oldtrlrnr

My 06 Suzuka Blue Metallic S2K had scratches on the lower edge of the front bumper panel, under the grill area, pretty much all the way across (probably from a careless valet parking attendant). I ran into a team of on-the-spot auto body guys yesterday, and they offered to fix it up "perfectly", right away. I went for it, and they got it done in less than an hour. The sanding of the rough scratches was not that good, but I could forgive that if the paint matched well . . . but it doesn't !!!

They shot the whole lower 3" or so of the front bumper panel, and it came out a bit too turquoise or aqua colored, doesn't match the oem paint well at all - very obvious in sunlight. Worse, they apparently didn't shoot a clear coat over it, nor buff it out much, so it appears dull.

I'm thinking I'll call the guy and ask him to come back and redo it, matching the color better and doing a clear coat. But first I thought I'd get some opinions from this forum. (If there's a better forum for paint issues, please redirect me.)

I got this done for a bargain price (paid cash), but now it's looking like not such a good deal. Any hope here, other than paying a professional auto body shop megabucks to redo it right?

TIA

Bob

AngryTurtle

The suzuka will prob never match.

SquirtleS2K

Its really hard to match suzuka. There is however a shop in redwood city ca that did an incredible job I could hardly tell the difference.

DFWs2k

you got punked...when i got my bumper painted/installed, the body shop sanded down/primered the hood and fenders and painted the bumper/hood/fenders all together to make sure it matched

DFWs2k

the only way you are going to get a good quality paint job done cheap is if you know someone who will hook you up

jimbosr1

it will cost you more to make it right then it did to screw it up..get somebody who knows what there doing and fix it right .good luck!

oldtrlrnr

That's what I was afraid of. I shoulda never gone with it.

Thanks for feedback, guys.

iam7head

[QUOTE=oldtrlrnr,May 20 2009, 07:08 PM] My 06 Suzuka Blue Metallic S2K had scratches on the lower edge of the front bumper panel, under the grill area, pretty much all the way across (probably from a careless valet parking attendant). I ran into a team of on-the-spot auto body guys yesterday, and they offered to fix it up "perfectly", right away.

iam7head

[QUOTE=SquirtleS2K,May 21 2009, 09:51 AM] Its really hard to match suzuka.

Shadow_S2K

Were you approached by some Armenia guys offering you to do body work on the cheap? If so its a scam...and you will never get them to come back to repair it for you...and most likely cost more damage to repair from the body shop.