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Old 06-01-2014, 03:05 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by stevesnj View Post
Go to a local body shop or get a recommendation on a good one. That needs to be fade blended and good painters will know how to do this. Get a few estimates and actually to ask to see a blended panel. Typically body shops are always blending panels. Touch up paint will not work since it needs a flex additive added to the paint. Otherwise it will just crack off in months
You can order paint by color code with the flex additive added to it. I can't remember where I ordered it before, but I ordered an aerosol can matched by paint code with the flex additive before. I did an entire bumper for my e36 that way. After clear coat it looked great.
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