Update on C5 bodywork

[yellowshark454]

Firstly thanks for your help and especially to Sam for the offer of a lift! I know it pees you off when someone then ignores you and goes somewhere else. I called Pete at MechSpray and he was happy to give a quote to the insurance company based on digital photos (so that sealed it). BUT Pete said that irrespective of paint code there are 4 types of black and so he wants to spray the bonnet and other wing and headlight to ensure a match. I have no idea if the insurance company will wear this but if they do I get the entire front resparyed for nothing!!! I was going to aske him to spray the bonnet at my cost anyway.

The concept of the paint code not matching still leaves me perplexed though

[ZR1cliff]

Pete i think its normal to spray other panels,ive had times when someones dented a door and the whole side had to be blown in to match,try and stand your ground on this as ime sure its common procedure,hope to see some photos when youve had her done.

[yellowshark454]

Where does it stop Cliff? If you do the side, dont you have to do the horizontal panels to match the side. Then do the other side to match the horizontals, thats how I read what you are saying. Of course if the insurance company stump up for a complete respray I dont have a problem! When someone reaer ended my Fiat Coupe, that was resparayed, the rear panel thati is, and matched perfectly. Is the a case of inferior american paint or something?

[ZR1cliff]

Ime not sure how it works ,but when ive taken a car to be repaired they always say it needs a larger area to be "blown in" to hide the panel thats been damaged,i get the impression its for one visual dimension of the vehicle but like you say where does it end?
I guess it needs a proffesional to comment on why they do this.

[Boosted LS1]

With new modern paints they should get it right first time. I had a panel resprayed on an old saab and am very impressed with the work. I can't tell it's been resprayed. If your guy can show there are different blacks the insurers may go for it or they may say do it just the once and see how it comes out. They do seem to penny pinch a lot and it sometimes costs them a lot more in the long term.

Boosted.

[yellowshark454]

Yup that was pretty much Pete's view. He didnt want to to do just the replacement panel and then have me complaining that they didnt match so he would have to do it all again, so he is is putting the extra spraying into the insurance claim. Still, I am now wondering how it all works when the wing wil be seen against the door which is not being resparayed. Something I will ask when I next talk to him

[Gary Z]

Pete at Mech Spray did my first Corvette for a total respray and another car for repair which was mica paint and both times did an excellent job.

I believe Tom at Claremont uses Pete for all their respray work as well, so I would think he was pretty good.
I would be confident he knows what he is talking about.

He also used to have a photo album with examples of respray jobs he had done which was pretty impressive..

[Y50 VET]

Most paint shops will want to blend into the adjacent panel to fade the new paint against old to account for aging and change in pigment, its normal and is allowed for in the insurance work as far as I know.
Good luck let us know how it goes and if you are tempted to switch the colour to ORANGE

Sam

[yellowshark454]

OK Cliff I now know how it works. Panel A is the new panel and panel B is a panel adjacent to the new panel. Panel B has an area, 6-12 inches "depth" moving away from panel A, resprayed. As you move away from panel A the paint being sprayed onto panel B is blended/faded out. The entire panel B is then relacquered. This fools the eyes into thinging that everything matches. So on mine the bonnet will be blended out from the new wing and nosecone. The other wing will be blended out from the new nose cone and the area at the front of the bonnet that has been resprayed. And the door on the other side will be blended out from the new wing. I will probably pay to have the wing mirrors and butt resprayed too

[ZR1cliff]

yellowshark454 said:

OK Cliff I now know how it works. Panel A is the new panel and panel B is a panel adjacent to the new panel. Panel B has an area, 6-12 inches "depth" moving away from panel A, resprayed. As you move away from panel A the paint being sprayed onto panel B is blended/faded out. The entire panel B is then relacquered. This fools the eyes into thinging that everything matches. So on mine the bonnet will be blended out from the new wing and nosecone. The other wing will be blended out from the new nose cone and the area at the front of the bonnet that has been resprayed. And the door on the other side will be blended out from the new wing. I will probably pay to have the wing mirrors and butt resprayed too

That makes sense,these panel beaters/sprayers are clever chaps.

[vetteheadracer]

If you are spraying a C5 vette yellow then you need to remember that the clearcoat is in fact a yellow tint clearcoar......