some of you might've read my last post about my accident that occured a few months ago... just yesterday i got my car back and she is in tip top shape... makes me real happy that they did a great job... total repair cost was 1600 and some change.. replaced the door repaired the fender and windshield pillar...
no more talkin.. here are the pics.. o and 1 question... i just got her back sunday should i protect her yet?? i need to do a spring cleaner the whole clay and wax job... or should i wait a little longer... any tip would be great thanks alot

Accident Pics
BEFORE
http://home.1asphost.com/AgainstedAl...6Accident.HTML

AFTER
http://home.1asphost.com/AgainstedAl...0Accident.HTML

 

Good to hear it....however, your repair seems to have ALOT of orange peel. My 2 Cents..

 

Now you'll even appreciate your TL even more

 

Looks good - congrats.

Now get some Klasse AIO and Meguiar's on that car!

 

I noticed that your inspection sticker reads 3/09. Ours is only good for 2 years.

 

I see some orange peel too, which would bother me personally, but besides that it looks great. Seems match up perfect from what I can see in the pics. I'd see if they can do anything about the orange peel, though. Definitely not a characteristic of an Acura paint job -- at least none that I've seen.. It's very visible in these pics:

 

They replaced the door shell for that little amount of damage?? That seems odd, normally they will only do a replacement skin unless the damage is a lot worse than that.
I too agree about the orange peel though. Some of the pics makes it appear there is some on the rear edge of the fender where they had to blend it also. Have you looked at other body panels on car that weren't affected, like on the other side, and see if the paint work looks the same? I'm betting it doesn't.

 

What is orange peel?

 

Hmm.. Very hard to describe, but in the pictures I posted above, can you see how the glare of the paint has the same texture as the peel of an orange? It should be smooth like looking at glass, but instead it has an "orange peel" look to it. You can see it really good in the bottom picture with the person's reflection in the paint. It almost looks as if it's blurred because of the orange peel.

 

Try to take a night picture with flash. Sometimes different light brings out defects and paint mismatch.

 

They need to wet sand that finish again ... other than that... it's hard to tell how good a repair job is until you see a car in person.


Bottomline, and my 2 cents: if you're happy with it .. enjoy your car.

 

Ok thanks I understand what orange peel is now

 

now that you guys memtioned it it does look like an orange peel... i didnt check it out on the car yet... but i will look at it 2morrow and if it is the situation ill have the shop fix it again...

 

Let us know how you make out. No doubt in my mind you'll see it when you look at it if it's showing up in the pic.

 

As far as I can tell they did a great job. I am seeing the phenomenon(new to me) orange peel. I dont see how it is that muc of a problem though. But hey, you want it perfect, get it perfect.

 

hmm i checked the car this morning before heading out to school and the orange peel look cant be notice unless ur 2 inchs away... i still didnt compare it to the other side yet... but im still going to have the shop look at it 2morrow... ill keep ya all updated

 

Still looks good, Welcome back!

 

looks good.
no wax on fresh paint - the repaired/repainted parts plus the surrounding area.

 

Well, at least the car got fixed. If you look close to this picture, you can tell what happened in the first place:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y22...entPics007.jpg

... he parked too close to a Ford Tempo.