I painted my bumper and the color is a little too dark. It looks okay but to me it's dark haven't heard anyone else really say anything but I also have to paint my hood and I don't want it to stick out. I'm using matrix paint KH3 do you guys recommend any certain paint product

 

Looks good bro. Good job. How much was the paint kit.
Chances are the paint kit matches the manufacturer's color, but it only looks dark because the rest of the paint had 13-17 years of sun exposure.
Bodywork and paint matching is kind of an art.

 

This looks great. Could you make a list of all the products you used?

 

The problem you will ALWAYS run into when trying to match paint color for a 13-17 year old vehicle is the oxidation/UV wear on the existing clear coat. The base color is probably an exact match but the existing factory clear coat will be badly UV damaged and it causes a "yellowing" of the color spectrum which makes it look like a slightly different color. I've spent a bit of time talking about this with my neighbor hot rod shop and the very reputable paint/body shops down the street from them, obviously the best options is to respray the entire car so you end up with 100% new paint/clear on the entire vehicle but the painters have regularly done a mix spray with a 2% - 5% yellow added ONLY ON THE EDGES to blend against the factory paint.

Granted these guys are top tier professionals with their own mixing equipment so it's not really something that's feasible for most folks that can't blend their own colors.

You're only going to really notice this if your car is always kept 100% clean and waxed. If you only wash your car once a month it won't even be noticeable most of the time.

 

There are a number of ways but most shops are going to blend into the surrounding panels. Depending on the painter's eye for color, adding some toner to base as mentioned above is one solution. Another is simply gradual fades into the surrounding panel which for the hobbyist is probably an easier option. It normally involves coming back into the surrounding panel a certain distance, setting up a tape line that will bounce the paint back to the exposed area and not leave a hard edge, using multiple progressive thinner coats, then removing the taping and the last couple of coats are extremely thin and pulling the gun back from the surface. This technique is simply to fool the eye as it becomes difficult looking from the newly painted panel to the old panel and discerning where the new paint ends. Probably best to practice it first.

 

I wouldn't sweat it broski .
We can't tell the diff. Neither can most people. Only you can see it bc you did it.
Homie does his own DIY painting at home.
And it looks gooooood.
Big up to you
How many of us can say we did our own bumper and hood in our garage.
Looks sick.
Keep up the good work.
Brrrrraap

 

My bad I haven't been on for a while.

The products I used was. 21 gal compressor. 6 in da sander. Spray it spray gun from Amazon
Epoxy primed sealer. matrix paint. And I forgot what clear coat but it was 2K.
Bunch of different sandpapers and the sanding blocks. Adams compound. Adam's polisher. A 3-in polisher kit from Amazon and the drill
All together with the compressor and everything I probably spent around 8 to 900. But it wasn't all out of my pocket because somebody backed into my rear bumper and I got a check for that. That popped out easily and I used the money to buy all the stuff I need plus I put some money in.

If if anyone is going to do this I suggest you watch a million YouTube videos, practice with the paint gun and all the settings
Make sure you have the right reducer for the temperature. And a lot of time and patience.
I did this outside, under a canopy. It was not hard it was just a big time consuming project.

 

It turned out great! Seriously, that looks factory!