Kriminal
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Accumulator said:Yeah, matching silver *can* be a real pain. Sometimes it goes OK (good thing, as our vehicles have had a lot of paintwork) and sometimes it doesn't. I've gotten to where I seldom even bother with stuff like chips because the repair will show almost as badly as the original problem
But red can be problematic in this regard too, mainly after a few years if/when it "ages" differently in the repainted areas. One thing that might give me pause with red is that I just can't stand it when it's not *really* nice. A perfectly polished red is great, but one that needs work always looks crappy to me. Heh heh, not that an Autopian would settle for that, huh? But it gets back to the whole "how much work do you want" thing.
Who am I to talk, I bought the Byzanz metallic M3 because I was tired of all my silver vehicles and wanted to have a pretty color that I'd enjoy looking at (during all those hours I'm spending detailing it).
Exactly my feelings....I had a Platinum Ice Lexus before the TT, and it took 7 different colours to make that 'champagne' type Silver. The touch-up paint was absolutely useless, and like you put - the repair showed just as bad (from certain angles) as the original chip. It took four attempts to spray the driver's door panel, to cover over two stone chips....a real pain in the butt.
The Red TT I've got now has a few mini-problems caused by previous owners neglect, such as marring and cobwebbing as I think they enjoyed sticking it through car-washes (will car-washes be blanked out as swear word on here ? :laugh: ). Luckily for me, I can kinda see through these flaws and find hidden potetnial (being a car-cleaning addict!). So hopefully with a bit of sunshine, TLC, and perseverance, all should be well for Summer.....Kroozin' here I come !! :bigups
