Uh oh, I've been compromised

 

my car was repaired by a factory authorized body shop. It's the shop the local acura dealer uses for it's cars. I also requested only genuine parts be used, so that probably explains why I still have factory stickers.

 

Ok Im not sure where I heard this but I inquired about this like 3 years ago and I was told that the Bumpers and the rest of the car are pained separately.

Meaning that they might use a batch of paint for the car but the bumpers might be a different batch from earlier that week or month.

anybody help me on this

 

^ makes complete sense. otherwise, if all the paint is from the same can, you would think you would get the same result, even if the surfaces are different.

 

Thats really weird. Even if they used OEM replacement parts the sticker will not show the cars VIN which is how you tell its original. An original sticker will have the cars VIN printed on it. On my older TL the front bumper was replaced with an OEM part and it did have a sticker but said something like HONDA DOT (or something similar). So if your VIN sticker actually has your VIN printed on it thats weird. Not sure how they did that then.

James

 

dont get it blended in.... just get it painted right...

 

Right on. No need to have tape lines in the door jams and/or clear blends on the sail panels for a bumper refinish.

A good high end shop will do it right. They can perform a spray out test before they finish the bumper, if they even need to. The mismatch is so bad in some cases, a relatively close color match is a major improvement, and will look acceptable.

 

yeah, even tho my SLR takes decent and true to life pics (as far as color goes), it even looks worse in person...

now since ive had no experience with things like this, im not sure where to go to begin receiving quotes.

If i end up getting the aspec kit, is that whole rear bumper replaced?

 

the whole bumper is not replaced, the kit covers up everything below that crease on the bumper. Your best bet is to buy the kit, and take the kit to the bodyshop so the new bumper paint will match the kit and the rest of the car. Just know, it'll be about 400 dollars to get a good paint job with a good match.

 

What some shops will do is take and cut off the sticker + some area of the bumper from the orignal bumper, put some painters tape over it and then bondo it onto the new bumper (after cutting the right amount off). Then they prime and paint, then with a few "methods" they make the paint around it perfect and fade in.

This is true, the bumpers are painted separately. However there are a few things that can cause the mismatch. The bumpers do not seem to have any sort of primer on them (light colored like the body) so the paint can appear darker and thus cause the mismatch.

As well, FLEX agent is put into the paint so the bumper paint can flex and move around a little before cracking, this is known to alter the paint color slightly.

You could buy replacement VIN stickers before, and some other manuf. allow it still, for example BMW. Like I said before, its pretty easy to dice and glue the stickers onto the new parts.

get the bumper painted properly, don't get the doors done otherwise it'll hurt later on when you go to sell it as it may appear that it was in an accident, when it really wasn't.

 

FTW- sorry boss-

 

anyone ever use Maaco?

 

lmfaoooooo... bro get the job done right... dont use maaco. thats like a franchise. the workers there wont care but someone who owns a shop of its own will.. you going to have to spend 2 or 3 hundred...

 

LOL I have seen Maaco jobs with paint overspray covering the headlights hahahaha. I saw another car that had paint overspray all over the drivers side window. That one was classic.

Get it done right. Afterall, that is why you would be having it resprayed in the first place right?

 

what ^ said..

 

What about the fact that the bumper is plastic? I would imagine its a different process to paint the plastic bumper versus like a fender. Could that cause a color difference?

 

I had my heart set on a WDP type-s, I found one. However noticed that the bumpers had a slightly yellow hue to them. When I asked the salesmamn about it, he told me that it was common problem and the dealership would be able to paint them if I wanted for an extra fee. I wound up getting a CBP and there is no difference in color from the body to the bumpers. I just couldn't get past the different colors of the body and bumpers on the WDP.

 

you made the right choice cuz your ride looks fricken sweettttttt

 

I have the anthracite and my aspec underkit math up perfect. sucks u bought it that way b/c i wouldnt have accepted that kind of work... esp from the factory.

 

got silver TL too, just got it repainted and it looks the exact same bro. i think your car definitely got repainted lol. (sorry if that was already stated) xP

 

Thanks for the compliment, I am really happy with the CBP. You don't see too many of those on the streets