icewake

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I have 3 dings in my door above the door handle and went to nissan to get touch up paint. i have icelandic pearl and told the guy that. he went and got me the base coat(white) and top coat(pearl). so i followed the directions and put both coats on waiting between time intervals, etc. well now the paint is dry and the pearl colors do not match at all. now my door almost looks worse than it did with the metal showing. and remember theses are pretty little dings but there is 3 around the same area(above door handle). how do you suggest i approach this and get them to fix my door paint for free? your help is greatly appreciated.

NmexMAX

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How "little" are they? I got mine one with the "paintless ding remover" But .... seems like you introdced paint into the equation. So

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NmexMAX

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To me these look more "sharp" and that's why the paint came off. I do not think that the ding remover guy could do much since they weren't really rounded dings, but mote like pits.

icewake

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the point is that the nissan dealership gave me the wrong paint. i know there is no hope for the "dents". i am wondering how i should go about the wrong paint thing becuase they gave me the wrong stuff.

zmax26

i used dentwiz for a minor ding i had in my hood. they poped it out 100%. only cost 60 bucks too. look into them.

BewstAdd1ct

they gave you the wrong paint? are you sure?

paint usually doesnt match unless it came from the same 'batch' or its specifically mixed to match your vehicle...

icewake

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i called the dealership back and they said that they have never heard of paint not matching exactly before.

zmax26

Of course they didn't, they don't want to be involved and held liable.

icewake

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well he told me to come back tomorrow and they will look at it. i guess i'm just going to have to raise hell unless someone has a better idea

upstatemax

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it will not get any better than that unless you have the whole door re-painted...

you have to remeber that the rest of your door paint is five years old and the stuff in the can in brand new. it is just "globbed" on, that is why I dont bother touching up a spot unless there is a risk of rust...

try covering a section of a brand new car for five years and then take it off, it will not match at all. thats why a lot of people do not use a bra on the front end anymore.

BewstAdd1ct

yep^^

furthermore, that paint might not even match a new car just due to mixing tolerances.

on another note, use a piece of sheet metal as a test area and compare before doing it on your car next time

icewake

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okay......so now my question is. how would you try your best to get the dealership to do something about it.

BewstAdd1ct

theyre not really required to do anything at this point. you took it upon yourself to be a bodyshop man.

at this point, id try and get them to give you a refund on the touch up paint. thats your best bet, they might go for it. other than that i dont think theres much you can do. involving the body shop at that dealer will likely make it worse for you.

as someone said above^^, only touch up if theres a potential rust issue. also, consider using only a clear coat to touch up, unless you can get a paint thats a damn close match.

in fact, you might be able to go to an auto body shop and have them mix you a thing of touch up for your car.

hmm...

zoner

Hah! That's funny. I have a 2001 icelandic pearl, and had the same problem when some idot rubbed his front bumper up against my back bumper in 2002. Their touch up paint STINKS! I just lived with the off-color because it was a small area.

icewake

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ok, i am going to see if they will give me a refund. i appreciate all the help guys