Front bumper painted

[Sarahhp18]

Had my front bumper painted because was slightly damaged & badly stone chipped but the colour looks darker now on the bumper. Almost has a purple tint in certain lights. My car is Azure blue, only thing I can think is he has put alot of paint on the bumper so has made it look darker. Anyone else had this problem?

[TomS]

Was the whole car with the body shop hen it was painted or just the bumper? Azure is a difficult colour to match. If it doesn't match take it back and get them to sort it. Any decent body shop should be able to get a close as anything match.

[Sarahhp18]

They just had the bumper, mirror & strut cover. Main problem is a friend did it for me at a really good price. Only cost me £120 so is abit of a difficult one.

[Will370z]

Its tricky to match some of the zed colours. If they didnt have the car at the time to get a perfect match then its just not going to happen. Sorry to say but you get what you pay for and a quick low cost job via a friend may not have been the best choice if you wanted a perfect result.

[DoogyRev]

I always understood that you should get the bumpers done on the car so they can be blended into the bonnet and wings.

 

It may be less noticeable after a few months, but I doubt it

[coldel]

Did they match the paint at all? Or just order it off the shelf? Azure will fade over time, if they slapped on an off the shelf paint from Nissan then chances are it wont match by default.

[glrnet]

Wow, no wonder you were tempted that isn't even half price, it should have been on the car really for any chance of a good match

 

They just had the bumper, mirror & strut cover. Main problem is a friend did it for me at a really good price. Only cost me £120 so is abit of a difficult one.

[TomS]

If its a friend just say can he blend it in as the rest of the paint must have faded over time and you'll give him a bit of extra cash Blame the car not the painter and he probably won't have an issue with doing it for you!

[spursmaddave]

If it was £120 then just accept it for what it is or maybe ask for mates rates to do the front arches and bumper too

[Sarahhp18]

I've got to go see him on Monday anyway because he is going to give the bumper a final buff whilst on the car due to it being fibreglass & wasn't too easy to hold & buff by himself. So will see what he says about the colour match.

[Blackpool-z33]

A local body shop told me the paint doesn't go onto plastic the same as it does metal.... I guess that's why they need the car there to make sure the colour they get matches the car....?

 

I'm sure a body work expert will reply soon enough to confirm or disagree with this....

 

Incidentally, the colour match the body shop got on mine was better than the original bumper! This was on my previous zed in leman sunset

 

HTH

[fred-z33]

I think it's very difficult to get an exact color match on plastic panels. Iirc it's something to do with how the paint flakes sit on the material. That said though, I had a bumper done (silver) without the car being with them and it was a perfect match and flawless finish all in for £110. Fitted it myself on return.

[4RE Leather]

I always understood that you should get the bumpers done on the car so they can be blended into the bonnet and wings.

 

It may be less noticeable after a few months, but I doubt it

 

+ 1

Totally agree

[KC350Z]

Speck to wasso and look at his build thread he had paint issuies and said there was three diffrent shades of that colour depending on surplyer of the paint

[theodorebell]

It becomes necessary for everyone to paint the bumper when it gets tented or Rust...The more the color is dark the better your car looks,it shines in sunny day and it looks really amazing...

[glrnet]

 

It becomes necessary for everyone to paint the bumper when it gets tented or Rust...The more the color is dark the better your car looks,it shines in sunny day and it looks really amazing...

[stanzed]

^ very