ReadTheBook
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Bay Area Smoke Hell
- Car(s)
- DVP Spektrm, MK4 R32
Taking my car back to the body shop today after getting this damage fixed and picking it up on Monday:
Since pickup, there are several things I've discovered don't meet my expectations but the biggest is the color match on the bumper. I know a new bumper means painting plastic vs metal and it's never going to be 100% spot on, but I'm seeking confirmation that my expectations aren't insane and that I haven't actually got a decent match.
I had the original bumper repaired and resprayed after a minor rear end collision a year and a half ago and the color match, I felt, was very good in all lighting from all angles.
I think that the new bumper's color match looking from the rear of the car is fine, but once you look at it from the side and in different lighting than when I picked it up, it's obviously not a great match to the rest of the car.
This is the new bumper:
I also found that there are some fisheyes and other surface boogers on the hatch where it was resprayed/blended.
Additionally, there is a new door ding and scratch in the same area of the passenger rear door that was definitely not present at drop off.
What do you folks think about the color match?
Since pickup, there are several things I've discovered don't meet my expectations but the biggest is the color match on the bumper. I know a new bumper means painting plastic vs metal and it's never going to be 100% spot on, but I'm seeking confirmation that my expectations aren't insane and that I haven't actually got a decent match.
I had the original bumper repaired and resprayed after a minor rear end collision a year and a half ago and the color match, I felt, was very good in all lighting from all angles.
I think that the new bumper's color match looking from the rear of the car is fine, but once you look at it from the side and in different lighting than when I picked it up, it's obviously not a great match to the rest of the car.
This is the new bumper:
I also found that there are some fisheyes and other surface boogers on the hatch where it was resprayed/blended.
Additionally, there is a new door ding and scratch in the same area of the passenger rear door that was definitely not present at drop off.
What do you folks think about the color match?