Door Hinge Cover / Protection?

[Jeeperjamie]

So I have already started to see some paint chips on my door hinges from rocks and stuff getting thrown against them with the wider tires. I am in between bedlining them or putting door hinge covers on. I bedlined the ones on my JKU because I ended up chipping a huge chunk of paint off one hinge rushing to put my doors back on in a monsoon. It also helped keep them from getting any other paint chipped off them from my wider tires I had on it. Anybody put any hinge covers on yet and what kind of review you got. I can get them bedlined for under a $100 at a shop, they said around $75-$80 or I can get covers for around $30. The shop that did my JKU did a great job and they never faded or chipped and it was like that for about 5yrs.

Any suggestions or advice I'm all ears. Here's what my JKU looked like. It had scorpion liner done on them, I had the fenders done that way as well.

Stock fenders before I removed them for the steel fenders

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[Blade1668]

Have you thought about Plas a Dip ? I might do mine with it when I do the rims. If I can find it in Carmel color even better.

 

[Jeeperjamie]

Have you thought about Plas a Dip ? I might do mine with it when I do the rims. If I can find it in Carmel color even better.

I have but I'd like something a little more permanent and durable. I know I can go back and redo it pretty easily when it starts fading but it does have a tendency to show scratches, which I feel like would happen on the hinges. I may give it a shot though and see how it goes. I'll put it on the list thanks for the suggestion

 

[Blade1668]

I have but I'd like something a little more permanent and durable. I know I can go back and redo it pretty easily when it starts fading but it does have a tendency to show scratches, which I feel like would happen on the hinges. I may give it a shot though and see how it goes. I'll put it on the list thanks for the suggestion

I've got to point of trying to not make permanent changes that can't be undone easily if i change plans.

 

[Jeeperjamie]

I've got to point of trying to not make permanent changes that can't be undone easily if i change plans.

Another good point.

 

[CWGrisw0ld]

You could always wrap them in a clear protective film like lamin-x or xpel

 

[Jeeperjamie]

You could always wrap them in a clear protective film like lamin-x or xpel

Yeah, I thought about that to. I had my door sills done with that stuff on my JKU and it got pretty beat up quickly, I also got two nice chips on my passenger side door at the bottom that I need to try to hide. I probably should of did that stuff initially

 

[JT1]

Yeah, I thought about that to. I had my door sills done with that stuff on my JKU and it got pretty beat up quickly, I also got two nice chips on my passenger side door at the bottom that I need to try to hide. I probably should of did that stuff initially

how about paint protection film?

https://www.r3offroad.com/product-page/jeep-jl-door-hinge-protector-film

 

[Andrew05LJR]

^^^ I used their stuff on my old JL. Little pricey in my opinion. You could buy some 3m film on amazon and do it yourself for much less.

 

[Jeeperjamie]

how about paint protection film?

https://www.r3offroad.com/product-page/jeep-jl-door-hinge-protector-film

^^^ I used their stuff on my old JL. Little pricey in my opinion. You could buy some 3m film on amazon and do it yourself for much less.

I'm considering it. Still undecided but both are good suggestions. I need to buy some touch up paint before I did it though because one hinge on passenger side has a nice ding

 

[squarefoot]

I can't say that it will hold up over time, but I just put 3M film on mine as soon as I got home. I do remember having chips on my old JK and figured it is worth a try. Super cheap too $12.
https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Paint-...ilm+Roll+6-by-25-inches&qid=1607561477&sr=8-1

 

[Deadeye]

I can't say that it will hold up over time, but I just put 3M film on mine as soon as I got home. I do remember having chips on my old JK and figured it is worth a try. Super cheap too $12.
https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Paint-...ilm+Roll+6-by-25-inches&qid=1607561477&sr=8-1

It’s exactly what some of the online vendors sell, they just pre-cut them.

 

[Shackleton]

I noticed a chip in the paint on one of mine today. I’ll be watching this thread. I only have 4500 miles and never been offroad

 

[Jeeperjamie]

I just got a quote sent to me to bedline the hinges and they said $150 but they want to remove them. I had my JKU done for $80 5yrs ag0 and they did not remove the hinges. I don't want to have the hinges removed. If I remove the hinges I'll have them powder coated at my buddies shop for $60. I'm still looking and trying to decide. Honestly, if they made s decent looking cover for them I'd probably go that route.

 

[Andrew05LJR]

I just got a quote sent to me to bedline the hinges and they said $150 but they want to remove them. I had my JKU done for $80 5yrs ag0 and they did not remove the hinges. I don't want to have the hinges removed. If I remove the hinges I'll have them powder coated at my buddies shop for $60. I'm still looking and trying to decide. Honestly, if they made s decent looking cover for them I'd probably go that route.

Id buy some 3m film from amazon and have a go at that before doing something like bedliner.

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