Paint match

[MagneticGT76]

Hit a deer last week very minor damage but had to replace bumper cover and fender anyone have the same experience trying to match paint?

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[Gen3javi]

Mine is currently in the paint shop for the same reason hit a small dead animal I couldn’t swerve in time

 

[MagneticGT76]

Let me know how it turns out

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Any competent shop can match it. They should do a spray sample. Paint supply house can do it as well. The shop should do it as part of the repair. The supply house will probably charge a little for it.

 

[MagneticGT76]

I have magnetic metallic

 

[MAGS1]

Magnetic is a very matchable color. Just find someone that knows what they’re doing. Talk to your local car groups to get some recommendations

 

[MagneticGT76]

It’s already done just I’m very anal about things like this seems to have more metallic in the paint and little little

 

[MAGS1]

Since the bumper cover is plastic, it might appear to look a little different since it’s plastic vs metal. Any pics you can share that show what the new bumper looks like compared to the existing paint?

 

[MagneticGT76]

Yes

 

[I Bleed Ford Blue]

Most competent body shops either mix their own paint or buy it premixed, and both the paint supply stores and the body shops just punch in the paint code and have access to the correct formula. This ain't the fifties anymore where they had to mix the paint by eye. They just look it up on the computer and if they don't have a code to look up, they have an optical scanner that will get real close. I would be more concerned about the skills of the guy wielding the spray gun.

 

[MagneticGT76]

As far as skills? Amazing he laid the metallic just like the rest of the car

 

[MagneticGT76]

Maybe he should have blended the hood too

 

[MagneticGT76]

Here are some pics

 

[MAGS1]

That looks pretty good to me. Unless my eyes aren’t catching something or it’s not coming through in the pics.

 

[Inthehighdesert]

Actually that’s not correct. Every paint code has variants, some times dozens of them. And an optical scanner will not spit out a sprayable match.

Most competent body shops either mix their own paint or buy it premixed, and both the paint supply stores and the body shops just punch in the paint code and have access to the correct formula. This ain't the fifties anymore where they had to mix the paint by eye. They just look it up on the computer and if they don't have a code to look up, they have an optical scanner that will get real close. I would be more concerned about the skills of the guy wielding the spray gun.

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