am i being too picky?

[patriot66]

A few years back I worked for Halliwell Jones and matching repairs to existing paintwork in any light coloured metallic was a nightmare ! The robots that paint the car at the factory are programmed to spray the absolute minimum amount of coloured basecoat over the primer....annually this saves them an awful lot of money ! Unfortunately this creates the problem of the primer showing through or 'grinning through' this very thin layer of colour coat. This alters the actual shade of colour basecoat. If you then imagine a guy in a bodyshop spraying his own primer (different shade ?) by hand followed by light metallic colour coat and lacquer. He is probably spraying all layers several microns thicker and possibly not as evenly as the factory. No wonder it's hard to get a match !
Your average man in the street would probably never notice it but it would annoy the hell out of me, as it obviously is you too ! :x

 

[jamie_z4]

In the first pic it looks a mile out,way too beige and opposed to yellow of the rear 1/4 panel.

Looks the base amount of gold isnt correct.


Did he have his own mixing scheme,scanner or did he just buy paint off paint code ?

he did some spray test cards and matched it with the rear quarter.

 

[jamie_z4]

A few years back I worked for Halliwell Jones and matching repairs to existing paintwork in any light coloured metallic was a nightmare ! The robots that paint the car at the factory are programmed to spray the absolute minimum amount of coloured basecoat over the primer....annually this saves them an awful lot of money ! Unfortunately this creates the problem of the primer showing through or 'grinning through' this very thin layer of colour coat. This alters the actual shade of colour basecoat. If you then imagine a guy in a bodyshop spraying his own primer (different shade ?) by hand followed by light metallic colour coat and lacquer. He is probably spraying all layers several microns thicker and possibly not as evenly as the factory. No wonder it's hard to get a match !
Your average man in the street would probably never notice it but it would annoy the hell out of me, as it obviously is you too ! :x

yeah, he's said he'll re-do it by blending the wings ( he works for a bmw dealer near me, who'll remain nameless but im sure you know who) so should know what he's doing but im thinking it'll do more harm than good.

That first pic is the worst angle and shade i could get it in, in 80 percent of conditions you really have to be looking for it.

 

[maxman]

I would give the guy a chance to blend the colour in,thats what most body shops do to get panels matching.

 

[jamie_z4]

I would give the guy a chance to blend the colour in,thats what most body shops do to get panels matching.

if he ends up making the rear quarter the same as the rear bumper then it wont match the door and so on, i think im just going to leave it

thanks for all advise/opinions so far.

 

[mr.tourette]

Lots of good points made here and I think you do right leaving it..in a few weeks you will stop noticing it besides the odd cursory glance once in a while and mutter of "meh"

 

[kis]

For what it's worth you can't tell in the pictures. IMO anyway.

Also the car is quite old, I recently took the Z4 boot badge off my boot, and you could see the colour difference because I assume the rest of the car got bleeched slightly. I think I remember Ranski? had a few panels done on his car because it was always in direct sunlight due to where it was parked up. So his passenger side and driver side were slightly different shades.

Then factor in what patriot66 has said. Lots of things influence the end result!

You compare our Zed's (I'm titan) and I'm sure one will look slightly darker, and one lighter.

 

[TitanTim]

No amount if polishing will change the colour as all your doing us polishing the clear coat.

Tim.

 

[jamie_z4]

This is it under normal every day conditions...

 

[woozzle]

that's the photo you should have put up originally....looks fantastic and can't notice any difference

 

[jamie_z4]

that's the photo you should have put up originally....looks fantastic and can't notice any difference

Haha thanks. I just wanted to post the worst pic to get people's opinions

 

[Silverzedtom]

+1 looks great in that picture

 

[kis]

Looks like you’re defo going to need a repaint... Someone’s graffitied up your boot!!

Looks good, like I said before I can’t tell the difference

 

[jamie_z4]

Haha cheers its just had a 335 exhaust conversion

 

[Anmarube]

Well those will certainly take the eye away from the bumper..

 

[jamie_z4]

Well those will certainly take the eye away from the bumper..

Cheers Russel

 

[Marlon]

Looks like there's a lotta love for this one Jamie (and I can see why) - could it be a keeper, or at least make the 12 month mark :wink: ?

 

[Z4M-2006]

You can still notice the difference but obviously to a lesser extent on an overcast day and out of direct sunlight.

Its all down to yourself,i hate things like this and the longer i look the worse it gets. Many wouldnt bother.

For one,i wouldnt have him blend it onto the rear 1/4's...But i would have him do it again with a paint scanner so it will be closer than before.

 

[jamie_z4]

Looks like there's a lotta love for this one Jamie (and I can see why) - could it be a keeper, or at least make the 12 month mark :wink: ?

I'd like to think so! I do love it. Now I've had the exhaust done it takes the focus off the bumper somewhat so just gonna enjoy it now

 

[mr wilks]

Looks ace that J 8) i think you found a real gem with that car , mega rare & worthy of your tweaks