I think if you want a perfect job it’s worth the money to pay a shop. I paid $350 for my doors and when all was said and done I believe I spent about $700 to do the job right. I recouped $150 of that back selling the uppers I’ll never use. Not sure a shop could get them done that cheap. I screwed mine up sanding the clear in a few spots, but they are just trail/summer doors
I was talking more the patience you need, most people cant wait and just want to rattle that first can ASAP. Been there done that! Its like moving house you see the cost decide to do it yourself then wish you paid the removal experts to do it.
Lol amen, yes it takes a stupid amount of patience. I did have a few dust particles land on mine, I was fortunate. At many times I wish I would have paid someone else!!
Novice to novice, you need to remove hardware and wet sand with different grades on all parts, clean and repeat clean and repeat, Tac cloth mask up hang doors up to spray, if the surface isnt correct you will get patches if the weather isnt correct you get orange peeling if there is dust you get runs or painted dust partials that seem huge even though you cant see them in the air if you spray too close you get runs, if you use too much of the can you get splatters then you have to do the same for the clear coat Its a nightmare! plus you are doing a colour change which is harder. You need patience
As a body shop guy I understand what you are saying but if a novice does this they are going to look like shit, I can almost guarantee it. You won't be able to get rid of the sanding marks and if the doors are an oem color there is a decent chance there won't be issues underneath the paint. My vote is scuff, prep and prime/paint
Thank you! We'll call it good for phone picture from certain angles. I test fitted them today and depending how the lighting is it is a barely dark from a color standpoint but I am pretty pumped on the colr match. I have some stock mirrors ill drill and mount and put on my thread and few more, fwiw once everything is done.
I wish I would have done some sanding during the paint process in my few spots. Same with the clear coat, but I’m with you. I learned a lot and am not afraid to paint some areas in the future! I think they look very solid on there!!Thank you! We'll call it good for phone picture from certain angles. I test fitted them today and depending how the lighting is it is a barely dark from a color standpoint but I am pretty pumped on the colr match. I have some stock mirrors ill drill and mount and put on my thread and few more, fwiw once everything is done.
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To add something that might help others out instead of just pics here is my process as a mediocre satin black undercarriage painter. I know op is repainting his and mine were bare aluminumbut...
For mine -
Cleaned with Eastwood PRE (great to have on hand)
Sanded with 320 , I knew I would never get the deeper bending and machining grooves and scores out. That is beyond my skills or what I intended to do.
Cleaned with PRE (never touched with bare hands again, new gloves only)
Several coats of Eastwood 2k epoxy primer.
Light wet sand with 320
Water wash, clean towel dry, tack cloth
Automotive Touchup sandable primer 2-3 light coats to help bury some machining grooves.
Sand with 400 wet, wash with water
Sand with 600 wet. Wash with water
Tack cloth
Automotive Touch-up base coat - @ 4 light coats
Wet sanded a few splatters with 1000 sponge
Water wash, clean towel, tack cloth
Automotive touch up clear coat 4-5 light coats
Wet sand lightly with 1500 to help on few clearcoat splatters and orange peel texture. This helped a lot.
Hit it with DA with chemical Brothers v32 then v34.
Most of this i pieced together from a number of different places some from members here @DuncLJ, @Alex01, and others. Eastwood info, a couple autobody type forums. Those who know more on the subject are free to critique and please do. Just don't give me too much shit because I went in fairly blind to the process. Which it was that, but I learned a lot. I wrote this long-winded ramble because I would have loved to find something on here with all you guys that gave me an outline.
My effort turned out decent but if I followed this again I think I could make it above average for a rattle can!
Sorry I'll shut up and go have have another drink.
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I was very scared to touch it at that point but got up the nerve and figured if I screwed it up royally I'd immediately go hit some scrub oaks!
Thank you! We'll call it good for phone picture from certain angles. I test fitted them today and depending how the lighting is it is a barely dark from a color standpoint but I am pretty pumped on the colr match. I have some stock mirrors ill drill and mount and put on my thread and few more, fwiw once everything is done.
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To add something that might help others out instead of just pics here is my process as a mediocre satin black undercarriage painter. I know op is repainting his and mine were bare aluminumbut...
For mine -
Cleaned with Eastwood PRE (great to have on hand)
Sanded with 320 , I knew I would never get the deeper bending and machining grooves and scores out. That is beyond my skills or what I intended to do.
Cleaned with PRE (never touched with bare hands again, new gloves only)
Several coats of Eastwood 2k epoxy primer.
Light wet sand with 320
Water wash, clean towel dry, tack cloth
Automotive Touchup sandable primer 2-3 light coats to help bury some machining grooves.
Sand with 400 wet, wash with water
Sand with 600 wet. Wash with water
Tack cloth
Automotive Touch-up base coat - @ 4 light coats
Wet sanded a few splatters with 1000 sponge
Water wash, clean towel, tack cloth
Automotive touch up clear coat 4-5 light coats
Wet sand lightly with 1500 to help on few clearcoat splatters and orange peel texture. This helped a lot.
Hit it with DA with chemical Brothers v32 then v34.
Most of this i pieced together from a number of different places some from members here @DuncLJ, @Alex01, and others. Eastwood info, a couple autobody type forums. Those who know more on the subject are free to critique and please do. Just don't give me too much shit because I went in fairly blind to the process. Which it was that, but I learned a lot. I wrote this long-winded ramble because I would have loved to find something on here with all you guys that gave me an outline.
My effort turned out decent but if I followed this again I think I could make it above average for a rattle can!
Sorry I'll shut up and go have have another drink.
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I mounted my stock mirrors to my JCR doors this week. The mirrors have a bit of a recess for the hinge bolts but I found the recess was not deep enough for the button head bolts that came with the doors. I ground down the heads of the bolts a bit and the mirrors fit perfectly flush with the door.
