Aero Side Skirts

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Angelus666

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 Essex
I have my aero skirts being fitted next Wednesday, so....question, do you think the new paint in Ruby Black and straight swap will be a noticeable colour change (to a 7 year old 50k mile paint) or should I ask them to do a blend on the door and panel? Anyone else done this and had any big difference?
 
Jonny Essex has his painted in Mercedez Silver rather than his car's Titanium Silver, looks OK, but is a bit noticeable :poke:


In seriousness, it's probably best to ask the experts doing the work. Has your car been kept in a garage do you know? Might make a difference.
 
No don't blend them in. Nobody has done that as far am I'm aware and Ruby Black shouldn't be noticeable unlike silver which is a bugger to match.
 
I had to take my car to the spray shop so they could calculate the colour loss compared to new, in my case due to the protection of the paint the colour index was still the same as from factory so no matching required.

I would expect a good body shop to do the matching though and not just factory paint it.
 
pvr said:
I had to take my car to the spray shop so they could calculate the colour loss compared to new, in my case due to the protection of the paint the colour index was still the same as from factory so no matching required.

I would expect a good body shop to do the matching though and not just factory paint it.
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That was the play near you right. What did they do other than just use the colour charts?
 
They use a colour reader against the paint of the car to give an exact coding mix. So they took the colour code from the car itself, typed that in the unit and then held the unit against the car paint to see how much it was different from the entered reading value.
 
Mine were painted in sapphire black and supplied to me with no attempt at matching, you couldn't tell the difference once fitted.
 
Black is more forgiving I would say. Silver is the worst to match.
 
pvr said:
They use a colour reader against the paint of the car to give an exact coding mix. So they took the colour code from the car itself, typed that in the unit and then held the unit against the car paint to see how much it was different from the entered reading value.
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Strange that they use colour charts when I went there :?
 
I guess they only do it on the actual day as you did not have them painted there, did you?
 
pvr said:
I guess they only do it on the actual day as you did not have them painted there, did you?
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That is correct, but just makes the charts a pointless exercise.
 
I assume that is the entry point of their work, enter the closest match and work from there. I only did a single visit at the time.

I would use them again though, seemed very keen and thorough. Might see what it costs to sort a tiny mark on my Golf's wheel arch that has been there since I got it 21 years ago.
 
pvr said:
I assume that is the entry point of their work, enter the closest match and work from there. I only did a single visit at the time.

I would use them again though, seemed very keen and thorough. Might see what it costs to sort a tiny mark on my Golf's wheel arch that has been there since I got it 21 years ago.
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Is it just a dent? If so I know a great PDR man.
 
Not a dent, the first owner must have caught the arch on something (about 2 cm on the edge), and then touched up with touch up paint.
 
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