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My wife and I bought a 2014 honda accord ex-l on a Saturday and 2 days later an idiot backed into it and took out the front passenger fender and headlight. The car is alabaster silver. I had a body shop veteran of 30 years do the repairs. He informed me that silver metallic is a bitch to match. He blended the paint onto the hood and door. Something odd about the paint is this when looking directly down on the front fender/hood area the paint is a perfect match. When looking straight on to the fender from a squatted position the paint is a darn near perfect match. When you stand at the rear wheel and look toward the front passenger at the repaired fender the color is obviously off. What is up with this?...Is this as good as I can hope for. I dont want to have it repainted just to have it turn out jacked up again. I live in the boonies of East Kentucky....so finding a quality body shop/painter is almost impossible. Any and all advice will be appreciated.
Thanks
My wife and I bought a 2014 honda accord ex-l on a Saturday and 2 days later an idiot backed into it and took out the front passenger fender and headlight. The car is alabaster silver. I had a body shop veteran of 30 years do the repairs. He informed me that silver metallic is a bitch to match. He blended the paint onto the hood and door. Something odd about the paint is this when looking directly down on the front fender/hood area the paint is a perfect match. When looking straight on to the fender from a squatted position the paint is a darn near perfect match. When you stand at the rear wheel and look toward the front passenger at the repaired fender the color is obviously off. What is up with this?...Is this as good as I can hope for. I dont want to have it repainted just to have it turn out jacked up again. I live in the boonies of East Kentucky....so finding a quality body shop/painter is almost impossible. Any and all advice will be appreciated.
Thanks