Lukas99GS

I'm considering having both my front and rear bumper and possibly my hood to get repainted by a bodyshop in the spring just due to stone chips, and a couple small scuffs. The car still looks great but since I'm planning on keeping my 460 a while I want it to look perfect, my car is black, but I'd rather leave it as is than have a body panel that's a different shade, curious to see pics of people's results and if they blended well?

ibidu1

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Black is an easy color to match up I wouldnt be worried if I was you.

If you spray the entire car know that the resale value of the car will drop.

Lukas99GS

Yeah it doesn't need that though, for the most part the car is mint, the sides are perfect, just a couple stone chips on the front bumper and lip of the hood, and a couple small scratches on the back bumper, I might see if a body shop would maybe fill the chips in, most people wouldn't notice the chips but I do and I'm a little ocd with my cars. I think I'll ask my Lexus dealer if they have a shop they recommend.

Cardo111

As another poster said non metallic black is an easy match. Regarding the shop that Lexus recommends I would try to go there directly, in my area dealers will write up bodywork estimates at the dealership than farm it out to someone else to get a mark-up and delay the repair process.

haromania

Black isn't a no brainer color to match as many would like to believe. I have panel painted black before and you could see the difference, and I owned a body shop and painted professionally for over 15 years. If you looked at it at the right angle, the painted panel was to brown, and it was noticeable, had it happen more than once. As a result, we stopped panel painting anything, didn't matter the color. We would blend into each adjacent panel and that was that.


Having said that, you may have good luck with it, it could go either way. If you panel paint something though, as in, just that panel and nothing that butts up next to it, you always run the risk of a slight mismatch.


No body shop can just "fill in" the chips. It takes time, primer, blocking, repainting, etc, in other words..$$$$

ibidu1

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Show us a pics of the damages

Stone chips you can easily fill them with touch up paint. Pay a detailer to compound and buff the entire car many times a good buff can erase scuffs and damages.

haromania

"Filling in" a chip with touch up paint can leave you with better than what you had, but many times it's just trading one flaw for another. If your paint is chipped down to the point rust could be an issue, then yes it's a better alternative than nothing, but touch up paint from a bottle looks like touch up paint from a bottle.

verly6565

painted bumper hood wheels calipers

TRD_Power

If you respray the front end, and you don't feel like cringing at another rock chip, you might consider getting a clear mask put on the front once it's done. Definitely worth the money.

ibidu1

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Many shops wont install clear mask on a repainted car

TRD_Power

Never heard that, but I can see why. Got mine done without even asking me if it's been repainted, which it has been.

Lukas99GS

Wow that looks spot on I wouldn't have been able to tell it was repainted, that gives me more confidence to do it.

Lukas99GS

How's yours look, was it just the bumper repainted or the whole car?