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Originally Posted by Yal
.. a guy waving a spray gun, even a very expensive spray gun in the hands of a pro, is never going to be as good or achieve the same result as a million dollar robot wielding a million dollar specialty nozzle that mixes, atomizes and electrolyzes the paint finer than the human eye can see...
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Oh, I dunno
My D2-series Audis were sprayed in one of those high-tech/robotic factories and my good painter does a *MUCH* better job than what's on those cars. And when we discussed his reshooting my M3, the baseline requirement was "much better than factory finish" and he kinda chuckled and said something like "well, sure..I know *you* wouldn't settle for a factory-quality job".
OTOH, that's just that guy and he's truly special.
And yeah, generally speaking repaints just aren't as durable as oe paint, but the bumpercovers can be wildcards as some are provided already painted by second-party sources.
Still, getting around to
RedlineIRL's concern... IME repainted front bumper covers always just chip more readily than oe-finish ones; it's not a matter of the paint being *as hard* but rather as *TOUGH*. Talk with the painter about it and see what he says. I myself just go ahead and get the bumpercovers reshot when they need it, and I accept that I might have to have it done every few years on certain drivers.
Be sure he paints it *off* the car. This is one case where you don't want things blended into the surrounding panels. Color match isn't the primary concern here, and such things don't always (ever?) match 100% even from the factory.