Anyone ever purchase prepainted parts?

"TahoeSTi" (tahoesti) 05/03/2018 at 12:56 • Filed to: None

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I’m working on getting my Mustang cleaned up and there’s on good size dent on the passenger side fender with some missing paint. Other than that the paint on the car is in pretty good shape. I’m just wondering if anyone here has ever bought a fender, bumper or hood that was “paint matched” by the vendor.

Here’s what i’m looking at: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

I’ll do a bigger post soon about the clean up, just got new carpet in, new seats are ready to go in, and a new center console (with cup holders) is ready to go in.

I had to repaint some of the interior parts and so far they are looking pretty good. Once the interior is buttoned up i want to clean up the outside.

$273 seems cheaper then what a body shop would charge but I’m going to get a quote for that too.

If you have any experince with prepainted parts let me know how well they matched....if you have a picture that would be even better.

Thanks!

nafsucof > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:03

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it won’t match perfectly. i’ve seen some that were ever so close but body shops like to blend because it’s tough to get the manufacturers code right outside the assembly line.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:05

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I got a new tailgate off of Ebay once. It was pretty close for a silver. The paint seemed soft though.

crowmolly > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:07

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It’s technically not “paint matched” it’s just painted in the same code that your car originally was. Depending on fade/condition of your existing paint it *might* match OK. See if you can find out if it’s a base/clear or single stage paint.

Dogapult > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:23

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Messed up the front of my 2006 G35 coupe hitting a raccoon in Fall 2016. Insurance wouldn’t cover the bumper because it was already damaged. so I went on eBay, and ordered a bumper “painted to match with your color code” and had it shipped to the dealer where the work was being done. $250 shipped. This had no blending whatsoever. this picture was taken just now, it’s raining and the car has tree buds on it. Looks pretty damn good to my eye. The guys at the dealership were impressed, too.

TahoeSTi > Dogapult 05/03/2018 at 13:26

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Thanks for the pic, that does look really good.

Arrivederci > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:27

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Nothing that big. The biggest things I’ve gotten were a sharkfin and roof spoiler for my old BRZ. Match was actually pretty good.

haveacarortwoorthree2 > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:44

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Read that as “prepainted pants” and thought to myself “those kids today will buy anything.”

promoted by the color red > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 13:47

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I’ve got one on my Camry. It fits as it should and the color is a reasonable match despite this being a metallic paint code.

TahoeSTi > haveacarortwoorthree2 05/03/2018 at 13:47

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Yeah i have a feeling with the darker color I’ll be disappointed. With any luck i’ll find a factory painted fender from a salvaged car....or the body should will be cheaper then I expect.

PartyPooper2012 > Dogapult 05/03/2018 at 13:51

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Hope the raccoon also got some work done

Monkey B > TahoeSTi 05/03/2018 at 15:13

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done it a few times, my expectations were met. Won’t get a perfect match, but it beats a different color.

Dogapult > PartyPooper2012 05/03/2018 at 15:59

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Thankfully, the raccoon was dead. and later, it seems, there were like four other raccoons dead right near the same spot in the road. So his whole damn lineage was wiped out. That’s what he gets for destroying the core support and radiator and other things on my Infiniti.