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is silverstone hard to match??

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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 08:15 AM
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second time coming back from the body shop and the front bumper still doesnt match with the rest of the car........ shit they even blended the front end and it still doesnt match.

i need help cuz im really pissed
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 08:16 AM
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 08:23 AM
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thats my name now help me
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 08:25 AM
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Damn, that sucks.

Any paint containing any amount of metalic flecks is really difficult to match. Everytime a new batch is mixed at the factory, there's gonna be a slightly different amount of flecks so the paint will look slightly different from one production run to the next. Rendering paint codes vertually useless.

A good body shop will take a paint code as a starting point and match the original paint by eye. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to match the factory paint perfectly, and being such a large piece right in the front of the car, the front bumper will never look exact...
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 08:40 AM
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damn im really pissed........ i guess ill paint the whole thing BMW grey... NOT.......
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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Albert did my rear bumper and front lip and did a great job.
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 09:06 AM
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yes, albert did my car's front lip and the job was very decent
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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speedstar albert?

that guy's EVERYWHERE!!!

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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 10:10 AM
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I think white is hard too.
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 10:30 AM
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white is a PITA....took 3 tries to get my lip matched. Who would have thought there would be so many shades of white?
Different brands of paint use different colors to match the same paint code. For instance, the PPG mixture for GPW had a blue element, while the DuPont mixture called for red.

Again, paint codes mean jack.....

The best places have Duplicolor. They take a laser and sample the paint on different parts of the car, then mixes a batch based on the shades calculated by samples.
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