Bumper paint not matching after respray
 

Hello,

Had my front bumper resprayed & pearl white color is not matching, .... Is a shade or two whiter..... bodyshop says he is using the same color code.

Anybody had experience respraying the bumper and getting a match ? I don't want to mess with the factory paint o the hood/fenders...

its very hard to paint out cars with the factory paint,

hell it comes from the factory in different shades

you really need to go to a proper body shop that knows how to color blend pearls

my rear quarter panel suffered some damage last year, had it painted and it matched perfectly in my eyes


yes the guy is probably using the correct paint code, he just doesn't know how to work with pearl correctly

The problem is I don't wish to touch the factory paint on the fenders and hood, and this what many are asking needs to be done. I am currently asking for shops that have experience matching peal paints.... We'll see ...

Pic below.. I do not deem this as acceptable..

http://imageshack.com/a/img537/7533/ENL7tB.jpg

yea its a different shade


hell, my car from the factory looks to be a different color white in different lighting

The bumper is plastic and the rest is metal, the color will never be the same if you use the same paint code on 2 different materials. Best go find your self a really good bodyshop that can do it by eye.

yes and no,

my rear bumper/rear quater was painted at the same time... they look the same

I am not looking for a 100% color match, it wasnt even like that from factory however needs to be at least near the factory paint & not that noticable....

Hopefully will find a decent sprayer around ..... We'll see

What year is your 86? They changed the paint code in MY2015 to K1X. Did your paint guy use the correct white?

You need to understand that the paint will NEVER match. It's not just about "matching" the color or it being plastic vs. metal; there's a list of additional factors that can affect the overall finish, including the environmental conditions in which the paint was applied, the weather/lighting conditions when they tried to match your paint (you can't just take the color code and expect it to match), how old your paint is, the actual paint materials, the equipment used, the clear used, the nozzle speed, the direction and rate in which the painter is laying down the paint, etc. The same painter using the same mix of paint who paints on two different days can yield different results.


The only way to make your paint "match" is to allow them to blend it into the adjacent panels. No, this does not mean the paint actually matches but is just an illusion to trick your eye into thinking it matches. Also, different people have different sensitivities to color changes, so what you may perceive as a big different in color shade may look like a great match in someone else's eyes.


At the end of the day, if you're not happy, you can take it back and have them do it again. But just be warned that just because you have them redo it does not mean itll be better; theres always the risk it can be worse due to the attributes ive listed above.

Paint matching pearl white isnt "hard" for an experienced paint guy, it just takes a little playing around with test cards and a sun gun. Unfortunately most body repair shops that deal in mostly collision repair follow the philosophy of follow the directions for the paint code, in and out as quick as possible.

My first FR-S was a whiteout. Had some damage on the passenger side door jam that was causing some severe chipping and rusting, that little spot ended up in me needing to get basically the entire right side of the car painted/re-cleared.

The shop I wen't to the first time around followed the paint code for whiteout to a T. My car looked more like BMW's alpine white with a pearl in it rather than a warm pearl white.

I was totally unsatisfied, the opted to re-do it again. I knew one of the guys at the shop (not a painter) who told me this time around they did about 8 different test cards in different lightnings until it was perfect. It took an extra hour of their time to spray the cards and get various opinions from the other body guys as to how it matched.

Pearls are not "hard" or some impossible thing like they get maid out to be. They just require the person spraying your car to give a shit enough to test and get as close as he can on a spray card before laying down paint on your car.

Also as stated before me, in a lot of cases not with just pearls; sometimes color just won't ever 100% match. When paint is laid one way by a machine or even another person, and is then re-sprayed and blended into that existing paint. If the same type of paint was not used, if the pattern in which it was sprayed is different etc, it will all cause a slight shift from the original paint that was laid down...

Think of it like your carpet or the seat in your car whether its a cloth FRS or the alcantara from the BRZ limited/Monogram cars.. If you brush it one way, and then brush it the other.... the color did not change, however to your eye the way light catches the fibers it looks a different shade. Same thing like when you cut your grass.

I put a lot of time and a lot of test cards/panels into matching whiteout/satin white pearl. I finally got it to the point where i can shoot bumpers/accessories and not worry about the match or blending and have a closer match than the factory delivered. I do a good bit of these cars so it was worth it for me to spend the time to get it down. for our normal collision work, i request to blend just about every pearl white job, unless someone wants to pay me 8 hours of labor to get what can only be maybe a 90% match, because like stated, nothing will ever match 100%

Well, from your picture, it looks just fine to me.

The paint will darken a bit with age ...... just like the dark blotches on the back of my hands ......:popcorn:


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