body shop can't match the paint...
08-28-2004, 01:34 PM
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body shop can't match the paint...
Well, while getting my bumper replaced, the body shop is unable to match the paint. They painted the new bumper 5 times and never got close. They are talking to the insurance company on monday, I am sure they will have to repaint the car. Since they were unable to properly duplicate my Avaitor Grey, I doubt I will keep the color. Now it has a blue color to it when in the light, but they weren't able to match it. I doubt I would like it as much if it were a flatter grey. Maybe I'll go with a white or nimbus grey.
08-28-2004, 01:48 PM
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yes he does, when i had my civic it was silver. One body shop made my front lip look kinda brownish
in the sun, i wanst to happy about that but also figured matching paint colors was hard,then i got backed into, replaced my fender cause of it. I went to another place, that had to paint the fender, hood, bumper and door to blend it and i never saw the differnce in colors. So yes a good body shop can match paint, an OK one will come close
08-28-2004, 03:16 PM
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well, the car has been painted before...
It still looks very close to the other aviator grey TTs I've seen. The paint code was written onsome service records and stuff that I got from the previous owner and it matches the factory paint code. I'm not sure why they can't get it to match but I saw the bumper and all the test panels they did, none were quite right. The last color they tried matched almost perfectly when the did a test on my original bumper, but when they sprayed it on the new one it came out with a green tint to it. They used multistage paint and had the paint shop check everything out. They tried the electronic lens that reads the color, but those never work. I don't really know what I can do. The body shop is a decent size shop that is part of another dealership. I went through them because through my insurance they would guarantee the match and the part for life. I'm not sure what else I can do, but if they don't get their **** together by monday, I'm going to have to bust somebody's *****.
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08-28-2004, 07:16 PM
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repainting the whole car is nuts. i would get them to request a paint rep to assist
the most spraying on the rest of the car they should do is blending of the adjoining panels. and i even hate that as it gives rise to the opportunity of a crap buff job.
a tip for when you get it back --> wash the car down in dawn to get rid of the high gloss wax they will most likely apply (since wax will simply hide a bad buff job), then look for swirls in direct sunlight... take back if not happy.
a tip for when you get it back --> wash the car down in dawn to get rid of the high gloss wax they will most likely apply (since wax will simply hide a bad buff job), then look for swirls in direct sunlight... take back if not happy.