well, as some of you may know, or have noticed, ive been crashed into 4 times over the past year or so, none my fault. The clios been through two new rear bumpers, a new boot floor, boot lids, allsorts.........when around 3 months ago i got hit by a parcel force van, that drove off, then wouldnt admit he ever did it, great 
so i had a massive hole in the rear bumper, dented boot lid etc...
it got left and left until i found new parts, and needed to get them painted....thats another story anyway.....it ended up taking 2months and a week to get them sprayed for various reasons, and i got called today to tell me they were ready, great i thought....i was going for a freshly painted bumper, a set of painted door handles and my front sections of the sidestrips re-done........i was glad because the car was going to be back how it was.
so i drove to leeds, checked the work, all was good so i came home with my bits........ get home to find out the side strips, handles and bumper are no were near matching the color of my car..................to be fair, the work is top notch, an excellent finish to the paint, but its the wrong color Whilst doing the work, we confirmed the color code many times, J47.
i didnt check the paint against the car in leeds as it was pissing down, going dark and it looked mint inside the bodyshop so i was happy. Upon closer inspection its not what it seems
the bumper:
the handles (absolutely great finish, but wrong color!)
and to show you the actual color difference..............Middo's 16v badges match the car perfectly..........
now, even though the work is good, its completely wrong........i tried to phone up but they had gone home i think, no answer.....and to be honest, i cant justify going to leeds and back twice to take them back to be re-done, thats like £40+ in fuel..............
Its just turning into a disaster this car, its been in 'repair' so to speak for more than 50% of the time ive had it, and its just costing too much to keep in good condition, and get things right on it................
after the last big crash i was 90% selling up, now its closer to 99%, as to be honest ive had enough of all the fu*king around really, its just one big disaster!
anyone have any ideas on why the color is different even though the right paint code was used?
so i had a massive hole in the rear bumper, dented boot lid etc...
it got left and left until i found new parts, and needed to get them painted....thats another story anyway.....it ended up taking 2months and a week to get them sprayed for various reasons, and i got called today to tell me they were ready, great i thought....i was going for a freshly painted bumper, a set of painted door handles and my front sections of the sidestrips re-done........i was glad because the car was going to be back how it was.
so i drove to leeds, checked the work, all was good so i came home with my bits........ get home to find out the side strips, handles and bumper are no were near matching the color of my car..................to be fair, the work is top notch, an excellent finish to the paint, but its the wrong color
Whilst doing the work, we confirmed the color code many times, J47.i didnt check the paint against the car in leeds as it was pissing down, going dark and it looked mint inside the bodyshop so i was happy. Upon closer inspection its not what it seems
the bumper:
the handles (absolutely great finish, but wrong color!)
and to show you the actual color difference..............Middo's 16v badges match the car perfectly..........
now, even though the work is good, its completely wrong........i tried to phone up but they had gone home i think, no answer.....and to be honest, i cant justify going to leeds and back twice to take them back to be re-done, thats like £40+ in fuel..............
Its just turning into a disaster this car, its been in 'repair' so to speak for more than 50% of the time ive had it, and its just costing too much to keep in good condition, and get things right on it................
after the last big crash i was 90% selling up, now its closer to 99%, as to be honest ive had enough of all the fu*king around really, its just one big disaster!
anyone have any ideas on why the color is different even though the right paint code was used?
