Tried searching, but can't seem to find the thread I was looking for..

I love the look of the black door hinges (I have a stone white Unlimited) - I know they sell a overlay bracket for the hinges, but they're expensive. How should I go about painting them myself? I'm assuming I should leave them on and tape off around them for overspray. I was thinking if I take them off, I'll either chip paint or I'll never get them to align like they did from the factory.

Any input and/or pictures would be very helpful.

 

Definitely don't leave them on. That takes way too much time to tape all that off. Take your doors off and take the hinges off. Alignment is not an issue and neither is chipping paint as long as you don't drop your door when you take it off haha. Sand them and spray them.

 

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...edlined+hinges

 

Your welcome. I just happened to have read that entire thread a couple of days ago.

 

I want to do this mod as well. Seems to me that if you tape the door and the tub exactly around the hinges before you take them off, then you should know exactly where the hinges are supposed to sit once you have completed the painting. Wouldn't that solve the alignment worries?

 

I also have the stone white and would like to do the door, hood, and windshield hinges black but just haven't gotten the nerve just yet.

 

That looks good!!