Well my car is an Integra 2001 and the color is Tafetta White. The Shop that had painted the OEM Body Kit can't match the paint. The paint comes out bright like the one for (98-99) Integras, Frost White. My car right now looks like a puzzle Has anybody had this problem before? The guy says is difficult to match white or red paint. Any inteligent comments are welcome.


[Modified by GSR2001, 2:11 AM 6/27/2002]

 

no offense..but a skilled shop should be able to at least get passing results to the human eye.

 

every time jaeone talks its like its commin straight out of his ***!!!!!!
the reason they cant really get it to match is b/c your car is white and the parts they are painting are plastic.. when they shoot the paint, it never comes out the same tint b/c the parts are plastic/ poly..

take a step back from your car and look at your bumpers compared to your sheetmetal... if u look hard enough u will see they dont match... even w/ factory paint, the colors a lil off... maybe a lil more yellowish or a darker white....it only happens with white or really light colors.... ask any bodyshop painter or estimator.. its hard to get the white to match the sheetmetal parts

 

I have a 99 Taffeta white GSR and in a couple weeks I am going to have my body kit painted to match, so I hope that they can match it well, they should considering it is a Honda dealer body shop.

 

I have search thru different Body Shops and nobody can garantee me that the paint is going to match. They said the only way to get it to match is to fade it in with the one on the sheetmetal. This is the last time I buy a white car, same goes for black cars

 

yes you can never match it perfectly, but a good paintshop can get it to be so close it's not noticeable, NH38 which is the frost paint code has 30 different chips. I had my bumpers painted before i knew this and it was totally off then i found out you have to pull the chips and match them up. plus paint fades and darkens with time.

 

What you mean by pulling the "chips"??????? My paint is Tafetta White but is coming out like Frost White. Thanks

 

pluss bumpers are painted off the cars so they never match

 

its funny ..i wasnt even talkin ****..just saying..they SHOULD be able to get it to a reasonable/passable shade...just letting homey know.maybe the shop is giving him the run around..but i guess that suggestion is out my ***. depending on the base..is what i was referring too.what im sayin is similar to what u say..it may not ever be perfect..but..a skileld shop should be able to yield SIMILAR results..but then again u gotta take into account the age of the rest of the paint..ow often is it under the sun etc etc..but thats all outta my ***.

 

I'm going to have my frost white painted tafetta white here soon as well. How much are you guys paying to get thoe whole kit done? I haven't even started looking yet. Hopefully they get it right the first time.

 

depends, a bargain would be 100 wich would be maco quality, and you can pay upto 500 for a high end shop to do it.

 

FYI: White is the hardest color to paint. My Integra (Frost White NH-538) just got a body kit painted and it looks two tone. The shop had dupot come out twice and also had another body shop mix paint. I am now getting the whole car painted
Paid $500.00 for body kit a painting and installation. You best bet is to full paint or blend


[Modified by JDMTEG98, 5:22 AM 6/30/2002]

 

Hard to paint indeed.

 

OMG I thought mine was bad, its a lot worse than mine. Thats plain as day. I am sorry man good luck

 

Not my car.

 

I just had my whole car repainted because the OEM Flamenco Black on the Integra ('96) was the ugliest color black I've seen. Even the other FBlack Teg's appear to be like a charcoal black. It looks dull and harsh with the sun light. I just wasn't happy with the FB OEM color.

 

Maybe you did not get a good paint job? How much did you pay?

 

Can't see the picture, but if the paint can't be matched pretty close I'm putting my OE bumper back

 

I had Taffeta White,..everything matched,.but the OEM kit I had on it didn't match either,..2 different surfaces,.metal and Fiberglass,..will never really match,..PYellow is really bad for that as well.
When I put the JDM front on,..it matched good after about 3 weeks,..has to get sun on it,..thats how it works I think!

 

thats simply what i was trynna ask..but..its outta my ***....cuz what if the shop is just trynna shaft u and give u the run around cuz he doesnt wanna do it over? **** happens

 

They repainted my kit 4 times and its still not perfect. Its not his fault the paint has 20 different variations

 

wow..that sucks man...so they have like differences in each code? like itll be listed as taffeta but different numbers? i guess only solution is the whole car done in one color

 

Yeah its weird because each car is different based on what factory it was painted at. And the car fades over time. Get them to pull color of the car thats the best way to paint it or whole car painting

 

Well a lot of shops have like a camera that they bring out, they take a pic of your paint then the computer matches it. I will tell my friend to take the car to the shop were they mix the paint by computer to see if they can do that prior to mixing the paint for my car

 

Today I got installed my OEM Bumper back so I'm selling the Blitz Rear Bumper. Asking $280, local Virginia pick up only. I'm having foot surgery next week so I 'll be out action for a couple of weeks. Email or IM for any questions.