Is this a car paint mismatch??
 

Had a rear end shunt and had the plastic bumper of the car painted.

It is a colour match of sorts but looks very different from the metallic body of the car...but is same colour as the rear boot hatch.

Any paint experts on here? The bumper is plastic...

I am trying to get opinion whether the paint job is correct or a botch job.

The car is almost 3 years old and I am aware that paint ages. Maybe the new paint job is factory spec and my car colour is no longer.

I also understand the difficulties of matching plastic and metallic panels.

Re: Is this a car paint mismatch??
 

Unfortuantly because its plastic its always going to look a slightly different colour, the front bumber on my car looks much darker than the bonnet and wings

Re: Is this a car paint mismatch??
 

not necessarily, a good sprayer should colour match to the existing paint not the body code that's registered to the car. they do this by scanning the existing paint and it should give the right colours to mix ect.. chances our they've bought a new bumper in and sprayed it straight away with the code rather than trying to match it to the car

if your not happy then make them do it again...... its not being picky i would do the same, i didnt even click the thumbnail and i can see it doesn't match and im colour blind :lol:

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Don't settle for that, ask them to fix it as you (or your ins) are paying for it.

If you don't now you'll come to kick yourself for not doing it.

Re: Is this a car paint mismatch??
 

im an ex panel beater and know we wouldnt let the car leave our garage looking like that, thats apaulling:smt078

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Yep - agreed.

I've come across problems matching pearlescent paint finishes and those paints with mica particles in - the sort that look different depending upon the angle the car os looked at in relation to the incident sunlight. One case in particular was causing headaches until it was realises that the bodyshop was putting the paint on too thickly (it was a warranty job on a Mercedes) and this caused the colours to invert.

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looks like the apprentice done that. or a blind chimp.

Re: Is this a car paint mismatch??
 

Unfortunately a lot of cars come with mismatched plastic bumpers from the factory. My sister's old MR2 was like that, and I know because I sold her the car from new and every MR2 I ever saw was the same. It took a bodyshop three attempts to get the paint match right when someone hit her and the bumper needed replacing.

Re: Is this a car paint mismatch??
 

Thank you for your input.

The next question is what do I do next?

Am I in the right to say this bang out of order and get it re-painted chop chop?

I can imagine them saying this is the colour we were given...

The next problem is that the colout match is good with the boot/hatch lid..as seen in the photo but not with the rest of the car...boot lid is plastic as well.

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That does look p1ss poor tbh, have you tried polishing the old paint next to it just to see comparison?
I wouldnt be happy with that nor should you, tell them straight, they cant really argue tbh unless stevie wonder is their head painter and they dont wanna upset him.