Well, I will try it again, hopefully someone responds!!...I recently visited a body/paint shop to have an evaluation made of repairing a small rock ding on the body panel below my passenger side door. Suzuka Blue, 2002. The estimator, on checking out the car, mentioned to me that he thinks that the door had been repainted previously. Indeed, the door color seems to be slightly off from the body panels (front fender, rear quarter, and strip below the door) when viewed in bright sunlight. My S2K has a grand total of 1500 miles on it, I picked it up new from the dealer, immediately after they did PDI on it. The body shop guy said that sometimes there is body damage in shipment, and the door panel may have been repainted before I took delivery. The color difference is noticeable if you are looking for it, but to be honest, I never noticed it before he pointed it out. Any suggestions??
Am I being B.S.'d?? Is door color variance normal??
Do I want to address the issue with Honda, and if so, how??
Thanks for the feedback!

 

Maybe you should go back to your Honda dealer and explain to them what your plans were for getting the ding repair and what the estimator claimed. Ask them if there was any damage to the car during transport and ask to see other cars to see if there is a similarity in paint color.

 

There was a thread a while back about port damage. Cars coming off the boat may have been damaged during transport and reapired before the dealer even got it.