Blending a 3 stage pearl for damaged bumper

[randytusk]

Annoyingly, someone decided to mate their car into my rear nearside bumper. Paintwork is relatively unscathed but I now have a nice crack where it has split when it was forced against a mounting bracket.

Sadly the perp was nowhere to be found.

I ve had the local body shop quote and they insist lt it should be a blend into the rear quarter with glass removal etc.

Is it absolutely needed to blend with scarlet flare? I did ask for quite for bumper paint only but they seem reluctant due to the
Risk of a poor colour match.

Cost is 3.5k