NotoriousGQ

Weschester Autobody does excellent work but pricey. Don't know the exact address but they are in the cross street of Midland Avenue and Cottage Street in city of Port Chester zip code 10573.

Jacko

Really Alex ?

I surprised because my car was perfect paint match. the only complaint
I have is that the front bumper paint seems to chip too easy IMO. But
that may be because of the after market bumper material I spoke to
Rich about it he agreed and said when I bring the car back he wants to have the
paint rep take a look at it. But I guess my point is that he is very professional
and didn't even hesitate about telling me he'd fix it. Also when he was doing
the work originally he actually painted it a few times because it wasn't perfect
So I'm surprised to hear this.

Billman250

Alex....telling us does you no good. Tell him.

NFRs2000NYC

Any real bodyshop will tell you it is IMPOSSIBLE to match any pearl or metallic color without blending. Granted, if the shop is really good, the blending will be minimal, but it still needs to be done. My acura is Pearl white, and the fender was trashed. Needed to blend into the door and the hood.

If you paint just the bumper, even if the shop mixes perfect paint, it still wont match because of the way the light hits it. (pearl needs to be sprayed in the same direction to match)

Jacko

I'm no paint expert but I don't know if I agree with you on that.
If that really is true then blending wouldn't fix it either, you would
still see it. just in a different area then what was damaged.

NFRs2000NYC

I see your point, but.....the point of blending is that your eye will no longer be focused (cannot focus) on just that one piece contrasting with the other. You are correct in your statement, as technically, without repainting the entire car from scratch it is impossible to match pearl. A trained eye will be able to tell. However, to the regular person,

If you paint just the bumper, your eye will automatically compare the bumper to the panel that is right next to it. Since there is a gap, you can focus on the difference and see it was clearly repainted. However, if you blend the paint over to the next panel, your eye has nothing to reference to, and the difference is not noticible. My friend's sister has a saab, that was painted without blending. The front fender was painted and the paint matches flawlessly. However, in certain lighting, it looks 3 shades darker than the hood and the doors.

Its all about fooling the eye. 4-6" into the next panel will result in a very nice match.

Billman250

Our group drives at 100 plus within 5 feet of each other may have something to do with it

Jacko

you know you keep saying that, but when I spoke with Rich he
agreed with me. I also mention to him maybe I should get the
clear bra put on after he paints it again and he said NOOOOO!!!
don't do that . He wants the rep to look at it. Because his regular
customers with Porsches & Ferraris that go over a 100mph on a
regular basis don't have this problem.

Anyway all I was trying to say was even though I had a complaint
they where professional about it. There are a lot of companys out
there that provide good service. but what separates the good from the
"BEST" is how they handle complaints and would be problems. I feel
Rich handled every issue we had with putting on my body kit. I know
for sure that there was many hours spent that he did not bill me for
this is why I would tell everyone to go there with out hesitation.

And the same theory of good vs "BEST" is why I only let you work
on my car & why I wait so patiently for you to do my S/C

Jacko

[QUOTE=NFRs2000NYC,Jan 3 2006, 09:27 PM] I see your point, but.....the point of blending is that your eye will no longer be focused (cannot focus) on just that one piece contrasting with the other.

NFRs2000NYC

One more thing...and mike, I mean no offense at all towards your paint, or Elrich...I know they do amazing work, Ive seen Bills spotwelds in the trunk....however...in the defense of my theory....and for the sake of my point, I will use your spa vs my pearl white RL.

Spa is a pearl, but the distance between flakes is very small. They are VERY tight. On my RL, the pearl first of all, has like 6 colors in it, (pink, green, blue, etc)....and they are spaced farther apart.

If I were to repaint one part of my car, no paint shop can make the exact paint in terms of flake distance like factory. Thus, a non-blended paint will leave much more concentrated spots of a certain pearl color (Like a spot that has a bunch of pink)...

Not all paint is the same, this is just a rule of thumb. Also, these arent really my words, this is what my shop told me (a few people on here know them, like Dan and Eliot). I use Advanced Auto Collision on Jericho, and Charlie explained this stuff to me when I was fixing my s2000, (which was done flawlessly....twice)

So, sometimes you just gotta look yourself in the mirror Mike, and say, "When in Rome..."