great right up dude, definitely going to try this.
pocketrocket also posted this somewhere thought it might help:
Look up your colour code on the inside of your passenger side door which was where mine was located, go down to your nearest automotive shop ie. autobarn or autoone or something similar and have a look at the book which the paint company provides showing the colour code, year, make and the paint code for the can to match your car.
Your door strip protectors can be removed from the inside of the car by removing the door trims and the back trims and the inside of the guards if your have any strips located on the front fenders and same with the back bumper. The strips in my case were attached on with hooks which were removed by using long nose needle nose pliers and pinching the anchor together and gently pulling the anchor out one by one.
Once done, prep the strips by sanding it with a 600 grit sandpaper to remove the clearcoating or any bumps, then light wet sand it with say 2000 or 1500 to remove any swirl marks and to make it smoother. When i wetsand i do it with water and some added detergent to make it abit smoother when sanding, what i also did was spray degresser on the thing and sanded it down, as it was soapy and did the same thing, although i used an automotive degresser not a general one that you buy in aerosol cans.
Once done degrease it all and clean it and let it dry. Spray some primer on it, best way ive found to apply paint in a can is to spray one light coat first to cover the area, wait a few minutes in between and then spray a thick coat as the first coat would make the contact abit tacky and wont give you runny paint from overspraying much. Wait for that to dry, then spray on a light coat of your colour, wait to dry for a few minutes, then spray a thicker coat until it turns out glossy but dont over do it as the paint could drip and ruin it all.
Repeat it if your want, then apply a clearcoat in the same way, light first then thick coat and wait till that drys and your done. Polish it up the next day as its recommended on the cans to leave it to dry for 24 hours to handened properly otherwise you will leave fingerprint marks and blemishes on the paint. And thats about it. Mine turned out like the body paint and i'm pleased with the results.
But like others have said in here, if its too hard for you better let a professional take on the job, white was pretty hard for me to match but on a black car shouldnt be a problem, although other colours such as red and so fourth might be abit hard to match, so if your after that perfect paint matching, do it professionally and in the end your car will look a million times better.
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