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    HMMWV Doors/ Tops

    Your paint jobs always look phenomenal! What size CFM/HP/GAL/PSI compressor do you use on the HVLP gun? (I know it’s your experience and not the compressor :)
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    HMMWV Doors/ Tops

    I saw those door’s before painting and the surface is a little grainy, not exactly flat, like the OEM X-doors. Did you have to do any surface preping to smooth it out or left it like it was delivered? How does it look closer?
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    HMMWV Doors/ Tops

    From what I learned, the X-doors are still being made, not by AMG indeed. There are large orders in place with very long lead times (over 9 months)
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    HMMWV Doors/ Tops

    My bad, I only look for three models, 1151A1, 1165A1 and 1167, didn’t pay attention to other ones. Good point!
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    HMMWV Doors/ Tops

    Most of the trucks you see being sold without doors had armored doors, which are totally different than X-doors. The armored doors are about 3” thick, with different door closing mechanisms, much larger hinges (an armored door weighs around 150-200lbs or maybe even more from what I could tell...
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    HMMWV Doors/ Tops

    For sure need to wear a mask and my understanding is that the newer Water Based CARC has about the same toxicity as regular paint? I used the 2K CARC Spray Cans from Sherwin Williams. It also comes in gallon size, it’s about $275 + $65 for the component B (CARC is a 2 part mix), IIRC the ratio...
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