How much do you think it would cost to paint a black Cherokee steel blue, the factory gunmetal pearlcoat? No rust just a couple small dings..

 

That would vary greatly depending on your area and local body shops around. You'd just have to get a quote. The color is available to paint shops, color code PQ7.

I'm lucky enough that my XJ is already gunmetal pearl

 

So's mine.

That gunmetal pearl w/clearcoat is expensive.

 

I thought of getting my header panel redone because it has a bit of cracking/chips in it, and also a little rust spot by my drivers door...not sure touch-up paint would be good enough. Ever use any, CCKen?

 

I am an automotive painter.

Depends on:
The quality of finish you want
If you want the jambs done
The amount of body work needed

Can be from a Maaco job $800 to a nice restoration quality from 3-5000

 

DO NOT cover up rust. Sure it's temporary but it sure as hell ain't going to last.

Cut out ALL the rust and weld in replacement metal. Grind down the welds, bondo it, sand it, and you're done. Just need to find someone to paint it.

Sure it's more of a pain, but it's the only way to fix rust.

 

I'll be doing that soon...my door jambs are pretty rusty, hole in my rocker panel, ughh...but I'll just be cutting out what I can and bondoing the rest for now and POR15'ing everything. Some day I might weld in rock sliders to replace the rockers, we'll see.

 

Here's the oufit I've been buying paint for my XJ from. I buy it by the 12 oz. spray can. I also buy their clearcoat.

http://www.automotivetouchup.com/

Pretty expensive but it was a perfect match. One thing though; you have to mask off an entire panel to be painted. I didn't have much luck trying to blend it in. So, if you have some rust on the bottom of the door, address the rust, the mask off the upper half of the door from the lower surface of the side trim on up. Same elsewhere on the Heep.

The clearcoat shines up pretty good after using 2000 grit wet then use real fine rubbing compound.