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Originally Posted by X5_ATLAST
Thanks ARD, I went to see the mod shop Bret (one of the posters helping me with this) has referred, the guy said both panels needs to be painted. So I might as well go to bodyshop. I will take it there and see what they will say.
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What'd insurance say?
Curious as to the final $ tally. Do you know what orangepeel is, and how to evaluate paint quality? You want to get a sense of the factory paint- in particular the 'high visual' and medium visual areas- and assess the overall paint smoothness. The repaint should match these. Generally upwards facing surfaces, from waist heigh to eye height are high visual. (Like door handle to window). Look closely at the car and you will begin to see how the imperfect paint is distributed. You want to match this.
You also want to look at any metallic 'clouding' that you can see. This must be matched too. Stand back, get close...compare sides... after a while you'll be picking out painted panels on the highway!
Finally- and this is the MOST IMPORTANT- make sure the shop understands what your criteria are for the job. Worst thing to do is wait and see what kind of job is done. I clipped a deer in my P turbo at 90mph
... $2600 to the rear fender and tubo inlet. The shop knew my criteria- and really liked the idea that I came by after they shot it to inspect- this is before they took off all the masking and before they started putting trim and glass back on- I found some issues they could (with relative ease) correct. Had I waited it would have been a PITA.
Communicate your expectations.
GL
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01-21-2010, 05:08 PM
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