Silver Birch Repaint 2008

[Tanner03]

I am so mad at myself...After I took delivery two weeks ago and got the truck home I noticed lint in the clear coat on the front fenders actually thought it was dirt when I was at the dealership. Its very noticable I can't believe I missed it when I went over the truck.

 

Dealer wants to repaint the areas and reclear coat the entire fender. This means removing headlights, fender skirting and mud flaps. Sanding down and reshooting with fresh paint in the bad areas and reclearing the entire fender.

 

Will they be able to get a perfect match? Does it hurt resale value? Anyone have any experience with having a brand new truck painted?

 

Thanks!

[VMax2007]

I am so mad at myself...After I took delivery two weeks ago and got the truck home I noticed lint in the clear coat on the front fenders actually thought it was dirt when I was at the dealership. Its very noticable I can't believe I missed it when I went over the truck.

 

Dealer wants to repaint the areas and reclear coat the entire fender. This means removing headlights, fender skirting and mud flaps. Sanding down and reshooting with fresh paint in the bad areas and reclearing the entire fender.

 

Will they be able to get a perfect match? Does it hurt resale value? Anyone have any experience with having brand new truck painted?

 

Thanks!

 

I had my right front fender replaced completely after a car wash incident. I had it done by a GM bodyshop and they needed to paint the new fender. They removed all of the trim from the front pass door (bodyside molding, badges, window trim, etc) as well because they said you should NEVER just paint one body panel and end at the seam. They feathered the paint into the front door and hood with both the base coat and clearcoat and buffed it out. It matches perfectly, it is 100% undetectable.

 

Make sure they do the same with yours.

[Tanner03]

The Body shop manager said there was no need to paint the door but i would think blending is the right way to do it. Since its warranty work it makes me nervous as it seems to be a hurry up affair.

 

I am so mad at myself...After I took delivery two weeks ago and got the truck home I noticed lint in the clear coat on the front fenders actually thought it was dirt when I was at the dealership. Its very noticable I can't believe I missed it when I went over the truck.

 

Dealer wants to repaint the areas and reclear coat the entire fender. This means removing headlights, fender skirting and mud flaps. Sanding down and reshooting with fresh paint in the bad areas and reclearing the entire fender.

 

Will they be able to get a perfect match? Does it hurt resale value? Anyone have any experience with having brand new truck painted?

 

Thanks!

 

I had my right front fender replaced completely after a car wash incident. I had it done by a GM bodyshop and they needed to paint the new fender. They removed all of the trim from the front pass door (bodyside molding, badges, window trim, etc) as well because they said you should NEVER just paint one body panel and end at the seam. They feathered the paint into the front door and hood with both the base coat and clearcoat and buffed it out. It matches perfectly, it is 100% undetectable.

 

Make sure they do the same with yours.

 

[VMax2007]

The Baody shop manager said there was no need to paint the door but i would think blending is the right way to do it. Since its warranty work it makes me nervous as it seems to be a hurry up affair.

 

Yep, mine was being paid for in full by Yocum Oil (car wash owner). So it makes sense they would be more than happy to do it "right" vs the minimum requirement to satisfy a warranty. I would fight them on it as the shop that did mine was very adamant about needing to blend the paint in order to assure a perfect job.

[Alliance00]

Blending is only necessary when painting an older vehicle that the paint is aged, or hard to match colors with metallics and such.

[Daniel T]

Blending is only necessary when painting an older vehicle that the paint is aged, or hard to match colors with metallics and such.

and that would be Silver Birch

any metallic paint color is hard to match not because of the color itself but because of the metallic particles in the paint. it is almost impossible for the repaint to be a "perfect match" because they rarely get the metallic particles to lay down the same as the original paint. If the metallic particles lay in a different direction, they reflect the light differently and give it a different look at different angles of view.

[rckt442]

I had the driver side rear fender repainted on mine less than 2 months after taking ownership. This was an insurance claim and was done by a reputable, independent bodyshop, not a GM dealer. They only repainted the back fender, there was no blending with adjacent body panels. My truck is dark blue metallic and I cannot tell a difference in paint color or in the metal flake with the rest of the truck. The only issue I had is that since I had my linex sprayed over the rails, they had no choice but to tape it off and if you look hard, you can see the seam between the clearcoat and linex. I clayed and zaino'd my truck a couple weeks ago, and still can't tell the difference (which should have multiplied any visual differences). Over the years I've learned that its all about the guy on the end of the spray gun. There are some really good painters out there, and some really bad ones too.

[Lincoln30]

Technically, any paintwork on vehicle negatively effects the value but in reality if it's great then nobody should notice it without a paint thickness gauge. A good example of the negative effect would be if you wish to sell the vehicle to Carmax when you are done with it...they will buy anything but it goes to wholesale or their value lot if three panels have been painted on (this includes the adjacent panels that where "blended".) So on your truck, if they have to blend onto the door and hood, that's 3 panels painted and you will be offered rough book (the lowest wholesale number) instead of something slightly above average trade in value. The difference can be anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars.

[rckt442]

I would also add that the 2 worst body/paint repairs that I have had done were through two different GM dealer body shops. I used to think that the GM dealer would be the best body shop to repair a GM vehicle. I hope I haven't offended any GM body shop people on this board. All I'm saying is that its the person doing the work (as well as the facilities and painting equipment) that make the job, not the nameplate on the building.

[slimjim2525]

Let them fix it, and look at the results. Everytime i have had painting done, it matched perfectly.

[JoshRDavis.84]

I have had 3 vehicles painted at a bodyshop I trust and many people I know I have had work done there. Old, new, car, truck they all came out looking good. I dont know whether or not they did any blending. You may want to talk to stand alone body shop and see what they would do.

[VMax2007]

Blending is only necessary when painting an older vehicle that the paint is aged, or hard to match colors with metallics and such.

 

That is precisely what the bodyshop guy told me, and since my truck is Steel Gray Metallic, he said it was essential to doing the job "right".

[kal el]

I had my 03 2500hd light pewter metalic passenger side bed repainted by gm body shop after an accident and you cant tell any diffrence. also had my 03 1500z71 burgundy/ light pewter metalic repainted after a trampoline smashed it , at an independent shop and cant tell a diffrence. As was stated earlier it is all in who is behind the gun and body work.

[tileking13]

The dealer actully scratched my rear driver door badly the day before delivery. When they fixed it, they repainted the whole back door and feathered in the front door and bed side. It was a perfect match, the only trouble i had was some overspray on my windows, which they corrected real fast! And it doesn't matter how many panels are painted because its not considered an accident unless it goes through insurance. The dealer is not going to report this to the DMV or something, so if the work is flawless then nobody will ever know it was painted, hence it wont lower the value.

[svensk]

The dealer actully scratched my rear driver door badly the day before delivery. When they fixed it, they repainted the whole back door and feathered in the front door and bed side. It was a perfect match, the only trouble i had was some overspray on my windows, which they corrected real fast! And it doesn't matter how many panels are painted because its not considered an accident unless it goes through insurance. The dealer is not going to report this to the DMV or something, so if the work is flawless then nobody will ever know it was painted, hence it wont lower the value.

exactly...no car fax report.