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..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?

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!

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

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.

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

consumed by envy, its so obvious

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

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.

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.

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

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

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......

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

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.

doesnt show up dirt as bad as black