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Old 08-21-2008, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by ShanesG
shouldn't have backied into a wall while parking
I already mentioned several times by now that the bumper was scuffed up before I bought the car and it needed repainting anyway. Even the muffler tips were damaged when I bought it that's why a Borla catback is next.

I'll post a pic from the dealer later on.

And the rear skirt matches and the bumper doesn't so what the **** is going on?? The thing is though they had a rear skirt and a bumper to go by and match but I guess they didn't even look. I guess they repainted them both at the same time without leaving one off to see if it matched the other.

This is the shop I got it done at. It's a good shop.
http://atlanta.citysearch.com/profil...body_shop.html
 

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Old 08-22-2008, 01:37 AM
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Another case of not spraying test panels first. They gonna have to tint the color by eye. Its not gonna be perfect but the gotta get it closer than that. Even if they blend the quarters it will still be off a little.
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 01:51 AM
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It's amazing that even in this day and age you cant ****ing match some paint....
 
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dude its not that bad..........






















































j.k get it fixed asap
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 01:54 AM
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The lighter shade was a perfect match. I'll get it fixed today for sure.

This is a pic from the dealer. You can see the bumper is scuffed up and the muffler tips are damaged. The clear coat was also pealing off.
 

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Old 08-22-2008, 02:11 PM
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It's getting repainted for free.

Here is some pics from today. The first color is the right one. I had the darker one. I'm picking up the bumper and skirt on Tuesday or later.



Some stuff I was missing that cost me $75 at the dealer
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrei

Some stuff I was missing that cost me $75 at the dealer
that shops looks kinda shady! Glad you got everything settled
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:19 PM
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that shops looks kinda shady! Glad you got everything settled
Don't judge it by it's cover. All the rich people from Buckhead go there. BMW's, Infinitis and Mercs go there.
 

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thats good to hear that they're fixing it for free
 
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almost looks like your car is brilliant silver and they sprayed it with desert platinum...
 
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Oh man, so my car's entire right side is lighter, and was obviously repainted (as parts are flaking, showing a darker paint underneath), and I never understood why - the body shop that repainted the side must have used the lighter wv2 color. This will help a LOT when I get it repainted, good luck with the bumper
 
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Was that way when I bought it btw
 
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Originally Posted by moro310
Oh man, so my car's entire right side is lighter, and was obviously repainted (as parts are flaking, showing a darker paint underneath), and I never understood why - the body shop that repainted the side must have used the lighter wv2 color. This will help a LOT when I get it repainted, good luck with the bumper
The first one is the lighter one which is what matched 100% for my car and the darker one is the 2nd one just to clear it up.
 
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Don't judge it by it's cover. All the rich people from Buckhead go there.
That doesn't quit mean anything because rich people from Buckhead go there. I got my wedding dress altered in Buckhead, went across town because it supposedly the best shop but they ****ed up my dress and I ended up paying 50% more than it would of cost me in the first place.

Its about being more professional and getting the color in your bumper the FIRST time around. How many greys does Infiniti have?
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by suzuk1girl
That doesn't quit mean anything because rich people from Buckhead go there. I got my wedding dress altered in Buckhead, went across town because it supposedly the best shop but they ****ed up my dress and I ended up paying 50% more than it would of cost me in the first place.

Its about being more professional and getting the color in your bumper the FIRST time around. How many greys does Infiniti have?
Sorry to hear about the dress

They only have one gray - diamond graphite. But I don't know the reason why they have a variation which is darker.

The body shop I went to has got a lot of reviews on citysearch which is why I picked it and it was recommend to me by at least 2 BMW owners. The 2007 Antifreeze green twin turbo 350z in Atlanta was also going to have that shop work on their car but the widebody project was too big of a project for the shop.
 


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