Repainting the bumper

[wanna986]

Originally Posted by kerplunk

Well, I have a 2003. I'm really confused about what I should do right now, because when it's not sunny out, the color looks dead on... but in the sun or at night under street lights it looks completely wrong... and it's not because the sun is hitting the bumper and not the hood.

Don't know what to tell you. You're making these observations because the match is wrong. Clearly, when it's right, it's right and it's all good.

It seems they are willing to try again and that, at least, is good news. Have them do a few spray-out cards to show you before they go at the bumper again. That way, they save labor and you can get a preview in the hopes of averting another disappointment.

[kerplunk]

Here are two more pictures. It doesn't look so bad here... I'm having a hard time telling the difference now. Is it all in my head?

[TriGem2k]

As mentioned there are different versions of the same paint code. This goes for all cars. Never is one batch the same as the other.

When I had my lower moldings of my Range Rover painted. I had the shop make sample cards of every variance of the same color and I got to pick the one that matches my car dead on.

Now, if you did go to a shop that paints porsches all the time they probably do/should have paint samples (some on plastic some on metal as plastic and metal reflect light differently) to show you of the same paint code.

It's definitely off, don't con yourself into thinking its right because clearly by your pictures its not.

Good Luck!