Paint My Car

I had my driver's side door professional repainted after someone put a scratch in the original paint. I had the door and the two bumpers done, and it costs about $ 600. The door looks great up close, but when I look at the car from a distance it looks like the door is a different color than the rest of this side of the car. This is a slight color difference, but certainly significant!

Is this supposed to happen?

A good eye can almost always find repainting. Last year, I was watching a brand "new" car and spotted the same thing. Proved that the car was damaged on the lot and retouched with paint factory. It still showed the trained eye, especially when you know where the damage is.

It is almost impossible to match any color paint unless the paint came from the same batch / lot, the original painting.

My brother did his best to match the paint. It has an additive light and darkness, it adds to the painting, but can not always get a 100% match.

If this was truly "professional" is, yes, it must match. Usually, the paint will be blended with adjacent panels. If this is not done, it is difficult to match colors. Some colors are more difficult to mix / match than others. Unless you've done, you do not know how it can be difficult. If the car is several years old it could be mitigated, even if the right color is provided, it may not always match due to fading, etc. In addition, certain colors are different "flop," where they look good in a angle, but do not match other angles. (This is because pearls / metal, etc. in the paint)

At this price, it should not if the painter had the experience of new paint mix to match the rest of the vehicle, which was washe, etc. altered a great artist can do that, but he, is difficult find w / years of experienceit takes ...... courses to about $ 100 per hour for body shops, it does not take much to PRAP, sand, spraying, painting, and dry weather to make a $ 600 door again.

I changed a lot of body parts on my eclipse .. His money and 15 years. The New Look of the body a little darker and more brilliant probably bring the rest of the car is faded could be the same for you.

You never told the year make and model of car. Car manufacturers all use different brands of paint, such as speed said that if the car is several years old is expected to fading and very small scratches from washing and UV rays. So your Not Gonna Get the same color and brightness of different brands of paint manufacturers.