Do you have "after" photos, of areas in question?


Thanks! Sorry about that H&R.
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Something to consider. To get the paint run out they will have to wetsand it out and then buff the area to restore the color and shine. If they used a heated booth to spray your car, correcting the work will be fine. But if they did not, the paint needs time to fully cure. I never wetsand and buff a car unless it's had plenty of time in the sun to cure the paint. At least a week.

When you wetsand and buff a car right after painting it, the car will shine real nice, but it will begin to dull down shortly after. This might actually help your case though. This is tricky work.

 

I'm quite picky as well. I am thinking about having them correct the run. The car was baked. You are right about the perfect and matching. The rest of my paint is oxidized they said, that's why it looks different. They said that the new paint is what it looks like from the show room. I feel the need to talk to them now after your comment. I'll post up some before and after pics this afternoon. There were several issues: headlight was was loose, mirror adjuster for wasn't installed correctly,overspray and a run.

All these minor issues makes this a major case of quality.

I don't know if you can tell from the pictures the difference in tones.


I can tell, maybe because I know what I'm looking for

 

That really is unlucky man but yes I can see the difference in paint. I totally know how it feels and have been on the same boat as you.

Maybe search for a better respray job?

 

How is the match on the front door?

It looks like they did not blend the color into the hood resulting in the abrupt mismatch from fender to hood.

BTW I'm an insurance adjuster, so if you have some questions just ask away

 

I can search for a better respray job, but if I got it resprayed again than it would cost more money and I don't think GEICO would pay for that. I think it would be best to take it back to the orginial shop that did it.

What should I tell the body shop?

On the front door I can tell where they stopped spraying the clear coat. There is a very destinctive line where my orginial paint begins. Nothing is blended in! In the shadow the base color is the same. When I shine a light on it, you can tell that there is way more pearl flake in the new paint than my old paint (or that it's just more shiny,idk?).

Should I inform my insurance adjuster and tell them that the paint does not satisfy me?

 

That seems to be a big difference in colors. Digital photos sometimes don't show the difference, compared to in person. Think you need to go back to the body shop, during mid-daylight and complain. It is not acceptable, IMHO.


Sorry, about that.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone. My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy that I'm going back. She probably thinks I'm a customer who will complain about the number of ice cubes in my drink.

This picture shows better how the color is different. They said that they didn't paint the entire fender, only cleared it. Why does it look darker? Is it the reflection of the light due to the pearl in the paint? What do you think the body shop will do to fix the problem, and is it possible to do so?

 

Dunno. Guess you will find out. Not familiar with yellow. Better blending, as mentioned. Or paint the whole car? I have seen major work on silver cars come out pretty darn good. Without having to paint the entire car. Maybe, silver is a bit easier to blend?


What would worry me, is if the difference becomes more noticeable with age. Good luck!

 

The car is returned to the shop, they are going to talk to a paint specialist and get the job done. The shop said that they dont know whether to blend it or repaint it. This is their last chance and after that I will lose all hope and talk to GEICO to take the car to a more competent shop. Not only that, I'm going to write a detailed review of the shop for google. We'll see how it goes.