when a bodyshop...

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:41 pm

..sprays a panel for a car its hard to get an exact match isnt it? and then the colour of the paint changes slightly over time yeh?

moynas · Post by **moynas** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:15 pm

Red fades alot with time mate! Plus theres about 4 shades of flash red to choose from! so matching up is hard but can be done!

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:19 pm

dont know why i get so bothered anyroad, its nice, but it is just a car, need to get my priorities right methinks!!

smash_it_up_666 · Post by **smash_it_up_666** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:26 pm

hi mate, hope this helps u a bit.
a decent bodyshop, if your door (for example) needed painting, they'd also blend the colour onto your wing and quater/back door to make the subtle colour difference less noticable.
but as moynas said, red is a sh!t colour for fading.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:09 pm

smash_it_up_666 wrote:hi mate, hope this helps u a bit.
a decent bodyshop, if your door (for example) needed painting, they'd also blend the colour onto your wing and quater/back door to make the subtle colour difference less noticable.
but as moynas said, red is a sh!t colour.

That's a bit harsh

nickpolo · Post by **nickpolo** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:11 pm

consumed by envy, its so obvious

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:12 pm

I personally wouldn't have a red car (although my first car was red)

Although they look the dogs danglies when they're cleaned up

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 10:43 pm

If i went to pick my car up and it was slightly different colour, i would demand they redo it, if it still wasnt right, id demand they redo it, if it still didnt match i would ask them to redo it....

... You get the idea.

mysteryboy · Post by **mysteryboy** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:22 pm

PhilGTi wrote:If i went to pick my car up and it was slightly different colour, i would demand they redo it, if it still wasnt right, id demand they redo it, if it still didnt match i would ask them to redo it....

... You get the idea.

I'd do the same, but theres only so many times they'd be willing to re-do before they tell you to Fook Off.
My mate had his re-done 4 times & just gave up

... I keep telling him to go back but is no use. A decent body shop should be able to get a perfect colour match anything else is simply unacceptable & if they cant achieve the finish your after then they shouldn't take on the job.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:27 pm

A decent bodyshop shouldn't give you the car back until they are 100% sure they have done a perfect job IMO.

PhilGTi · Post by **PhilGTi** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:48 pm

mysteryboy wrote:
PhilGTi wrote:If i went to pick my car up and it was slightly different colour, i would demand they redo it, if it still wasnt right, id demand they redo it, if it still didnt match i would ask them to redo it....

... You get the idea.
I'd do the same, but theres only so many times they'd be willing to re-do before they tell you to Fook Off.
My mate had his re-done 4 times & just gave up ... I keep telling him to go back but is no use. A decent body shop should be able to get a perfect colour match anything else is simply unacceptable & if they cant achieve the finish your after then they shouldn't take on the job.

At this point you refuse to pay

smash_it_up_666 · Post by **smash_it_up_666** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:46 am

just to clarify i meant its a s**t colour for fading and matcing, the actuall colour itsfelf is decent thank u ModifiedMadness.
silver on the other hand......

loud · Post by **loud** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:42 am

my last car was a 1998 flash red mk4 i'd had since new. Between 2001-2004 it was reversed in to 3 times and got major re-spraying each time. Each time the red was a perfect match

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:11 pm

smash_it_up_666 wrote:just to clarify i meant its a **** colour for fading and matcing, the actuall colour itsfelf is decent thank u ModifiedMadness.
silver on the other hand......

I was only pulling your leg, it is a bastard for fading yeah.

Like I say it looks great when it's cleaned and polished up.

smash_it_up_666 · Post by **smash_it_up_666** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:47 am

doesnt show up dirt as bad as black