Enough to make you mad
sigh lol. no, i knew it was wrong.
They wanted me to bring the hood back on the car. After getting home i decieded a headlight cover would be enough and took it back with the cover as a reference.
I dunno, i guess its 6 of one and half dozen of the other on weather its my fault or not. Im going to try not to worry about it and just hope i end up with a hood that matches my ******* car.
They wanted me to bring the hood back on the car. After getting home i decieded a headlight cover would be enough and took it back with the cover as a reference.
I dunno, i guess its 6 of one and half dozen of the other on weather its my fault or not. Im going to try not to worry about it and just hope i end up with a hood that matches my ******* car.
This, a 2 digit # is not a paint code. It takes 5 seconds to write it down after finding it in the door jam.
sigh lol. no, i knew it was wrong.
They wanted me to bring the hood back on the car. After getting home i decieded a headlight cover would be enough and took it back with the cover as a reference.
I dunno, i guess its 6 of one and half dozen of the other on weather its my fault or not. Im going to try not to worry about it and just hope i end up with a hood that matches my ******* car.
They wanted me to bring the hood back on the car. After getting home i decieded a headlight cover would be enough and took it back with the cover as a reference.
I dunno, i guess its 6 of one and half dozen of the other on weather its my fault or not. Im going to try not to worry about it and just hope i end up with a hood that matches my ******* car.
There are 8+ shades within each paint code depending on how the batch was mixed, and where your car was in the factory paint line.
Two cars with the exact same color code can be much different shades. A hack shop might shoot from the hip, but a quality shop will want the entire shop to match the shade as close as possible...
Unless they are very generous you are going to pay for your own mistake.
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...um Patriot Red
and say this...
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...ame=Bright Red
Notice CODE at the top, and then 71 under it?! and CODE at the top and nothing but 81 under it? All of these WAXXXX numbers match what people have said in replys to the color of their cars as well.
Your really gonna tell me theres no corrolation between the 2 digit code and the "WAXXXX"? The only color a 1994 Code 71 could be is patriot red. For it to be ANY other color in 1994, the 2 digit code would have to be another other 2 digits.
These are year specific codes. The shop knows the year of my car. I told them 71, GM told them 71...there is no other color that it would possible be then medium patriot red in 1994. Its crazy to think these numbers dont relate to eachother.
Im sticking with a firm beleif that who ever mixed the paint hit 81 instead of 71, or they had the wrong year selected. Their databases paint system was set up the same way with these 2 digit numbers. They are year specific, but they are correct paint codes. IF the year changes, its possible to be an entirely different color. When my hood is finished i plan to go back with that print out in hand. There was a mistake on their part in either the year or paint code, theres no other way it could happen like this.
Last edited by trilkb; Nov 26, 2011 at 11:25 AM.
btw, remind me not to talk to you, i havent used any curse words towards these people, i havent insulted anyone, I havent made any comments in a bad way towards this company, i havent lost my temper with them.....**** talking must have a very odd definition for you.
Im just trying to resolve this.
Last edited by trilkb; Nov 26, 2011 at 11:22 AM.
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I agree if they told u to install it and bring it in then that is what u should have done. But u decided the lamp door was enough, please. They obviously painted it incorectly but in the future if u had done the install to begin with like they said u would most definitley would not have this problem at all, sorry next time u have maybe learned something. I'm done!
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Verdad Gallardo Look at the following links...
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...um Patriot Red
and say this...
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...ame=Bright Red
Notice CODE at the top, and then 71 under it?! and CODE at the top and nothing but 81 under it? All of these WAXXXX numbers match what people have said in replys to the color of their cars as well.
Your really gonna tell me theres no corrolation between the 2 digit code and the "WAXXXX"? The only color a 1994 Code 71 could be is patriot red. For it to be ANY other color in 1994, the 2 digit code would have to be another other 2 digits.
These are year specific codes. The shop knows the year of my car. I told them 71, GM told them 71...there is no other color that it would possible be then medium patriot red in 1994. Its crazy to think these numbers dont relate to eachother.
Im sticking with a firm beleif that who ever mixed the paint hit 81 instead of 71, or they had the wrong year selected. Their databases paint system was set up the same way with these 2 digit numbers. They are year specific, but they are correct paint codes. IF the year changes, its possible to be an entirely different color. When my hood is finished i plan to go back with that print out in hand. There was a mistake on their part in either the year or paint
code, theres no other way it could happen like this.
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...um Patriot Red
and say this...
http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcod...ame=Bright Red
Notice CODE at the top, and then 71 under it?! and CODE at the top and nothing but 81 under it? All of these WAXXXX numbers match what people have said in replys to the color of their cars as well.
Your really gonna tell me theres no corrolation between the 2 digit code and the "WAXXXX"? The only color a 1994 Code 71 could be is patriot red. For it to be ANY other color in 1994, the 2 digit code would have to be another other 2 digits.
These are year specific codes. The shop knows the year of my car. I told them 71, GM told them 71...there is no other color that it would possible be then medium patriot red in 1994. Its crazy to think these numbers dont relate to eachother.
Im sticking with a firm beleif that who ever mixed the paint hit 81 instead of 71, or they had the wrong year selected. Their databases paint system was set up the same way with these 2 digit numbers. They are year specific, but they are correct paint codes. IF the year changes, its possible to be an entirely different color. When my hood is finished i plan to go back with that print out in hand. There was a mistake on their part in either the year or paint
code, theres no other way it could happen like this.
So you have no problem typing out a 5-10 minute response but you can't write down the proper paint code from the door jam to make sure that they paint it the correct color? Not to mention you couldn't even tell it was the wrong color when you picked it up despite it not even being close. Brilliant.
I don't think you get the fact that the color on your car might not be perfect compared to when it was new. That said without the car the painter can have a hard time matching the paint. Red on a small surface can look completely different on a large surface so a headlight door vs the entire car is not the same. Then they tell you to bring the entire car but wont because you don't want them to drive it. So you trust them to paint a part but don't trust them with the car. That's not a shop I would bring my car or part to if you question anything. Good luck and im sure you will be paying something.
They never asked for me to get a WAXXXX paint code, they said give us the vin number and we can get it. Then when they used the vin number, they also said GM told them 71. This is why im confused on these replys. GM is telling them the same thing I did.
Transamboosted - No, i know its not the perfect color it was when it was new, i already said i wasnt expecting a perfect color, call me crazy, but im ok with it. The fact it wasnt painted patriot red is the issue. If thats patriot red, its had one of the oddest lifes of sun and weather!
Transamboosted - No, i know its not the perfect color it was when it was new, i already said i wasnt expecting a perfect color, call me crazy, but im ok with it. The fact it wasnt painted patriot red is the issue. If thats patriot red, its had one of the oddest lifes of sun and weather!
The thing that doesnt sit well with me anymore is i told them patriot red, i said it outloud numerous times. Why cant people just listen. I wouldnt be here right now, this thread wouldnt be here, if all they did was paint it patriot red like i asked. Im not a moron, this is just a bad situation.
Ill get the WA-XXXX tomorrow when im near the car, its not here.
Last edited by trilkb; Nov 26, 2011 at 12:50 PM.
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Btw, that whole "pictures say a thousand words"
I sent 2 pictures of the car in the email that included the vin #... I dont know how the color they painted it, and looking at the pictures..seemed correct lol...
This is one of the pictures i sent. The funny part is there was a dodge ram close to the same color and the first thing they said is "oh well thats purple". I said i was going to tell you that its ALMOST a purple, but i didnt get want it to get confused with the ACTUAL purple.
Im not sure how im at fault here, I sent 2 pictures, and no i didnt give them an incorrect code. I said patriot red and code 71 (which is 100% a correct code).
I just dont know how you look at this picture and thing that a bright red hood is correct.
I sent 2 pictures of the car in the email that included the vin #... I dont know how the color they painted it, and looking at the pictures..seemed correct lol...
This is one of the pictures i sent. The funny part is there was a dodge ram close to the same color and the first thing they said is "oh well thats purple". I said i was going to tell you that its ALMOST a purple, but i didnt get want it to get confused with the ACTUAL purple.
Im not sure how im at fault here, I sent 2 pictures, and no i didnt give them an incorrect code. I said patriot red and code 71 (which is 100% a correct code).
I just dont know how you look at this picture and thing that a bright red hood is correct.
I think I found my cars long lost bother hehe
. Same here medium patriot red . I love this color. Last edited by 323steel36; Nov 26, 2011 at 05:03 PM.
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If you want to say it that way, they also ignored my request, the paying customer, to paint the hood patriot red. Then if i was wrong, i was wrong.
The thing that doesnt sit well with me anymore is i told them patriot red, i said it outloud numerous times. Why cant people just listen. I wouldnt be here right now, this thread wouldnt be here, if all they did was paint it patriot red like i asked. Im not a moron, this is just a bad situation.
Ill get the WA-XXXX tomorrow when im near the car, its not here.
The thing that doesnt sit well with me anymore is i told them patriot red, i said it outloud numerous times. Why cant people just listen. I wouldnt be here right now, this thread wouldnt be here, if all they did was paint it patriot red like i asked. Im not a moron, this is just a bad situation.
Ill get the WA-XXXX tomorrow when im near the car, its not here.
Just checked the glove box on the car,
guess what...the paint code is WA9913, i will be taking a picture of this, along with a print out of that sheet, when i go pick up a correctly painted hood.
guess what...the paint code is WA9913, i will be taking a picture of this, along with a print out of that sheet, when i go pick up a correctly painted hood.
Now your cooking with crisco ,thats the " i could've saved alot of time and frustration & potentally a $250 repaint" savings code.Problem solved.