BVegas

OK -- so long story short, messed up front bumper, removed it, had it stripped & resprayed -- bill about 600 bucks. Body shop did an EXCEPTIONAL job on the paint... but look at these pics. Crap. My wife is not bothered by it, but I am. What would you do?

Problem is, I just took them the bumper, they painted by color code and VIN. They didnt have the car to match (i know flame away but...)... So, if I want them to respray a darker shade, I'll prob have to pay unless they decide to be very cool. I figured car was new enough and in good shape enough to not be an issue, I've done this with my land rover fender flares and its always been spot on or very very close. Never been an issue before, last one I did was a green metallic 4 year old LR3 and it was FINE.

So -- take a look. Should I take it back to the bodyshop and pay to have resprayed?

zzz4

That's a major faux pas.

jetshine

It doesn't look like the same color at all... especially in picture #4. Whether it's the paint they used or the machine used to mix the paint, I can't say, but I definitely would not be happy.

When I sold my last car, the salesman put some kinda device up to the paint to see if it was the original paint. I don't need a machine to tell me that the bumper doesn't have the original coat of paint on it!

I wouldn't accept it.

rapyoke

the salesman was probably measuring paint thickness.

On the passenger side it doesn't look too bad, but the driver's side, yikes.

guinn10

that would drive me crazy

BigDYL

you might as well have them paint the entire lowers some different color... complete disaster. tell them to redo it.. it would drive me NUTS

mystrodo

Since Audi usually has original paint chip samples of the color..I'd start there. BTW, very little flaming happens in this forum.

BlueCat_A6_allroad

Yes, would bother me. This happened to me in the 80's. I was stuck with the car but hated it for a year before gladly unloading it.

Unfortunate circumstance.

mikegilbert

That's unacceptable paint work. When I had my S6 bumper painted, I left the car with them to colormatch. My painter said Oyster Grey was a difficult color to match.

KevinGary

It would drive me nuts.