i finally got my cwest bumper painted. painter got the right code for the paint, good quality claer coat, and guess what?! color didn't match!!! weightless/wicked white 2003 evo he got the part nomber paint code matched the car. but after all that my bumper is white as **** compared to the car itself. did any1 had this prob. b4?

 

compound, cleaning wax, buff and glaze should fix your problem

 

that sucks, dude. do u have any sushi left though, cause id take some. heh heh

 

buff and wax your car maybe then it might match a little better? maybe its a good excuse for an entire respray if you got the coin for it

 

tell him to fix it? he should have at least gotten part of your car and match it there too since colors fade and what not. but yeah, white is hard to match.

 

yeah he should fix that thing.... color is really hard to match

 

he's a friend of mine and he really does a good job. i saw him painted my other friend's rx-7 fd3s and **** that damn looks good. it's white and there is a blueish pearl on it. but it's just that i guess the guy sold it to him fu% up.

 

You've got to tint fresh paint to match weathered paint and white MF'er. Even if it is the same paint code different batches of that same code don't match half the time. Try buffing your car out and see if that helps at all. If not respray the bumper with paint tinted to match yours.

 

go to another body shop

 

if you get the exact same paint and use it on the bumper it will not match the car. The cars paint will change color over time due to sun exposure, dust..etc

I dont know how bad its off by but its normal for new paint to look different than the rest of the body color if you use the same paint code. I have a Gialla bumper coming in soon and my body shop told me I cant use the same paint code cause it wont match...he has to mix it up to match my car. They usually take off your gas cover to use it as a sample.

 

weightless and wicked white are 2 different colors, no wonder the color doesnt match

 

wicked white has a bluish tint to it.........Weightless has a yellowish.


ERIK

 

lol

 

It's hard to match the white paint. The paint on my Chokets bumper is also a little off (but matches well with the sideskirts and rear bumper).