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Old 17 Jul 2004, 01:42 pm
Ant Ant is offline
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I have done bodywork for a living and owned my own body, paint , and detailing business before moving out here to AZ.
That will NOT match in time. They panled matched which is risky. In other words if I was repairing a dent on a 1/4 panel (which I did last week) that was right next to the rear bumper I would have 2 choices. I could paint just the 1/4 panel ("panel match") and hope it matches the bumper, or the best way would be to paint the repair blend inot the front part of the 1/4 panel and blend into the bumper. Blendeing almost always insures a match.

I have been lucky with the PT since I have painted the bumpers and recently put an aftermaket bumper on that I painted off the car and put on. It matched very well.

If you have never mixed paint for a car you will not believe the # of colors that go in. You can have upwards of 7 or 8 different tints, flakes, bonding agents, etc. and they should be put on a scale and measured perfectly. This still does NOT insure a perfect match. You will also find what the call "variables" for different cars. You will actually have to compare "swatches" to the factory paint to figure witch one to mix. In other words all Inferno PT's will not be exactly the same color.

Conclusion, your paint is not they way it should be. If you are not happy with it, they should fix it!! That is customer service.

Anthony
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