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SeanXE

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7th Feb 11 at 15:02

If I were to buy a car with a custom paint job (nothing chavy just a lighter shade than normal)

Would it be hard for me to get pits painted in the same colour? Or do most body shops these days have a paint scanner so they know what to mix?

Colour in question below, looks a bit lighter to me. Plus all the colour coding is exactly the right colour which is why I have reason to believe its been resprayed.

[Edited on 07-02-2011 by SeanXE]

corsamon

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7th Feb 11 at 15:04

If its a metallic or a pearl you will certainly struggle getting a perfect match but a pastel colour you shouldnt have much trouble matching it if it isent a majorly radical colour :-)

EDIT: check bonnet shuts e.t.c for over spray and possibly door shuts see if the original colour is there and is darker or if its dusty from overspray

[Edited on 07-02-2011 by corsamon]

EDIT (AGAAAIN) Just re-read what you put and i saw you said your buying a car, well have you seen it in the flesh or are you just going off that pic as maybe the pic just happens to be poor quality and isent a good match? possibly

[Edited on 07-02-2011 by corsamon]

SeanXE

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7th Feb 11 at 15:05

Just looks like a light gloss red to me mate

Jambo

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7th Feb 11 at 15:28

Photos can be misleading

SeanXE

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7th Feb 11 at 15:30

I took the picture mate

maybe its just faded a bit? But like I said, all the colour coding is exact

Christopher

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7th Feb 11 at 15:33

Hmmm very difficult! Ask the owner for a paint code and most body shops will be able to look it up! Or at my college we have all manufactures and colour charts of every type of colour of every make of car so if we dont know the paint code then it comes to do some old fashion matching mate

Gazdaman

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7th Feb 11 at 15:44

That looks standard flame red to me.

Gaz

SeanXE

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7th Feb 11 at 15:45

quote:
Originally posted by Gazdaman
That looks standard flame red to me.

Gaz

Hope your right, ill have a proper look when its in my hands

Jambo

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7th Feb 11 at 16:08

why would someone have resprayed it a slightly sifferent colour

That doesnt make any kind of sense.

Id say it was flame red, it will look different after/before a polish

Rob R

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7th Feb 11 at 16:54

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
why would someone have resprayed it a slightly sifferent colour
That doesnt make any kind of sense.

Id say it was flame red, it will look different after/before a polish

Bit like Fad when he had his corsa resprayed Misano Red

AndyCorsaSport

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7th Feb 11 at 17:07

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
why would someone have resprayed it a slightly sifferent colour
That doesnt make any kind of sense.

novarobbo

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7th Feb 11 at 17:36

i'd look for a difference in colour in the door shuts ect as been said. if not the door shuts under the bonnet for some reason people seem to for get to paint there. god knows why

SeanXE

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7th Feb 11 at 20:53

He just finished work, it was resprayed in flame red about a year ago he said.

Kieran

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7th Feb 11 at 20:55

That's been resprayed

Edit: wooops to late lol

[Edited on 07-02-2011 by kizzacorsab]

Jambo

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7th Feb 11 at 21:01

quote:
Originally posted by Rob R

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
why would someone have resprayed it a slightly sifferent colour
That doesnt make any kind of sense.

Id say it was flame red, it will look different after/before a polish

Bit like Fad when he had his corsa resprayed Misano Red

That maybe red but it's completely different as its such a different colour! Nobody would respray a star silver corsa star silverII

naz-gsi

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7th Feb 11 at 21:12

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo

quote:
Originally posted by Rob R

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
why would someone have resprayed it a slightly sifferent colour
That doesnt make any kind of sense.

Id say it was flame red, it will look different after/before a polish

Bit like Fad when he had his corsa resprayed Misano Red

That maybe red but it's completely different as its such a different colour! Nobody would respray a star silver corsa star silverII

i would as star silver 2 is metallic

SeanXE

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7th Feb 11 at 21:36

quote:
Originally posted by kizzacorsab
That's been resprayed

Edit: wooops to late lol

[Edited on 07-02-2011 by kizzacorsab]

MarkSport

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7th Feb 11 at 22:01

Isn't red like the hardest colour to match?

AndyCorsaSport

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7th Feb 11 at 23:15

quote:
Originally posted by novarobbo
i'd look for a difference in colour in the door shuts ect as been said. if not the door shuts under the bonnet for some reason people seem to for get to paint there. god knows why

Its not that they "forget" its the amount of extra work it takes, and the extra cost the customer probably doesnt want to pay.

Graham88

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7th Feb 11 at 23:48

quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport
Isn't red like the hardest colour to match?

Mine matched up fine

Graeme

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8th Feb 11 at 00:04

quote:
Originally posted by naz-gsi

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo

quote:
Originally posted by Rob R

quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
why would someone have resprayed it a slightly sifferent colour
That doesnt make any kind of sense.

Id say it was flame red, it will look different after/before a polish

Bit like Fad when he had his corsa resprayed Misano Red

That maybe red but it's completely different as its such a different colour! Nobody would respray a star silver corsa star silverII

i would as star silver 2 is metallic

there both metalic, hence silver the silver part.

Graeme

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8th Feb 11 at 00:05

quote:
Originally posted by MarkSport
Isn't red like the hardest colour to match?

not far off it but yellow is. Fades so badley, and the sun just fucks it up!

redtom

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8th Feb 11 at 00:19

Not read all of this but if you do buy it and it has had paint then make sure you find out the code/colour etc before buying it from previous owner...

My pulsars had paint and is a slightly different colour from standard and without knowing what colour it is, it makes it a mission to paint things.

right pain in the rectum.

Graeme

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8th Feb 11 at 00:34

redtom you can get a spectro on it but not alot of bodyshop have them due to the cost, ours was about £5k. Alot of the paint outlets will have them but will charge about £25 to get the colour from it.

redtom

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8th Feb 11 at 00:43

Oh really? well learn something everyday is that what its called a spectro?

Il pop in a bodyshop and ask when its back on the road

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