no liftgate and wrong color doors for winter setup

[TwistedCU]

Ok, so I wanted a hard top & hard doors. I decided they weren't worth the extra $$$, but saw a hardtop locally on eBay for $125. Bought it. Looked for 2 weeks and got a good deal on a set of doors, $550 but in pristine condition. I'm pretty pleased with my $675 hard top and doors, but I had two problems to address.
The first was the fact that the hardtop had no liftgate. That was easy, I made one out of plexiglass, the factory hinges, rubber seals, and a wood bottom that the tailgate holds in place. It's quiet, tight, and doesn't look too bad!
The second issue is that I have black doors on a white Jeep. Whitey kind of looks like an old squad car ! I've never done any painting on an automobile, but really want to do it myself. Any advice as to how to prep and paint my doors? how would I find a matching paint? I'm not looking for perfection here, just looking for the simplest way to get them looking halfway decent.

-TC

 

[Tug-n-pull]

Ratle Can for now! Better yet Rattle Can Camo for life! Really makes folks think twice prior to robbing you jeep. They kinda figure you are a radical crazy type to have a paint job like that to start with. Best security system I have found. Drive a camo Jeep and Bark at folks! hehehe tug

 

[firemanharry]

just a newb with a few questions

:lol: @ Tug.

 

[avyoung]

There will be a paint code on the sticker that has the vin and gvw. Take the code to a paint supplyer and they should be able to match it. Then spend the coupld bucks on a paint gun. You can get a cheep one at home depo for cheep or go to a pawn shop and get a better quality. If there is no rust or deep scratches. Lightly sand with pretty smooth sandpaper I usually use whatever I can find laying around (I don't want my jeep to look too good or I will be affraid to scratch it again.) then spray away. Make sure if you do it in a garadge you cover or move everything. The paint will leave a layer on everything, or do it outside and try to keep the dust down by wetting down the things around you so it won't go on the paint.

As far a the painting all I can do is tell you to practice and adjust the sprayer on something else before you paint the Jeep.

 

[TwistedCU]

by sand lightly, do you mean just rough the surface? At first I thought I would have to take them down to bare metal. If you're saying I just need to knock the smooth off the original paint, that's music to me ears!