Ben WRX Bug-Eye

A previous owner of my car had one of the doors resprayed - probably got keyed or something. However, under certain artificial lighting and in this bright winter sunshine, it is quite visibly a different shade. Now I've noticed it, it is annoying.

I've heard it's difficult to get a good colour match with silver. Am I likely to be able to get this door resprayed such that it matches the other adjacent panels more or less perfectly?

69WRX

Silver is probably the hardest to match.
You could have it done again and they should blow them into the front wing/rear quarter. But even then.......

Total respray is the only way with silver IMHO.

Ozzy_B

iTrader: (2)

Yes silver is one of the hardest to colour match, theres lots of shades under the same paint code, any good reputable paintshop should be able to get a good/near perfect match (it'll never be 100% the same colour as when it came out of the factory). A good blow in/fade in to the adjoining pannels and you'll never be able to see a difference

sti-04!!

Silver is a nightmare to match, i would just stick with it

Ben WRX Bug-Eye

This particular door seems lighter than the adjacent panels, and appears to be almost missing the sparkly metallic type embedded bits when looking at it up close. The door handle has been left alone, so it’s easy to see how it differs once you’ve spotted it.

A total respray is out of the question on the grounds of cost, but I also really don't want to leave it how it is. The car is more or less mint apart from this damn door. I hope something can be done.

Any idea how much it would cost if it was worth going ahead? Sounds like it is a job that is going to require a fair bit of skill if it can be done. Can anybody recommend somewhere in the Gatwick / Heathrow area?

Thanks for the advice.

Sirus

i agree with this guy i been painting for over 15 years and i hate silver but you can lose the mismatch with blending quite easy as long as the colour match is good .the fleks you mention is down to how fine or how course the flake is any decent painter can see which to chose.you will get away with doing the side if the paint is close to original colour .cost wise can vary .if it was me i would say around £400 could be more .

Scooby-Doo

I had a door resprayed and it took three attempts before it was acceptable but still you can tell under certain lighting that its been sprayed.

Sirus

thats the problem when u get 1 panle painted
on some colours you can get away with it and the size of the damage of course but really you do need to blend colours these days

Ben WRX Bug-Eye

Seems to me that while it is a difficult job on a silver car, it is worthwhile having this panel resprayed and blended in with the adjacent panels.

While a full respray will guarantee perfection and sort out the stone chips at the front etc, spending a few hundred rather than a couple of thousand is much more acceptable.

Just need to locate a paint shop that can promise a near perfect match and save up the cash.

Trap2Terrorist

iTrader: (3)

Hi Ben,
If I was you I'd go for the full respray, try paint code 02C all over

Sirus

if you go about looking for a body shop ask to see some of there work which thay have done .
or go to a well nown garage ie from friends or family
still ask to see there work tho
ive had quite alot of other people,s mess to correct and it could cost you alot more to put right
good luck

viperkick

yeh i been painting a long time 14yrs

just blend it

Ben WRX Bug-Eye

WR Blue Pearl would be nice Rich - but a full bare shell respray really is on the pricey side!

Cheers for the advice Sirus and others.

apples24

iTrader: (1)

basicly it would involve repainting the door and blowing the base coat onto the adjacent two panels a tad then laquering the whole 3 panels

Sirus

happy to help