It's a sad day!
#1
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No matter how much you baby your Lexus you can't prevent what others will do.
I was visiting a friend and their neighbor backed into my baby. He did come over and let me know, I have to give him credit.
Question? Has anybody had any body work done with the Starfire Pearl? The body shop will replace the door but they say the have to feather into the front fender and the rear door. I am not very happy about that. They said if it were anything but the Starfire Pearl they would not have to. Multi-layer process and due to the reflectors in the paint they need to feather. The estimate is $2500.
If anyone has had an experience with this I would appreciate your input and pictures of the work if you have them.
Thanks, Michael
I was visiting a friend and their neighbor backed into my baby. He did come over and let me know, I have to give him credit.
Question? Has anybody had any body work done with the Starfire Pearl? The body shop will replace the door but they say the have to feather into the front fender and the rear door. I am not very happy about that. They said if it were anything but the Starfire Pearl they would not have to. Multi-layer process and due to the reflectors in the paint they need to feather. The estimate is $2500.
If anyone has had an experience with this I would appreciate your input and pictures of the work if you have them.
Thanks, Michael
Last edited by MEP7557; 06-02-10 at 06:57 AM. Reason: New Car
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i don't have particular experience with this color, but knowing its complexity and other complex color (like the white on the sc430), blending is indeed a good option to make the color flows better. if they are good they can get the color very close, but very very hard to match 100%
sorry to hear your mishap
sorry to hear your mishap
#3
My car is in the shop now for the very same reason. They are replacing the door panel, and feather the whole driver side. Hope you have a good body shop. Pearl color is very hard to match. Sad day indeed.
#5
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Double ouch! My sister had her white Audi backed into not once but twice in a year The body shop did a pretty good job on the paint, couldn't really tell. Like RXSF said, blending is the way to go. Good luck.
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because they dont just make and paint random parts to hold in the warehouse. Every panel that is made has a VINN number and is accounted for to be attached to 1 car and not another. Plus it would just be rediculously expensive, but I would probably do it
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I had my 2000 Carrera bumper replaced and the expert body shop just ordered the paint from the original paint manufacture that Porsche uses and just repainted by color code. No separate matching, just ordered the paint and sprayed the bumper. It was a perfect match because the original paint manufacture matches every batch they make to the original batch. It was unbelievable, but I examined the color to the adjacent parts in every light, sun, shade, garage lighting. It is perfect
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I had my 2000 Carrera bumper replaced and the expert body shop just ordered the paint from the original paint manufacture that Porsche uses and just repainted by color code. No separate matching, just ordered the paint and sprayed the bumper. It was a perfect match because the original paint manufacture matches every batch they make to the original batch. It was unbelievable, but I examined the color to the adjacent parts in every light, sun, shade, garage lighting. It is perfect
#11
No matter how much you baby your Lexus you can't prevent what others will do.
I was visiting a friend and their neighbor backed into my baby. He did come over and let me know, I have to give him credit.
Question? Has anybody had any body work done with the Starfire Pearl? The body shop will replace the door but they say the have to feather into the front fender and the rear door. I am not very happy about that. They said if it were anything but the Starfire Pearl they would not have to. Multi-layer process and due to the reflectors in the paint they need to feather. The estimate is $2500.
If anyone has had an experience with this I would appreciate your input and pictures of the work if you have them.
Thanks, Michael
I was visiting a friend and their neighbor backed into my baby. He did come over and let me know, I have to give him credit.
Question? Has anybody had any body work done with the Starfire Pearl? The body shop will replace the door but they say the have to feather into the front fender and the rear door. I am not very happy about that. They said if it were anything but the Starfire Pearl they would not have to. Multi-layer process and due to the reflectors in the paint they need to feather. The estimate is $2500.
If anyone has had an experience with this I would appreciate your input and pictures of the work if you have them.
Thanks, Michael
#12
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feel your pain MEP, i know how it feels (truly i do). as others have mentioned, get the best bodyshop that can match the paint the best. otherwise your other alternative is to repaint the entire car (if you are really picky about color matching).
#14
If you can afford it, get it fixed, wait a couple months and trade it in on a brand new RX350. Ask the person who backed into you to pay the difference in the trade in, or split the difference. That's what I would do.
#15
Of course, if it were me who sustained the damage, I'd agree completely with you.
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