They are painting the whole car now so it should match i just dont want to be able to tell that the car was ever painted

 

I did the widebody and chose an imcompetent shop the first time, buy when I got it repainted, we did the whole car too. We used chrysler metallic black instead though.

 

Thats because your car was totaled by a mechanic from GM that test drove it after an engine rebuild (his first) before you bought it and brought back to life by his cousin cooter in Alabama (Cooter's paint and dent shoppe) after they was done makin' some moonshine. He mixes his paint in an old milk container that they rinse out after they is done with da last car.

By the way they only had a 5.7 liter block so you have a LS1.

 

I understand how paint is mixed because I've been in the paint/body business for years. It is certainly possible that the shop messed up the formula. They may not have used test panels. They probably didn't check to see if his VIN called for an alternate and just used the standard formula assuming the black would be close enough. The excuse that GM doesn't put enough paint on the car is BS. The factory does use water-borne basecoats, which I'm pretty sure the body shop doesn't use, but this really shouldn't be the source of the color problem. Any number of scenarios are possible. However, I stand by my statement that black is one of the easiest hues to color match. Any competent painter should be able to either tint the formula, or have the good sense to blend into surrounding panels. While I am fully aware that many things could have caused this color mis-match, a competent shop should be able to match black without much difficulty. It is certainly easier than light metallics, tri-stage pearls, or tinted clear coats. I'm not saying these colors can't be matched, they just seem to be more challenging. I also find it hard to believe the shop didn't recognize the color problem. They were probably hoping the customer wouldn't see the problem and just accept the job. At least the adjuster is trying to be helpful. Hopefully evrything will work out in the end. It would be nice after all this hassle if the shop would color sand and buff the car out for him after they are through. If this is done properly his car will have a mirror finish with no orange peel and look far better than any out of the gun finish, including the factory job.

 

I'm with slvr76 on this one. Black is one of the easiest colors to match. That moronic excuse from the dealer is simply assanign. Regardless of their assumptions on how GM painted the car, the fact of the matter is that the paint they applied DOES NOT MATCH - period - end of story - repaint it.

p.s. Don't for get the door jambs and under hood.