Poor paint job by One Garage & Colour

[bemywife]

Had my front bumper replaced and painted. The result is a terrible colour mismatch. Workshop said my expectations too high. I would rather say their standard too low. Any decent workshop would at least do some colour-matching before applying the paint, and not simply just use the paint code associated with the VIN. Very disappointed indeed.

[Tayv]

Looks the same

[macrosszero]

Bring it outside and check again. Keep in mind that same paint on metal (bonnet) and bumper (plastic) will produce a slight colour variation even on factory paint. Moreover the bumper is curving and the bonnet is flat, which also fools the eye into seeing a colour variation.

[ER-3682]

Bumper new Paint & Bonnet is old Paint,sometime very difficult to get the same Shade..except you spray the Whole Car.

[Gnahp]

On 2/26/2023 at 3:00 PM, ER-3682 said:

Bumper new Paint & Bonnet is old Paint,sometime very difficult to get the same Shade..except you spray the Whole Car.

even after matching the colour carefully until can't see the difference now

a year or two under the sun, new and old paint will age differently resulting different tones

[Gnahp]

On 2/26/2023 at 2:49 PM, Tayv said:

Looks the same

quite obvious to my eyes

almost like this already

[macrosszero]

On 2/26/2023 at 3:07 PM, Gnahp said:

even after matching the colour carefully until can't see the difference now

a year or two under the sun, new and old paint will age differently resulting different tones

This is very true. I had my car repaired by AD and they blended new paint over the old, but after 2 years the differing age of the paint showed up the tonal variation.

[macrosszero]

On 2/26/2023 at 3:12 PM, Gnahp said:

quite obvious to my eyes

almost like this already

That’s a bra. Anytime you see one, it needs to come off the wearer.

[ER-3682]

Last time my Yellow Nissan 370z worse,1 st Day out from Agent,the Bumpers,Fuel Lid & Side Skirts Colour(Plastic Parts) all not the ssme Shade as the Metal/Aluminium Parts.🤣

[Davidklt]

Looks the same to me. Anyway,  bound to have a bit of diff esp if the original paint have been around for some time.

Conversely, if they did not follow the VIN colour and there’s a slight difference, wouldn’t you scold them for not following the VIN colour ?

[Kyrios]

Not siding with anyone...TS maybe can blur out the name of the vendor..to avoid threat of lawsuits..seen that happen a couple of times...

Anyway my view is that since the front bumper is the one kena all the mud, puddles and wind..it will lose its gloss in no time to blend in with the rest..soon enough...

[ER-3682]

On 2/26/2023 at 3:43 PM, Kyrios said:

Not siding with anyone...TS maybe can blur out the name of the vendor..to avoid threat of lawsuits..seen that happen a couple of times...

Anyway my view is that since the front bumper is the one kena all the mud, puddles and wind..it will lose its gloss in no time to blend in with the rest..soon enough...

Maybe TS bemywife are from Rival's Paintshop...haha.

Edited February 26, 2023 by ER-3682

[Ishiwgao]

On 2/26/2023 at 4:29 PM, Davidklt said:

Looks the same to me. Anyway,  bound to have a bit of diff esp if the original paint have been around for some time.

Conversely, if they did not follow the VIN colour and there’s a slight difference, wouldn’t you scold them for not following the VIN colour ?

This ^

If the workshop follow VIN but don't match, you scold them

If the workshop didn't follow VIN and don't match, you scold them

Only if the workshop didn't follow VIN and match, then you will be happy, but what did you expect when you decided to pay less to go non-AD workshop?

 

 

 

[Silverkris]

Normally to get same tone, the paint shop will advise to spray whole car instead.

[Jellandross]

If this is insurance claim from authorized paint shop there's nothing much you can do. If you're paying from own pocket then you're entitled to make more noise ask for repaint.

To make you feel better, some ppl actually pay more money to purposely get mismatched paint job with added horsepower.

 

Edited February 26, 2023 by Jellandross

[Jamesc]

So why didn't go to any decent workshop then?

On 2/26/2023 at 2:05 PM, bemywife said:

Any decent workshop would at least do some colour-matching before applying the paint, and not simply just use the paint code associated with the VIN.

[Jamesc]

This type of customer I hope go to my competitors.

I like to see them suffer!

[Jamesc]

This sort of thing also die die must open a new thread

and complain to the whole world.

As if anyone cares or will even agree with TS.

New paint will never match season paint!