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Got my Ex back from getting my rear end damage fixed....It looks like they didn't quite get the tint coat right!
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Its even more difficult when its plastic. In fact, I have seen many new off the lot vehicles where the plastic portion did not quite match the metal painted portions. Alot of it depends on the lighting and angle as well making it more or less noticeable.
Was your front bumper repaired at all? Look at the front bumper and the tow plug, as well as the gas filler cover and spoiler. Those typically are the areas where you'll see some differences when comparing it to the metal portions.
Same thing with my 2010 red Mustang. They blended the hood and fender, but yea, it's a tough color to get right. It hurts more because they painted the bumper and you can see the two colors distinctly standing out.
It's amazing with today's technology that they still can't get it right. I'm getting my hood repainted due to a defect and I hope they get it to match.
Its even more difficult when its plastic. In fact, I have seen many new off the lot vehicles where the plastic portion did not quite match the metal painted portions. Alot of it depends on the lighting and angle as well making it more or less noticeable.
The quality of the paintwork looks good from the pics but yes, that is off. Since the bumper goes so high up on the sides it is alot more noticeable. Sure hope they make it right for you!
I had some work done on a red candy. The body shop guy warned me in advance that it was impossible to perfectly match the tinted clearcoat colors between the metal body and the plastic bumpers. He even showed me that from particular angles the factory paint looked darker on the bumper than the body.
My guy got it really close though - probably better than the factory.
I agree with the off the lot cars being slightly different on plastic and metal. I worked in the car business for 6 years and saw plenty of cars that looked off. Dodge was the worst (from '06 to '09 i'd say). Some of them looked like they were painted in different decades.
Thats why I said to look at the fuel door, front tow cap/bumper and spoiler. Even on my factory painted, I can see those plastic areas look darker. More apparent with certain light and angles. This is for the Pearl White too, I'm sure its worse with the darker colors.
I had some damage repaired to a silver metallic Highlander I had and didn't notice a slight difference in the shade on the rear 1/4 paner until a few month later when I viewed the vehicle from a distance. It was about a year old.
It looks like you had some pin stripes added.
