Ok guys... As some of you might remember I was involved in a car accient a few weeks ago. I have my car back now and I am overall happy with the body work that was done, BUT the paint just doesn't match.

I have been able to figure out exactly which part of the car the bodyshop repainted even though they didn't tell me simply because the parts they painted don't match. The only parts that were damaged where the hood and the passenger side fender, but in order to do their "blending" I can tell they repainted the hood, passenger side fender, passenger side door, and even the driver side fender.

I am hoping you guys will take a look at the attached photos and back me up... I have already had a couple people from work notice this and comment to me that I should have the body shop repaint, but I wanted to ask you guys as a final opinion. I think the photos show what im talking about... I noticed some of the have blur spots, im not sure what is up with that other than my friends camera lens must have been dirty?


First I used photo shop to mirror the photos so that they face the same direction even though they are opposite sides of the car. I think the side by side compairison show the bad paint matching pretty obviously.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewP...p=47724548&f=0

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/ViewP...p=47724550&f=0


and the rest of the images can be found here:

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/Album...a=12790946&f=0

Thanks!!



[This message has been edited by beestea (edited 05-02-2001).]

 

Oh man, they fucked up. Take the car back and have them repaint the whole car.


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Mustang Killa

 

An "approved" shop did one of these on a small dent (with scratch) on one of my wife's door panels. They tried to show the car in the twilight. I made them take the car inside and turned on the florescent lamps, and some flood lights. Lets just say, it looks like your shade mismatch problem. (Her's was just the door and burgandy)

We left the car -- I refused to pay. It was fixed and repainted perfectly.

I think they screwed-up the color matching. The door and front panel look like they are different shades..

Can you find some artificial or other light condition(s) that really exacerbate the difference -- and/or give them a first hand tour?

Make 'em do it right.


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Silver 2001 CL-S with NAVI

• Mud guards
• Wheel locks
• Toyo T1S 235/45ZR17-97W* Proxies on 17x8" SSR Competition wheels (48lbs less than stock)
• Kevlar/SS Brake lines w/Brembos?
• Comptech headers & sways
• Silver AEM CAI
• 9 coats of Zaino magic

 

Thanks Eric... to answer your question yes... I notice the bad mismatch most when its overcast but still bright and when the side of the car is viewed at an angle. Its pretty obvious in bright light at an angle as well. Im going to take it back tomorrow, hopefully they won't give me a hard time about it.

What would you guys consider the best way to fix this problem? Repaint more of the car with the paint they already used, or redo the parts they painted with new paint that matches the original paint better?

Thanks!

 

Why ruin the rest of the car? Have them repain the mismatched areas with OE paint that they supposed to use. It really shouldn't look like that. Painting a car isn't brain surgery. What is the name of the body shop?

 

Go to your local paint dealer, Dutch Boy or Siperstein or even Home Depot. I know there is a machine that can get the exact color makeup of an object. It works a little like this: Imagine a paper cup. Now turn it upside down on the hood of your car. Inside the cup it's dark, right? Well now a light is emitted from the inside of the bottom of the cup shining toward the hood of your car. You now have your first reading of the color by sensing the light reflected and the color percentages and wavelengths of them. Now you do this to other parts of the car. They SHOULD all match but they won't because your car is messed up! Use this as proof if you can to show them there is a problem.

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Silver S
Black Xephyr Intake
Valentine 1 (Hard wired)

 

I also have the exact color amts and rgb numbers for the Satin Silver if you want. I had my front end repainted after an accident and it's perfect! What olor do you have???

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Silver S
Black Xephyr Intake
Valentine 1 (Hard wired)

 

Silver is a bitch to color match. Especially if the car gets left in the sun a lot. I hope they do better the second time...

 

They did not blend the color to match the rest of the car. I agree take it back and make they fix and take to a manager about it.

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2001 CL-S Satin Silver/Ebnoy

• Spoiler/moonroof visor/20% Tint
• PIAA 19173/19170
• Mobil 1 Oil/Oil Filter
• X-Pel/Upgrade Cup Holder
• Clifford G4 Solaris Remote Start Car Alarm
• AEM CAI/Denso Iridium Spark

On its way: Comptech Sway Bar/Brake Line/WS Apexi Coilover/AEM Pulley

 

Thanks for all of the suggestions guys.

Thanks Mercury, Mine is satin silver as well. That would be cool if you could give me the color information they used for your car.


NightHawk: The name of the body shop was Chantilly Auto Body, in Chantilly, VA. Im not putting them on my "will not recommend" list yet... the body work they did was pretty good and paint work was clean (no over spray onto plastic) compaired to experiences I've had at other places... so as long as they can get the paint color right I will be happy.

 

I will post the numbers tonight for you! I have them printed from the shop on their paper. I can't scan them but I'll post them the way they appear on the sheet. Any body shop will understand them.

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Silver S
Black Xephyr Intake
Valentine 1 (Hard wired)

 

Mercury, did you get the paint info? Im taking the car back to the bodyshop tomorrow AM.

Thanks again!

 

Stock # 241555 STA STEP 1/1
99-00 Hon Legend
Satin Silver Met Glasurit-55
352-91 Low VOC Reducer 164.5
M99/19 Medium Round Al 658.2
M99/10 Med-Fine Alumin 824.2
A974 Lamp Black 859.3
A552 Helio Blue 865.4
A353 Magenta 869.7


This is exactly how it appears on the card. Sorry for the delay, I had to go back to Jersey last night to get it and I just posted it @ 8:47. Hope this helps. The place I went to is Epic Auto Collision in Little Silver NJ. If you need anything else just ask and I can give them a call. Good luck!


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Silver S
Black Xephyr Intake
Valentine 1 (Hard wired)

 

Awesome, just in time! Thanks a bunch man!

 

A bit more advice.....not only did they f*** up the matching, but they should "blend" into the joining bodywork for a seamless appearance. Why? The color should be really close, but the orange peel and metal flake will not be..... and the refraction will still make the color look different.

If they do this, I know you will not see any difference whatsoever.


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Ken
'01 Satin Silver CL-P
Performance: Headers, K&N Drop-In, Comptech Springs/Sways, 17" Borbet T's & Eagle RS-A's.
Other: Flaps, X-Pel Clear Bra, Cannon Mats, & Burlwood Shift Knob.

Worst Stock GTech: 7.15
Current G-Tech (2/11): 6.33

 

Yep I agree... btw what is orange peel? Also... for an update on this I took the car back to the body shop today and they agreed the paint didn't match right. They painter offered to first call around to other body shops and see what they use on this color/car. And if that didn't help he said he would blend the paint the lenght of the car on both sides.

Then I get call at work saying there might be an issue with the "paint code" on my car. I started a new thread about this at:

http://www.acura-cl.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/004870.html