Best colour matching body shop in the East Midlands area?
Best colour matching body shop in the East Midlands area?
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Croppie

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53 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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Hi folks,

Somebody scraped my bumper in a car park at night while I was on business down in Wiltshire, but frustratingly didn’t stop to leave their details.

Car is a VW golf TSI. Colour - Tornado Red. 16 plate.

I phoned the South West Chips Away team and they did a great job resolving the scuff, but they’ve repainted the bumper and it’s a different shade of red. I only noticed the shade discrepancy after I’d got back home. The Chips Away technician did assure me they would be able to colour match, so I haven’t got any real degree of confidence in taking it back to them to rectify.

Can anyone please recommend me an excellent body shop in the East Midlands area that is able to colour match and fix this?

I live in Leicester..but I’ happy to travel out of Leicester to find what I need.

I have attached a photo of the shade difference below.

Any help or advice on where to go is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Croppie


2 sMoKiN bArReLs

32,039 posts

266 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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Shouldn't they come back & correct it?

(but I understand if you've lost confidence)

2 sMoKiN bArReLs

32,039 posts

266 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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Perhaps a different guy. (I think they are mostly franchises)

Draxindustries1

1,657 posts

54 months

Saturday 6th August 2022
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Reds are notoriously difficult to match as they suffer from uv degradation.
What they should have done is not paint edge to edge like that. It should have been blown into the rear quarter.

Edited by Draxindustries1 on Saturday 6th August 20:40