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4/26/2021 12:17pm
Hey everyone, so a few weeks ago I got some door dings and scatter on the door, wheel panels and front bumper of my car repainted.
I had a potential buyer point out that the newly painted areas do not match.
I had the hood and roof panel repainted by a different shop due to crap falling on it from a tree in a storm. They match the rear section just fine.
But the passenger door, front wheel panels and bumper don’t match the rear section or hood.
Hard to see but you can see the newly painted areas area a slightly lighter shade.
The shop claims they matched the paint code.
Are they lying or is the batch off?
Could it be from a primer issue?
Could it be related to the clear coat, maybe not applied properly or while paint wasn’t cured?
Just pretty pissed because I paid $950 in deductibles for this, and already lost $10-$11k on a potential sale (I owe $8,500 on the car and it was appraised @ $20.5k with a car fax history value @ $18.9k).
Anything that would cause this beyond unmatched paint?
I had a potential buyer point out that the newly painted areas do not match.
I had the hood and roof panel repainted by a different shop due to crap falling on it from a tree in a storm. They match the rear section just fine.
But the passenger door, front wheel panels and bumper don’t match the rear section or hood.
Hard to see but you can see the newly painted areas area a slightly lighter shade.
The shop claims they matched the paint code.
Are they lying or is the batch off?
Could it be from a primer issue?
Could it be related to the clear coat, maybe not applied properly or while paint wasn’t cured?
Just pretty pissed because I paid $950 in deductibles for this, and already lost $10-$11k on a potential sale (I owe $8,500 on the car and it was appraised @ $20.5k with a car fax history value @ $18.9k).
Anything that would cause this beyond unmatched paint?
But the doors and front wheel well panels are all metal.
Thanks for the response though 👍 trying to figure something out before I take it in.
The Shop
See lots of Pearl White mismatches.
I was initially pissed because of paint, but I thought it may originally have been possibly clear coat. But after looking at it today in better light. They definitely used a bad paint match.
I’m just kind of heated because I found a buyer after it was listed for 5 days and this fuck up just outed me $10k+ into my pocket.
I’m with you, if I saw that on delivery I absolutely would not have taken it.
I just threw out clear coat and such because I’m 100% ignorant when it comes to painting. It just looks like a straight up trash blend because they metal and plastic sections they did all match each other. Just not existing panels.
I talked to Geico and they said I can take to a caliber collision closer to me once they do their procedure. Dude told me he just wants to do their stuff first to ensure I don’t pay anything out of pocket so they’re making it right.
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