wrx,sti

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Had my car back today from the spray shop, it went in for the front bumper and rear passenger door,the bumper looks fine but the door looks slightly different shade in the day but at night under the street lights it look a totally different colour
How hard is it to spray and match the paint on a wr blue car!

JonMc

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I'm not a professional sprayer, but I used to do my own cars so this is not gospel, but in my experience and discussion with the guys who taught me, any metallic is difficult to match, but the paint would normally be blended further up adjacent panels to avoid the sort of problem you seem to have.

Midlife......

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The effect you describe is "metamerism" ........It shouldn't be a problem for modern paints though.

I've had lots of bits sprayed for my MY02 bugeye in WR Blue Mica without problems.

I'm not a paint sprayer but have been on the receiving end of quite a bit since modding my bugeye LOL

Shaun

JonMc

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Although the quality of the painter and mixer can affect this, some mixers don't measure quite as accurately as the mix states and go with rough measures.

I've had paint mixed up in DBM for my bug and I can see the difference.

Ian

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also the pressure the paint is spraied onto the car will cause this as the metalic bits will fall/lay different

wrx,sti

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Thanks for the replays guys ,it's going back in on the 26th to have it blended in with the rear quarter and passenger door and wing after a phone call to the spray shop

scooby jay

Hello by what you say has happened they have painted the rear door edge to edge get them to blend the rear quater panel and front door so they can flick the colour out thru the ajoining panels this will solve your colour issues

colours will always look diffrent under sodium street lightening reds and yellows are the worst for this it also depends if its been painted before