color match?
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Westchester ohio
color match?
Just picked up my red 80 from paint shop . Had to get front bumper repsprayed .
Paint is orange compared to the rest of car.
Should i accept (thats as close as it gets) ?
Paint is orange compared to the rest of car.
Should i accept (thats as close as it gets) ?
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Columbia Missouri
NO! Don't accept it. Any local Oreilly can paint match within a few minor shades...let alone a whole different color.
All they need to do is sample something on the car, like a removable fuel door or something, and they should be able to get VERY close.
Racer
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 366
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From: deptford New Jersey
paint match
I have an 82 bumper on my 74. It looks sharp but i may wnat to go back to a fiberglass reproduction on the original 74 split bumper.
Its got a great paint job but no records of the paint code.
They can match the paint from one of my T tops?
Who can do that?
Thanks
Its got a great paint job but no records of the paint code.
They can match the paint from one of my T tops?
Who can do that?
Thanks
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 243
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From: Canton MI
Any paint shop should be able to match paint from another part of the car.
The issue here is the material of the bumper...its often hard for the paint shop because when they DO a color match, the color comes out different on the bumpers. I recently had my bumper repainted, as well (on my 73) and the paint shop had the same trouble. However, they remedied the problem by manually mixing a new batch of paint and compensating where needed.
If there was no charge for the paint job, I would assume that the paint shop you went to isn't up to the challenge of manually matching the paint color. That said, maybe its time to find another paint shop...
The issue here is the material of the bumper...its often hard for the paint shop because when they DO a color match, the color comes out different on the bumpers. I recently had my bumper repainted, as well (on my 73) and the paint shop had the same trouble. However, they remedied the problem by manually mixing a new batch of paint and compensating where needed.
If there was no charge for the paint job, I would assume that the paint shop you went to isn't up to the challenge of manually matching the paint color. That said, maybe its time to find another paint shop...
Racer
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 366
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From: deptford New Jersey
thanks for the info. I am going to stop by a well know shop in the area and see what they think. I was hoping to bring the new bumper and see if they can match the paint and install the new. Im just not sure if they would do it that way or if they would have to blend it in.
Former Vendor
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: walpole ma
If you bring your car to a reputable paint shop they should be able to match the paint very well. Even if your paint is older and faded, they can take a photograph of the paint with a special camera which in turn gives out a paint code. We just painted the front nose on a 2003 50th vette that belongs to one of our customers and the paint match was very very good. There is really no excuse for such a poor match. It doesnt matter if the cone is made out of different material or not.
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Joined: Aug 2000
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From: plymouth mass
I just had a new OEM bumper cover painted by a local shop. The Body shop sent me to the local PPG jobber who used the special camera to take a pic of a clean flat panel of the car. The jobber gave me the paint mix recipe for the body shop to use. The paint matched perfectly. The paint on my car is is 24 year old lacquer I might add.