were just sealer gray, a tiny bit of silver overspray with full clear coat. I've been having to become more observant and creative in my work, as gone are they days of just painting the inside like the outside.
The green color you see is the factory E-coat. This is the process where the entire body is dipped in an electrically charged bath, coating it with a very durable, corrosion resistant layer. It doesn't require any sanding to top coat.
From there the vehicles are "sealed" (which is like thin primer that you don't have to sand) with a greyscale (sometimes brown, blue or red also) that will be near the final color. This facilitates using as little color as possible to achieve coverage.
Now onto your observation. Not painting invisible or less visible areas of vehicles is becoming more and more common. For example, the newest Subaru Impreza and Ford Fusion, they don't even bother to paint the fender jams. They just apply the color with the panels shut, and whatever overspray gets in, is all the paint the internal panels get. I recently did a collision repair on a silver Honda Pilot and they didn't even paint the very visible door jams. They were just sealer gray, a tiny bit of silver overspray with full clear coat. I've been having to become more observant and creative in my work, as gone are they days of just painting the inside like the outside.