Yeah now that I look a little closer it does look like it got knocked out.

 

 

Painstakingly removed hood paint and hand finished a brushed aluminum finish. Goal is to strip and finish whole vehicle. Very time consuming.

 

Are you putting a clear coat on it?

 

No clear coat. I stripped the fuel door as a test and it seems to weather very well. Makes sense considering it's the same aluminum used in boats. Worse case, I'll apply a corrosion inhibitor.

I didn't mention, but you can see, I've also stripped and rebuilt my wipers which are steel on the arm, and aluminum on the base. I've applied a corrosion inhibitor treatment to the steel part which has so far prevented any rust.

 

I want D90 brakes Damnit! One of these days. The hood is sweet! Isn't the roof steel though?

 

That hood looks pretty sweet. Can you get a pic from further away? I saw a Series that was bare aluminum once, looked pretty cool. Yes the roof is steel.

 

I added a Carolina blue Jerry Can .

 

Roof will either be painted as close to aluminum color as possible or coated with corrosion inhibitor. Either way it'll be covered by a roof rack.

 

I say black roof and black wheels.

Have you fitted the wheels on with those spacers yet? I have the same ones and the RRC solid nuts would bottom out on the studs before the wheels were tight. I had to zip about 1/4" off each stud on the adaptor.