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Paint nightmare!!! Please help
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Racer
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Paint nightmare!!! Please help
A little history first i hit a deer and went offroading with my car and it cracked both front fender both rocker panels and damaged the rear bumper and deck lid.I was very upset but decided to turn bad to good by going wide body up front. I allready had a z06 front bumper and the rear quaters. My insurance recomended a local shop since i just moved here i went with their choice even though its a dodge paint and body shop. They did an outstanding job with the body work the fender look perfect. But when i took a closer look at the car the paint did not match. I did not understand because 6 months ago i put the rear z06 fenders on and they mached perfect they were also painted by a GM dealer. I asked the painter why what they painted did not mach and his response along with the manager was that GM does not put enough paint on these cars and the spots that were factory painted were transparent so thats why it did not match
.I asked them if they were serious and they got upset! I said their is no way i am excepting this car in this condition. My car is 2005 with les than 20K on it and has spent 99% of its life in a garage. my insurance is going to inspect it tomorrow but i am worried they will side with the bodyshop. What should i do any help would be great
.I asked them if they were serious and they got upset! I said their is no way i am excepting this car in this condition. My car is 2005 with les than 20K on it and has spent 99% of its life in a garage. my insurance is going to inspect it tomorrow but i am worried they will side with the bodyshop. What should i do any help would be great
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Each color has to be added by weight and then mixed, and an ounce too much or little can skew the color. Sometimes even putting Dupont mixes next to PPG mixes will look slightly different depending on the lighting, even though the tech's computer mix was on target. When my shop mixes any color, the mix is tested on different spots around the car and under different types of lighting and tweaked until perfect. Often you must blend and feather the surrounding areas for the eye not to perceive any slight tonality differences.
In any event, they really need to make it right. Have them examine it under direct sunlight, shade and fluorescent light. If there is any color shift, one of those conditions will enhance it. If you need a good painter in Texas, give Gerardo from DSVettes a call. Whoever does all his work is amazing.
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That's true, what craigster wrote about DSVette's painter. Also, you've got Corvette clubs in your area such as Cowtown Vettes in Ft. Worth. Call up the prez and ask them who the members use for outstanding paint jobs. Or check out NCRS, find the local club and ask them.
Don't take it sitting down or it'll look like awful in the sunlight.
Don't take it sitting down or it'll look like awful in the sunlight.
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Actually black is one of the hardest colors to match. Because what you think is black is not black, it is a mixture of many different colors in a very subtle way. Having said that it is of course possible to match any color.
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OK i got an update
I went to the shop today with an adjuster he seen what i was talking about and told me he thought the best thing to do is just paint the whole car. So he wrote the body shop a check to do the whole car. I wanted to take it to a GM shop but he said if i did and the parts that GM painted didnt mach the parts from Dodge then i would just be stuck with it because they paid for the whole car to be painted. So i said fine let them do it but once again if i am not satisfied with the work i will reject it again
So i said fine let them do it but once again if i am not satisfied with the work i will reject it again
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For what its worth my car's body panels don't match 100% perfectly, and this is from the factory: under the right light you can tell that the hood is lighter than the fenders and the bumpers, and both rear fenders are slightly lighter too...
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One reason these cars have paint match issues is because the body parts are made from different materials. The fenders are made from a hard fiberglass while the front and rear bumpers are made of a material a kin to rubber. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
The paint on y hood has always appeared to be a bit on the thin side. Under certain lighting conditions it becomes very obvious.
The paint on y hood has always appeared to be a bit on the thin side. Under certain lighting conditions it becomes very obvious.
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I was considering an aftermarket hood on my Velocity Yellow C6, but all the body shops said it needs to be blended with the bumper and fenders for an excellent match. I've seen aftermarket hoods, rear spoliers and wide body kits that are not even a close paint match.
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Post 10
Post 10 probably explains what happened. I had this same thing happen to my black GMC truck. They tried to tell me black is black VW, Chev, Toyata, GMC black is all the same. It took me a year fighting with Allstate and dealer to get it right. Finally they agreed to let me take to someone of my choosing.
The guy nailed it first time perfect! But I had a bunch of layers from the previous idiots!
So I would recommend you demand the paint match or you tell them you want to bring it somewhere else at their expense.
The guy nailed it first time perfect! But I had a bunch of layers from the previous idiots!
So I would recommend you demand the paint match or you tell them you want to bring it somewhere else at their expense.
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