Any wax/sealant that would make my mismatch paint a little more unnoticable?

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candy eg

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My car is kandy apple red and got in an accident earlier this year and the whole front end plus the passenger door was repainted. now on the passenger side where the door and the quarter panel meet you can tell that the new paint is like a shade or two lighter.. but then on the driver side, the painter matched the door to the newly paint fender on that side perfectly. his excuse is that kandy is hard to match panel by panel, i don't know whether to believe, maybe someone on here that knows a lot about paint can shed some light on that. I was just wondering if there is any product that possibly can make the mismatch a little less noticable because it bothers the hell out of me. thanks in advance. i know its a long shot. o yeah, i don't want anything that would dim or dull the shine of my paint and not show the kandy effect. i did hit a little spot of the door with 2 layers of mother's cleaner wax and after that 2 layers of meguiar's #26 and it did not darken the color at all.



a picture of the side i'm talking about (look where the door and quarter panel meet) and the picture makes it less noticable than in real life.

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heres a pic of the driver side that also had the fender repainted but seems to match perfectly. sigh..

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Sounds like the shop didn't blend out enough. Was the right fender replaced & the left fender repaired? You need to take it back to them. They are right, candies are really hard to match when blending into adjacent panels only. Alot of times you need to do a "Texas Blend" where the whole side gets painted.



You'll never get that paint to match any better without repainting it.
 
nope, both of the fenders were repainted. thats why i don't get how he could match one thing perfectly but while he got to the other side it started not matching. should i be an upset customer or should i let it go and be happy that it even match this well which i don't think is good at all..
 
candy eg said:
nope, both of the fenders were repainted. thats why i don't get how he could match one thing perfectly but while he got to the other side it started not matching. should i be an upset customer or should i let it go and be happy that it even match this well which i don't think is good at all..
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I agree candies can be very difficult to match but it appears he didn't blend it into the next panel and instead cut it off at where the two panels meet whcih is a no no. I imagine it wasn't cheap to fix so I would take it back until you are satisfied. As for you question regarding a wax or sealandt, I don't see any product that can correct that.
 
My sister had a mismatch where one part was darker than the other. I tried #26 (strongest darkening effect LSP I've seen yet) on the light part and Opti-Seal (very clear) on the dark part. No dice on my attempt - take it back, tell them that if they can't match it they better find someone who will.
 
Looks like they used two different batches for each side.



Repaint.



BTW, what's under the hood? D16?



I drive a ej1 d16 turboed with a t3/to4e 10psi 272WHP
 
candy eg said:
nope, both of the fenders were repainted. thats why i don't get how he could match one thing perfectly but while he got to the other side it started not matching.
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I know both fenders were repainted, but was any one damaged in any way?



candy eg said:
should i be an upset customer or should i let it go and be happy that it even match this well which i don't think is good at all..
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You spent alot of money painting your car to look nice, why would you settle for less because this shop hacked it up? They got paid to do it correctly and they obviously didn't do a good job. This major imperfection will stick out like a sore thumb if someone ever inspects it when you decide to sell. Plus, imagine all the people that can notice this when it's parked or even while you're driving.
 
Been there done that. I tried to use different wax products on my RSX a few years back, but did not work out.



I went back to the shop, and they repainted the panel to make it match! I think you should do the same.
 
candy eg said:
whose dave? what is his username on here so can pm him.
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You cant be serious.



BTW, this place is filled with experts on paint and body. Since every post says you need to repaint it that probably means you need to repaint it.





Yes, the only way to fix this is repaint it :lol
 
For what its worth, I have plenty of body and paint experience and own a detail and accessories shop in Portland, Oregon and we also have a half size paint booth to paint body kits, wings, parts, pieces etc.



I speak from experience and agree with all the above posts stating that there is no product out there that will help you match a mismatched (especially candied) car. Unfortunately it needs a respray. :(



The shop you had do the work should stand behind it. We have resprayed things sometimes three times to make sure it is perfect for our customers and the shop that performed your work should do the same if they are a good business.



Good luck and keep us posted on your results and from the customer standpoint I think you should approach this with the attitude that you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. ;)



Hope this helps.....................................Chris:D
 
Ditto on the respray. I had my hood repainted the first of the year from a road incident and they did the same thing, only painting the hood. The problem with my car is that the factory paint seems to have maybe been sprayed too lightly because it looks brown in direct sunlight. So when they redid the hood, it stuck out ten times worse than yours under lights, but not so much in sunlight. I took it back and they gladly redid it, blending with the fenders and it looks 100% better. Of course they were able to bill the insurance company for the second go around, but being yours was an accident claim I would think they can do the same.
 
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