I had a very minor accident a little less than a year ago where the very corner of the nose got the plastic cracked right where the plastic and metal meet in the wheel well. That was the only damage and in fact it was so minor I drove all last summer before I brought it in to be fixed.
Even as minor as it was it required the whole nose to be replaced and painted.
My Charger is a 2014 SE in Granite Metallic
When I brought the car in I had them swap out the chrome grill for the black one. When I got it back it was all shined up and looked great to me. Well fast forward through winter and and some tough spring weather and I've been taking a closer look at the paint job
The Granite Metallic as a whole looks like it is a dark gray with brownish or bronze undertones to it. My repainted nose looks gray with blue undertones that don't even match the car. Almost like they used the wrong paint code number.
Here are some pics
I swung by the shop a few days back and asked them to look at it. They def saw the difference in colors but did not much they could do about it. The painter told me that colors react differently on plastics vs metals and it all depends on how the sun hits the (I think he said flex?).
Anyways they all agreed the color was off but said they could not get it too match unless they repainted it and then blended in the front fenders and part of the hood.
I'm no body shop expert but I would think they could get the color a bit closer than what you see in the pics?? I'm not looking for a perfect color match but maybe closer to the original gray/brown color?
Ideas or is the body shop really right in saying it can't be matched up any better by just repainting the nose? Total on the job was 700 bucks ( including new nose) so if I have to bring it elsewhere to be repainted I'm not gonna break the bank
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Even as minor as it was it required the whole nose to be replaced and painted.
My Charger is a 2014 SE in Granite Metallic
When I brought the car in I had them swap out the chrome grill for the black one. When I got it back it was all shined up and looked great to me. Well fast forward through winter and and some tough spring weather and I've been taking a closer look at the paint job
The Granite Metallic as a whole looks like it is a dark gray with brownish or bronze undertones to it. My repainted nose looks gray with blue undertones that don't even match the car. Almost like they used the wrong paint code number.
Here are some pics
I swung by the shop a few days back and asked them to look at it. They def saw the difference in colors but did not much they could do about it. The painter told me that colors react differently on plastics vs metals and it all depends on how the sun hits the (I think he said flex?).
Anyways they all agreed the color was off but said they could not get it too match unless they repainted it and then blended in the front fenders and part of the hood.
I'm no body shop expert but I would think they could get the color a bit closer than what you see in the pics?? I'm not looking for a perfect color match but maybe closer to the original gray/brown color?
Ideas or is the body shop really right in saying it can't be matched up any better by just repainting the nose? Total on the job was 700 bucks ( including new nose) so if I have to bring it elsewhere to be repainted I'm not gonna break the bank
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