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Old 08-22-2008, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrei
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.
you trust people who own BMW's? Their cars are in the shop more than they drive it.
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 03:17 PM
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you trust people who own BMW's? Their cars are in the shop more than they drive it.
hahahahaah Very true
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 03:20 PM
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strangely, mine is the opposite, my entire car is darker (like the bumper color), and the mispainted side is the lighter one - what year is your car?
 
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Old 08-22-2008, 04:01 PM
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strangely, mine is the opposite, my entire car is darker (like the bumper color), and the mispainted side is the lighter one - what year is your car?
2004
 
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IT Sucks I know where U live OFf your pictures SInce i Use to Live in Decatur.
 
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Old 08-23-2008, 12:59 AM
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IT Sucks I know where U live OFf your pictures SInce i Use to Live in Decatur.
Whats the name of the apt complex then??
 
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Old 08-26-2008, 03:02 AM
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Went and got it today. Got home and put the valance on and I'll put it on the car in a few hours So far I looked over both the bumper and Aero valance and I only found 2 small spots that need retouching but I can do that myself




It's wet in this picture.



 
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glad to hear you got it fixed
 
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Old 08-26-2008, 04:10 AM
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I am too. I been driving around with no bumper for nearly a month now.
 
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Old 08-26-2008, 11:16 AM
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So i guess this is the right color? Did it match correctly?
Some here were saying that you shouldnt have "accepted" the sample and that it might still be off and since you sign off on it you are stuck.... Not true, if you have the sample and it happens to be off from the sample you picked then they HAVE to re-spray because its not what you approved. Since it IS going to be a bit off then its just your choice of how many times you would like them to re-spray.
 
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Old 08-26-2008, 03:04 PM
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It's a good shop, I've seen a lot of the cars they've done, and the work has been solid. The guy that used to do all my paintwork had a shop that looked even worse than that one. But he really knew how to paint. You can't judge a book by it's cover. I've seen some really, really bad work come out of some shops that looked great and had the newest equipment but no skills.


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?
 
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Old 08-27-2008, 12:34 PM
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And after 5 days of rain I decided to go to the car wash place in my apt complex and put the bumper on since I couldn't do that in the parking lot.

It matches 100% in person






 
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I'm going there tomorrow to see what I can work out. There was 2 shades of this color code. The other one was lighter which is what I needed.
The newer DG cars have a darker shade than the 03-04 ones.
 
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From the back it a real close match. From the side it still looks off, but it's somewhat the same way on my DG. Depends on how the light hits it and seems there's always a difference between paint on metal compared to on poly with DG...primer is primer, paint is paint, clearcoat is clearcoat...weird.

Had no idea there were two shades of factory DG from reading this thread. Good to know...thanx.

Glad you got it all worked out and finally back on.
 
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It matches in person.

Taped her for the rest of the week until the weekend gets here





She has a sexy stance. I like that
 


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