aiight well, i had thread before about my maxima getting hit. that some guy backed into my car. welll here are the pics of after getting the car fixed. I went through insurance.....and gave my car to Nissan to fix it. enjoy...

Before:




After:

 

yep, looks like they did a good job

 

did they replace the whole door or just the skin? color matches also

 

looks good. They did an great job.

 

i'm so glad, i got my maxima fixed. I had gotten a Chevy Cobalt for a loaner, and i had to roll down the windows. and it was auto, ewwwww. i feel like a new man now. LOL. comments and feedback are welcome.

Avais
2001 Max Se
5spd

 

they didnt replace the door, they put in new skinn.

 

any pics of where the skin meets the door?

 

man, how did you ever survive?????????!!!!!!!????????? Your arm must be so tired!

 

Look at the buns on that one. Yeah, he must work out.

 

what are you guys talking about?

 

what you mean vsamoylov? the skin meets the door? if you mean when they were repairing it, nah i just got before and after pics. sorry.

 

he means where the outer skin of the door meets the rest of the door.

PS: vsamoylov- any shop can match the paint exactly, all they have to do is check the vin number and they can reproduce the exact paint, a nissan dealer would be especially expected to match it with the right paint since it is a nissan

 

but it also depends on the car's age...over time, the paint will fade, making it harder and harder to match...his car is almost 6 years old....

 

its silver...kinda like white

 

dude i am not stupid. i paint cars as well.

what i meant about the skin is that they bend is very critical. if it is not bent right the skin over time will begin to come apart from the door.

 

From the first after pic, it looks like the repaired door is not as shiny as the driver side door(the blurry look). This is the problem I usually notice when a car was painted due to collision. Does anyone else spot it?

 

thanks for all the feedback guys!!

 

could be because there was a reflection of the sky on the drivers door and a tree on the other door?

 

lol i put a 2k3 bump on my 2k max with entire stillen kit and figured why not paint the rear bump as well since it had a little wear on it. i have a pearl white max and it was painted by the most reputable shop twice without success of matching. 1st by the numbers with tint to account for fade due to age.....no not even close.... and 2nd by color panels sent from glazierith. Actual painted panels not colored chips and the front of the car matches well but the rear does'nt at all imho. front and rear of car did not fade the same as it's not turned around every day mid day to tan evenly lol. only option now is to fade paint into body panels so your eye can't pick up slight variation in color but not sure how much more i want to pay for this mod. so it's not that easy on the pearls for sure, so if you do get a good paint match be VERY HAPPY!!!!

 

yay, i got a good paint match, awesome actually.^^^

 

Dont some shops have some sort of digital imaging to help match the paint accounting for fade? I thought I heard someone talking about this recently.