DIY painting my doors, opinions needed. Options

[brianforster]

ok guys, i have black doors due to getting power windows from marks car and realizing its a huge pita to transfer them to my doors, i planned on getting the whole car painted this summer but funds are limited.

i want to paint the doors red myself, i figure that even if the shade doesnt match, it will look better than black, cause they stand out like a sore thumb..

does anyone have any ideas for a good rattle can that would make this look ok?

the other opinion i need is that do you guys think it would look worse with rattle canned red doors or real painted black doors..

i still plan on getting it painted just other things come first, and i really dont wanna bring the car up to school with a 3sgte engine and black doors

[95CelicaST]

Wrap them in CF.

[Jen]

Wrap them in CF.

That's not really answering the question.

& bump a bit.

This was posted a few months back. http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showfl...=0&fpart=1&vc=1

Maybe you could do that?

[axelrduvirage]

check with your local automotive paint dealer. they may be able to prepare you a couple of spray bombs or shutz cans that are a perfect match.

[presure2]

brian, my local automotive paint place can make custom cans of paint.
basicly you go in and give them the paint code, and they can make you a rattle can of the color.
IIRC they run about 23$

[brianforster]

how many cans do you think it would take to do my doors?

[playr158]

3 cans should cover it fine...

http://www.paintscratch.com/
i think thats the place we got tina's paint for her rear bumper when i painted it they sell cans just give them the code

[brianforster]

sweet. nice link.

should i sand first? basically i just want something to hold me over untill i can get a full paint job, and funds are kind of tight atm.

[lagos]

wetsand, primer, paint, clear coat, wet sand again, and buff.

[brianforster]

lol then my doors would look better than my car!

anyways i need a bit of help guys, my doors are marks doors his car was red too stock but i dont know if it was same as mine, is there any way to find the paint code other than on teh door? because i threw my old doors out

[playr158]

3L2 is toyota red....search for "paint codes"

sand it with some 220grit then 400 then 800 then 1000 go ahead and primer, paint and clear

[brianforster]

theres 3 shades of red though, how do i know which one mine is, i wanna be sure..

[pxcr440]

for a basic repaint no dent repairs , sand with 320 grit with a da sander , then seal , base , clear , wetsand if needed , and buff , , thats the way i was trained for 2 years in collision repair at college and its quiker then sanding to 1000 grit and with anything over 500 wetsanding you are really risking adhesion problems , thats my 2 cents