RevNev
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I recently bought a genuine Holden ute pre-painted hard lid in Red Hot (Sting Red) and the paint didn't match the body colour, the hard lid had a brownish tint. To my surprise under Holden parts warranty, they agreed the colour was mismatched and they (Holden) sent me to a supposedly excellent panel shop with a PPG paint system to repaint the hard lid and remedy the colour mismatch. I use an awesome panel shop who are a manufacture approved repairers for a luxury car brand, but I had to use the panel shop being a parts warranty job that Holden chose.
Here's the job from this "excellent" panel shop who didn't remedy the colour mismatch, they mismatched the colour more than in was originally and made it worse. Instead of having a brownish tint, they repainted it a custom orange! This is what happens when your car ends up at a substandard repairer who can't match paint and do the job properly.
Here's a close up, awesome job!! Imagine this mob doing an insurance job on the front guard, they'd be blending their "custom orange" down to the taillight, across the bonnet and ruin your car. Alternatively, I should have just taken it to my panel shop and paid them $1000 to fix it.
Here's the job from this "excellent" panel shop who didn't remedy the colour mismatch, they mismatched the colour more than in was originally and made it worse. Instead of having a brownish tint, they repainted it a custom orange! This is what happens when your car ends up at a substandard repairer who can't match paint and do the job properly.
Here's a close up, awesome job!! Imagine this mob doing an insurance job on the front guard, they'd be blending their "custom orange" down to the taillight, across the bonnet and ruin your car. Alternatively, I should have just taken it to my panel shop and paid them $1000 to fix it.
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