Has anyone ever gotten into an accident, doesn't matter what car, and the replaced area had a different paint shade than the rest of the car? I recently got into an accident and I'm afraid that after painting the parts and putting it back on my car it would be totally off.

insight please!

 

it all depends on how well the area is blended. i havent had a problem with any car in the past although i have seen some examples of what can happen if its not done right. if you are thinking about a shop go look around at the other cars they have there that have been painted and see how they look.

 

It also depends on the parts being painted. I just had a bumper replaced. I'll post a follow-up with details... Bottom line, i refused to let the repair shop "blend" the bumper with the rest of the car and it came out fine. It matches the same - if not better than my original bumper.

Plastic is hard to match to the body....

 

Blend is very important, I just had some minor door dings repaired on my 06 TL and you can not tell it was fixed. Last week I had a spoiler painted on an 04 vett and the body shop said that where the car was painted will effect the shade, they had a hard time matching the silver paint. Good luck !!!!!!

 

Based on my recent experience, I agree - blending is important. Understand that, if you do blend, the body shop essentially oversprays around the damaged spot to blend in the new paint/part. Then they clearcoat the entire body panel of any panels that were blended/oversprayed. That's a lot of new paint and coating that can be screwed up or oversprayed where it should not be. In my situation (new bumper) I wanted to minimize the possibility that additional issues would be introduced during the repair and asked NOT to have the bumper blended. It ended up being a good call.

I personally would not blend something like a bumper or a trunk lid or a hood. It's too hard to really tell the difference in the paint of the surrounding pannels due to the natural dividing lines/seams. However, a new door or quarter pannel... that's a different story. You're given a very clear side by side comparison of the new/old body paint.