Repainting the bumper - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

kerplunk · 05-28-2010, 07:43 PM

On the receipt (for "parts" not labor), it just says:

PaintMaterials:
Qty: 2.5
Sale: $24.00
Extended: $60.00

So the paint cost $60.00+tax... not sure if that helps determine what kind of paint was used. I'm not sure how much paint costs. I called a body shop that the local Porsche dealership recommends and they said their paint is imported directly from Germany... so I don't know.

Anymore information on the 3 variances of Arctic Silver paint would be helpful too. If they can't fix it, I'm going to take it to the Porsche-recommended body shop.

KevinH1990 · 05-28-2010, 08:10 PM

Interesting article here: http://www.autobodysupply.net/Articles.asp?ID=140

Apparently painting plastic (like your bumper) presents special challenges, but a reasonably diligent professional could have come a lot closer to matching the color than your painter.

You may need to take the car to a shop that is accustomed to dealing with auto enthusiasts and our notoriously high standards.

Good luck.

kerplunk · 05-28-2010, 09:00 PM

A couple things:

1. I used to work in my uncle's paint store for 4 years, so I know that it can be tough matching colors and how what applying it to (plastic versus metal) effects things... but really a primer should take care of most of that, you know? That's it's job. I'm sure it' snot much different for automobiles.

2. The place I got this body work done at is a place that only works on BMWs and Porsches... so that's why I thought I could trust them.

Thanks for the replies!

boxster6354 · 05-29-2010, 05:55 AM

I had bumper, rear deck lid and skirts painted at a local shop that does not specialize in high end cars and it being a 2000 Boxster they were able to match it spot on.

As was said before there are about three variations of the paint color, but even taking that into account they can spray a test piece of material and let it dry to see how it matches prior to painting the whole bumper.

If they could not match or mix paint right the first time I would try to get a refund and go elsewhere, any paint shop that is worth a thing can match up paint regardless if it is years old.

Good luck