michaelhawk

I own a red TA firehawk, 2002 model year. I took off the 2 headlight doors and brought them to the body shop for a make over.


I asked the 2 panels be stripped, prep'ed, painted and clear coated. I didn't think this would be a big deal because I had them do this before on a black Trans AM I had some time ago.


So basically they wont do it, said the paint will never match do to the fading of the car over the past 12 years.


I realize the fading issue, but im shock on what I was told. Though he did say if the car was there at their shop, they could blend it better than just doing the 2 panels blind.


Are they crazy or am I?

Exeodus

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It is possible as red can have a tendency to lose some of it's brilliance as time passes. Black is a much easier color to match. Can you take the car to them so they can compare your panels versus the paint swatch of the factory color?

Daniel Richards

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as a general rule if your going for color matched then you should ALWAYS have it blended while on the car.

michaelhawk

okay, thanks for input!


I'll hold off for now, and tackle it correctly at a later time