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Dec 5, 2023 | 09:04 AM

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Quahogboy

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Originally Posted by cosmomiller

I had a ding on the top edge of the front wheel well. A paintless dent repair outfit made it smooth but the paint flaked off to bare metal. I ordered some of this paint (base, pearl, clear) and at first it was a good match but at different angles you could see a different hue. I am taking it to a pro shop for matching. The rest of the paint I have will finish the underside of my scraped lip on the bumper.

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Originally Posted by engifineer

I will note that if doing anything other than a paint chip and if you have any pearl/flake it will be a bit of an effort to get it matched perfect with anything you get. Spraying paint with flake in it and matching surrounding paint is a bit tough to nail even by a professional with good equipment. The multistage paint on the Spa Yellow is also fun to nail as well. Good to try it on something else a couple of times to get the layer thickness down so you get it to match up close.

Fortunately I don't have any pearl in the NFR so that's why I'm thinking I should be in good shape. Most of the rash and chips are on the lowest part of the bumper so thinking I should be ok (I do have a bad one on front left rocker panel in front of wheel where a rock bounced up and gouged it good. This video gives me a lot of confidence that the majority of what I've got can be fixed with this method, just want to get a good paint. I figure if I get to a point and it doesn't look good I can just get it resprayed.