Slightly Mismatched Boot Paint

[Everlong-S13]

Hey guys, I've had my white R34 GTT for over a year and I've only JUST noticed, that in certain low lighting, my boot lid is slightly darker than the rest of the car.

I think it MAY be dirt in the paint however it would not make sense for that whole lid to be dirty and not the rest.

So I have reason to believe the lid must have been replaced at some point.

Assuming the white skyline colour is universal, should I give it a good cut+polish and see how it goes?

Just thinking out aloud here really, not much point to this thread.

[jhjones]

Probably sun fade?

[buzz350]

if you wanted to you could flat the panel (with 2000 wet and dry - obviously wet) and just flat down the bootlid b4 polishing back up with a buffer, which could bring the colour back to a lighter shade???

but if the panel has been resprayed the wrong colour then it is impossible to make it look the same without going back to a crash shop and getting it re colourmatched so it will look correct. trying to paint the same colour as the factory is a lot harder than what some people beleive and most shops prefer the option of blending panels to make the colour matching easier

just my 2c

Aaron

[sonnyQ]

perhaps been resprayed at some stage? I have a similar issue with removing my bonnet badge and the paint underneath being a shade darker