Alright. Well my car is going into the body shop this fri to get its front end and rear end conversion. The car color is pearl white. I love the color but i was just wondering will my bumpers match close enough to m body color if painted properly. The guy is using PPG paint, he said its the best stuff in the market. What do you guys think....will it match close enough?

 

Well all maxima bumpers never match up for paint but when I had another front bumper on and painted it came very close. If you look at another maxima you can tell it has a different color.

 

well i mean i just dont want it to be a totaly different shade of white. He said it will match very close. And i will only be able to tell a slight difference when up close against the car.

 

i had my bumper painted after an accident, and the paint matches the rest of the car just fine. at IMO, im partially color blind. I dunno if pearl white is any different, but you shouldnt have anything to worry about.

 

I have a auto repair shop and in the same building my partner has a body shop. So I been around this kind of problem often. Each color code has variances which mean there is 2 to some times 6 differant formulas to make the same color. It's really a shade differance. And he also has a PPG paint mixer. So it's really up to the painter making the color if the color is correct. and yes pearl is one of the hardest to match.

 

it can be done and can match so well you'd never be able to tell, but he could also easily mess it up. they sometimes get lucky with it, but i'd have them blend the paint to your fenders. i'm having this done as soon as the rest of my insurance money comes in. goodluck and keep us updated

 

if your body shop guy is using a blendign technique then you might have a good shot at a good matchup. My bumpers were painted a few years back and the rear was done using a blending technique, it came out pretty good.
if you look at the pic below, it was some time after i had the paint done, if you notice the front, it was a bumper that i picked up already painted, you can see the partial mismatch in the picture. the back however looks to be a good match. of coure angles and lighting will also affect the way it appears.

 

blending technique?...what is that

 

I have to agree with Jepth20 & Kevin. Blending is the safest way to make sure the color match perfect. It's extreamly hard too notice a bumper color differance with blend into the fenders.

 

A blend is when they blend the color in the fenders and clear coat the 2 fenders and the bumper

 

OoOoO okay. Well he was like since my car is in good shape and the paint is original it should match well without painting into the fender.

 

The condition of you paint is not the only thing that could cause a problem. As in my prior post there are variances in colors. Even though the color code is xxx there is 5 differant types of xxx. And it being a pearl you may have to blend. trust me it will make all the differance.

 

oh.okay. Thanks

 

right on the money.

 

i picked this bumper up. It fit perfect but it has a slight different shade of white. It seems like the bumper has a hint of yellow in it. My friend thinks he can work on it and buff it all out. It seems like the car that it was on was never taken care of, so my friend said he will clay it and then go at it with his high speed buffer

 

 

Most paint used by these body shops is formula-based and is computerized as far as I know. There is much less to be concerned about regarding colors matching than there was years ago.

My car is black emerald and I have had the paint match perfectly. I couldn't tell any difference even on a bright, sunny day.

 

yea if my friend can just clean it up and get it to look pretty decent ill save alot of $$$ and put it into my stillen kit. If not then im dishing out alot of $$$.

 

IT WILL LOOK ALMOST ExACTLY THE SAME IF YOUR PAINTER IS GOOD... i got a new bumper when mine was hella ****ed up, and it came out identical, at least i cant tell the difference

 

looks like you got a bumper off a 99 Maxima. the 99 white color is different then he 95-98 QN0 Color. The 99 is color code QT1, its called Pearl White Tri-coat, where as the previous 4th gens are arctic Pearl white, QN0. the QT1 has got a bit if yellowish in it. it looks like thats what you go there judgin from that picture.

 

pearl can be real hard to match....jsut hope ur paint mixer guy is good

 

yea thats what it seems like. The guy i got it from was like its QNO, and crap. The guy that is going to paint it has done many pearl white cars. He has even done his own maxima. I guess i'll have to wait and c till i get my car back on sat.

 

Exactly. Thats NOT the QNO paint code.
In all reality, unless they blend the in with the fenders, it will not match up 100%.
But if they are indeed a reputable shop, they can get real close. I have yet to see a pearl white Maxima with bumpers that matched perfectly aflter being painted.
Their always just a bit off.

 

Pearl is definitely hard to match. The shop blended my fenders when they did my front conversion and you can hardly tell the transition. However, they gave me some touch up paint and I used it on some scratches on the rear and you can definitely tell the difference in color. The original pearl has faded over time and the new paint is much brighter. I'm going to polish my paint and wax the whole car when I have some free time and it'll hopefully look less obvious. Nonetheless, it'll come down to how good your painter is. I'm sure they can custom blend your paint a bit to better match your existing paint, because not all cars are showroom condition and paint codes are used as a reference point. Good Luck.

 

I remember buying touch up paint for my bumper from the Nissan dealer. They sold me 2 bottles - a white base and the pearl paint. I have the original paint job and the touch up didn't even blend in as good.

Good luck with yours. Please show us a picture of the finished product. I'm not repainting mine until I get a Stillen kit.

 

anyone in here with a pic of there car bumper painted without blending?

 

My bumper was painted off the car.
Its close, but not an exact match.

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