We all know that a candy apple red paint job is usually sprayed over a silver, gold (even pink) base. The more coats, the darker the color will get. This can make it close to impossible to match the paint. So chipped candy apple red bumper? In order to get a perfect match you will have to, in most cases, repaint the car.

I love candy apple red but in no way want to have to deal with that mess^^

A lot of the newer car manufacturers out there are coming up with gorgeous reds. Are there any out there you would consider to be close to a candy apple red?

Example:

Dodge Inferno Red Pearl



Modified by bboyoracle at 6:29 PM 7/16/2008

 

check out the acura tl or tsx maybe they got some niiiiiice reds that can look similar to candy if done nicely..

 

a really sweet vw color call canyon red pearl c3k

 

Kandy red basecoat from HOK is great, it is a basecoat that mimics a kandy colour, alsa makes some as well.

 

if you had a chip in your bumper you would not have to paint the whole car, the painter would just have to do a let down panel to determine the number of mid coats applied to match the color.

 

Problem with that is that kandy fades to a certain point...so the new bumper might match for a while, but it will fade over time at a different rate..