Panel Beater Mismatch Paint

[Mr.Massive]

Hey guys,

I brought my car into a panel beaters after a minor rear quarter accident. Basically he fixed it all up and looks awesome; however there is a slight mismatch in colour and now my door panel sticks out. The door was untouched and one can see it is a different colour. I have returned to the beater and shown him this and has only offered to paint the door for a couple hundred. Isn't he liable for his work? Shouldn't he be able to repaint what he did? He told me it was hard to match the colour and he could never get it perfectly right. What are your suggestions?

Thanks guys

Edited May 16, 2011 by Mr.Massive

[r31slpr]

What colour is it? some colours are harder to match than others

Did you get it done through insurance? If so most insurance company's state that the work has to be to a factory standard, so take it back to him and if he argues call your insurance company and get an assessor to come have a look at it

If it was a cashie he is still liable for his work but it will be harder to fight

[GTR-N1]

Umm...

what's to say that after the door has been done, the front quarter won't then stick out?

You got the rear quarter done/repaired > the door could be next > you're then chasing every panel around the circumference of the car.

Like the post above, some colours are harder to match than others; especially with pearl and more so with chromemulsion.

Some colours will change after being in sunlight for extended periods, so perhaps the door/foof/bonnet/boot is now lighter perhaps?

The bumper bars and skirts can tend to be slightly more dark due to the manufactured base colour.

Did you get some leftover touchup paint? This can be compared through another painter (at your cost).

Did this go through insurance as the post above mentioned/asked?

[mad082]

did the panel beater give the car a polish? if not, it might be worth getting the car professionally polished and see if that makes the door closer to the colour of the freshly painted panel, as old paint usually has a different colour to freshly cut and polished paint.

[r31slpr]

Who ever painted it should have polished the undamaged panels first, sprayed out a few colour cards and matched it in direct sunlight.

Best possible way to get a match even with the paint code, because paint fades/slightly changes colour and they would have to play with the tinters, pearl, etc to get it right.

The whole door shouldn't need to be painted, it should have been blended in when they did the quarter panel.

[Mr.Massive]

Cheers guys, assessor came out and the car is being sent to another panel beater.

Thanks for your thoughts

[GTR-N1]

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