car outta bodyshop... replaced/repainted driver door

[nadir]

well, looks like I gotta say byebye to the rental. It was fun having it :)

Basically, my neighbor backed her Grand Am into my parked car. She damaged the driver side door and left a little ding on the front fender panel. The bodyshop replaced the entire door shell + repaired the front panel and repainted both the door and the fender.

For a 7 year old paint, it matched pretty well! the BMW specialized bodyshop is probably one of the most expensive and best around here in the s. bay area, CA. The guy said the paint matched well because the paint was taken care of over the years :) Total work totalled $1916.

Lemme know what u think!

before :(
http://forums.clubrsx.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1155748

after :D
http://forums.clubrsx.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1297062

[nadir]

left (new paint) vs right (old paint)

http://forums.clubrsx.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1297066

http://forums.clubrsx.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1297069


ah, she's finally home
http://forums.clubrsx.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=1297075

[ferran586]

The did a very nice job! Your car looks great.

[99GrandAMSE]

Originally posted by ferran586
The did a very nice job! Your car looks great.

Ditto!! Hard, if not impossible' from the picture to tell ... I bet you are pleased!!! You're welcome to stick around brother ... you have a lot of knowledge that is useful to the Club :)

[sunrunner_pei]

Lookin' good, bud! I garee, they did a fantastic job. It's impossible to see the work done from the pics. :thumbup2:

[digital-d]

They did a great job on your car man! btw what kind of wax do you use? I need to get whatever you use.....nice and reflective :cool:

[nadir]

Originally posted by digital-d
They did a great job on your car man! btw what kind of wax do you use? I need to get whatever you use.....nice and reflective :cool:

hehe actually there's no wax on the car. I stripped it before sending it into the bodyshop.

I'm going to get some 3M swirl remover for dark cars and then use Klasse for polishing and waxing.

Before, I've been using Zymol to take care of the paint but now I'm moving towards the best brand for wax... Klasse.

[Amo83]

Hey looks awesome! They did an excellent job on it. :agree:

[92CamaroRS]

not that hard to match paint. they just try different shades starting at stock and work there way until they find a match. I added a spoiler to my 93 and the paint on the spoiler(9 months old) matchs the car perfectly(10 years)

[nadir]

Originally posted by GAguy
not that hard to match paint. they just try different shades starting at stock and work there way until they find a match. I added a spoiler to my 93 and the paint on the spoiler(9 months old) matchs the car perfectly(10 years)

They said they painted the door off the car. They started w/ the stock color code... and that was it :D

[92CamaroRS]

that could verywell be but you must remeber that alot of shops are full of :shit: but none the less it looks great.

[JoeyK]

Originally posted by GAguy
not that hard to match paint. they just try different shades starting at stock and work there way until they find a match. I added a spoiler to my 93 and the paint on the spoiler(9 months old) matchs the car perfectly(10 years)

I've been painting for 17 years now & all I can say is if it's easy for you at 16, then you're a prodigy. Some colors ar easy, some aren't. High metalics will give you a headache more often than you'd think & don't even get me started on the Kameleon colors!

Also, black is the easiest of them all to match. there's barely any variences in black. that's the best way to paint a new door, by the way. Off the car, you can easily get to the doorframe areas & you don't have to worry about covering the whole car. Absolutely no chance of overspray on the car if it isn't even in the booth.
I paint doors, hoods & trunk lids off the car for those reasons. In fact, I'll be in the booth at 5:30 am shooting my trunk lid & spoiler off the car. ( I got rid of the stock Buck Rogers looking spoiler for a touring wing.)

[nadir]

i was mainly worried about the clearcoat matching... i thought one would look extremely glossier and have more depth than the other.

[92CamaroRS]

Originally posted by JoeyK
I've been painting for 17 years now & all I can say is if it's easy for you at 16, then you're a prodigy. Some colors ar easy, some aren't. High metalics will give you a headache more often than you'd think & don't even get me started on the Kameleon colors!

Also, black is the easiest of them all to match. there's barely any variences in black. that's the best way to paint a new door, by the way. Off the car, you can easily get to the doorframe areas & you don't have to worry about covering the whole car. Absolutely no chance of overspray on the car if it isn't even in the booth.
I paint doors, hoods & trunk lids off the car for those reasons. In fact, I'll be in the booth at 5:30 am shooting my trunk lid & spoiler off the car. ( I got rid of the stock Buck Rogers looking spoiler for a touring wing.)

i didnt match the color it was the shop i took it to.

for a person who has been working on this kind of stuff his whole life its not hard is what i meant