I am worried about the colour match on my car if I get some work done that I intend on.

I have read that there are many variations of diamond white , i.e some that wont match etc andwould like to know how successful work on your car has been ?

 

shouldn't have a problem with a good bodyshop.

 

am hving my s1 done as well n to be honest am really scared about the paint job as well...

 

Ive got a few tins left over from when mine was painted, so lucky really I guess....

But as said, a good bodyshop shouldnt have a problem

 

will be no problem as long as they polish the origeonal paint before they try to match it iv done different bits on a concorse s1 and you realy cant tell

 

unless it changed there 7 types of d white b 2 b3 normal for cozzys be even then it dnt always match needs tint out unless spaying whole car then get extra mixed out u neva have a problem spaying aint no balck art my mate sprayed my full car in a shitty workshop came out mint no fancy ovens needed it just speeds the dryin process up n keeps shit down

 

BROM@ZOO Stick some punctuation in and it makes it a lot easier to read mate

escortgti.com You shouldn't have a problem colour matching if you go to a reputable painters, but as Brom said there are many different shades..and that goes for most colours, not just diamond white.

 

take it from me the hardest ford colours to match are silver moonstone and auralis blue

 

Go to a known Topclass bodyshop & the match will be perfect. It may not be cheap but well worth paying extra. Had Brake fluid down the side of mine after a seal went, payed Top dollar & I cant tell where it was sprayed so im sure others cant. He now has an exact match for mine logged so I will always go back there.

 

i can match it easy but your too far away and rod i dont think it needs to be a top class place just some where that is willing to try i started doing it years ago in a garage on the side of a house and i aint had a complaint once

 

just what i was thinking! that was hard work to read

im worried about this too, need to get a few bits touched up on my saff dunno whether its worth it or not

 

i had a rear 1/4 done, colour match was spot on , shame about the spraying

 

we've just had a van back after it needed it's side doing

to say there was a difference would be an understatement

the bumper is the same white as the side sliding door, but they are different whites to the bonnet and wing and the door is another white and the rear quater is another shade

they collected it today so i'll expect a full respray when it comes back

had the same problem on my saph
they tried to blemd in the colours all down the side but itwouldn't match, they said there were 4 different shades of white and i said they had plenty more atempts to egt the paint right then

ended up getting the whole car done, and then binned it about 6 hours later

 

got the colour code off our vin plate, got a litre mixed up and did the rear panel, front panel and inside floor of our mk3 wiv no match issues. Flat White is a lot easier to match than say black or a pearl blue.

 

black is the esiest to match because there is no way your eyes can tell the difference between the shades as there is only realy two tipes of straight colour black one is blue the other is brown

 

To be honest if it is done I will most likely be doing it myself , though getting a price on a bodyshop wont be off the cards.

I have a little rust around my rear number plate surround , lacquer coming off the rubstrips and the front bumper cou;d be doing with a lick of paint.

I am now less confident in a match however

 

who cares about punctuation

when you been threw wat i av am lucky to be typing at a keyboard let alone spelling punctuation and gramma
ppl soon forget

 

get well soon brommy

 

No Brom: some people don't know.
I'd seen a few "When are Zoo open again?" threads but didn't read them in all honesty as I didn't know the answer as I don't know you or been to Zoo before. Sorry. All I know is you do some great suspension work.

Are you better now (apart from your lack of punctuation keys onyour keyboard )? Hope everything is ok or getting there.

 

 

I except that, but when you find a decent sprayer its hard using anyone else, just in case.
Rod

 

it also depends on what paint type they are using, c.o.b would be easy to lose a colour difference into the next panel anyway....

i got mine spot on ,took a few attempts at tinting but got it spot on in the end

 

had me own car painted couple off time and paint match been spot on by jacko like , shame he carnt stop the rust from comeing back ,blood roof rails

 

i just dont think you should have to pay through the nose for work to be done right
had me own car painted couple off time and paint match been spot on by jacko like , shame he carnt stop the rust from comeing back ,blood roof rails im a painter not magician lol