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hello guys i painted my grille and bumper white its actually summit white from what they told me when the work was done it looked different than the body the rest of the truck and the guy said that the paint must dry for a couple a months until it blends with the color of the truck but i dont know if i should believe him about that any help or advice

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hello guys i painted my grille and bumper white its actually summit white from what they told me when the work was done it looked different than the body the rest of the truck and the guy said that the paint must dry for a couple a months until it blends with the color of the truck but i dont know if i should believe him about that any help or advice

 

If it doesnt match now it will never match, he is trying to get out of repainting it. If you paid to have it painted make him repaint it.

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hello guys i painted my grille and bumper white its actually summit white from what they told me when the work was done it looked different than the body the rest of the truck and the guy said that the paint must dry for a couple a months until it blends with the color of the truck but i dont know if i should believe him about that any help or advice

 

If it doesnt match now it will never match, he is trying to get out of repainting it. If you paid to have it painted make him repaint it.

 

 

 

he said that only there is a 95% of being color matched but i was like oh ok by the way the color code is found on the club cpmpartment i have a summit white color on my truck he said also my grille and and bumper were made out of chrome that its harder for the paint to stick and be color matched with the truck because chrome is very hard to paint over he said if i wouldve got those standard black and grille parts it would be better

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chrome is not hard to paint over ... its actually easier to do that then get ahold of the textured grill and sand it smooth ...

 

it just takes the right prep work

 

my bet is the shop used a darker then normal primer ... and only one or two light coats of white .. so you are getting some of the primers tint .. showing through it...

 

if it doesn't match it never will ... and it may just get worse..

y2kz71 Enthusiast

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I will tell you this...white is hard to match. I had to leave my gas filler door with them so they had something to compare the shade to.

 

Heres my old 2005 crewcab and as you can see I had everything colormatched almost.

 

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A good automotive paint shop should be able to match the paint (with the correct paint code) almost exactly. The paint shop I use has always match the paint codes I take in to them perfectly. The trick is to shake/mix the paint very well before spraying and make sure to spray several coats, 3-4, to cover the primer. I have done many spot repairs to fenders, etc. and all of the paint I've used has matched the rest of the vehicle.

 

Take it back if you're not satisfied.

y2kz71 Enthusiast

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A good automotive paint shop should be able to match the paint (with the correct paint code) almost exactly. The paint shop I use has always match the paint codes I take in to them perfectly. The trick is to shake/mix the paint very well before spraying and make sure to spray several coats, 3-4, to cover the primer. I have done many spot repairs to fenders, etc. and all of the paint I've used has matched the rest of the vehicle.

 

Take it back if you're not satisfied.

So your saying if I handed you a grille and gave you my paint code and drove away in my truck that you could paint it and it would match perfectly...no matter what the color?....Im gonna have to call BS on that.

-Devil- Enthusiast

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A good automotive paint shop should be able to match the paint (with the correct paint code) almost exactly. The paint shop I use has always match the paint codes I take in to them perfectly. The trick is to shake/mix the paint very well before spraying and make sure to spray several coats, 3-4, to cover the primer. I have done many spot repairs to fenders, etc. and all of the paint I've used has matched the rest of the vehicle.

 

Take it back if you're not satisfied.

So your saying if I handed you a grille and gave you my paint code and drove away in my truck that you could paint it and it would match perfectly...no matter what the color?....Im gonna have to call BS on that.

 

 

if it is a factory color ... and enough coats are done of the color it's self (where most body shops fail) ... yes most any good shops can ...

pottercon Enthusiast

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A good automotive paint shop should be able to match the paint (with the correct paint code) almost exactly. The paint shop I use has always match the paint codes I take in to them perfectly. The trick is to shake/mix the paint very well before spraying and make sure to spray several coats, 3-4, to cover the primer. I have done many spot repairs to fenders, etc. and all of the paint I've used has matched the rest of the vehicle.

 

Take it back if you're not satisfied.

So your saying if I handed you a grille and gave you my paint code and drove away in my truck that you could paint it and it would match perfectly...no matter what the color?....Im gonna have to call BS on that.

 

 

if it is a factory color ... and enough coats are done of the color it's self (where most body shops fail) ... yes most any good shops can ...

 

 

every paint company has different alternates of the same paint code. when you mix paint it is only a good start to tone it to a perfect color match. It is difficult to paint something and make it match perfect without blending the color onto the next panel. However on a bumper or a grill it is easier not to see the difference in color match, if it is very close. dealership body shops know what alternates to use on different cars and what colors, due to painting the same cars and same colors every day.

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i was a painter for 5 years. let me tell you that white is the hardest solid color to match and spray. if the shop did not have the truck there, then its even harder to match. they have nothing to go by. there are SO many variables involved in painting like who mixed it, how it was reduced, temp, humidity level, air presser, how many coats ( base and clear), color of primer used, spray gun, air pressure, painters consistancy. its alot more than just putting paint in a gun and spraying. thats why a trip to the body shop usually puts a hurtn on the wallet. just because you give them the paint code doesnt mean that they have the right color. in todays paints there are usually things called variants. all it is, is different shades of the base color. white usually has alot of variants like, the base formula, then things like redder, bluer, greener, lighter, darker, and so on. for example, take 2 differrent manufacturing plants (we'll call them plant A and plant B). plant A will spray a truck lets say 8555(black). now plant B sprays the same truck, the same 8555 paint. put both the trucks side by side and truck from A may have a red tint to it. truck from B my have a green tint to it. both truck were sparyed with the same 8555. so how do they look different, they were sprayed at two different time and two different places. thats why we have variants. get what im saying.

 

the line that he told you about the paint matching later on down the road is crap. all he is saying is that when everything is dirty, no one will be able to tell. if they are a good shop they should gladly take it back at match it better for you.

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i was a painter for 5 years. let me tell you that white is the hardest solid color to match and spray. if the shop did not have the truck there, then its even harder to match. they have nothing to go by. there are SO many variables involved in painting like who mixed it, how it was reduced, temp, humidity level, air presser, how many coats ( base and clear), color of primer used, spray gun, air pressure, painters consistancy. its alot more than just putting paint in a gun and spraying. thats why a trip to the body shop usually puts a hurtn on the wallet.

 

 

Thank you :(

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