C63 Carbon Roof
12-04-2009, 02:13 AM
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I just had a steal grey metalic car front bumper re-sprayed and the color match is better at the body shop than from the factory.
MB needs to figure the color matching process out.
12-04-2009, 02:19 AM
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Wow, looks like whatever body shop sprayed those bumpers forgot to do spray-out panels before painting the bumper! That is a terrible color match.
In the refinish world the base material isn't as important as it is at the factory. Factory bumpers use a conductive primer to allow the electrostatically charged paint to be attracted to the bumpers. No electrostatics in refinishing so the "plastic vs metal" gap is narrowed.
In the refinish world the base material isn't as important as it is at the factory. Factory bumpers use a conductive primer to allow the electrostatically charged paint to be attracted to the bumpers. No electrostatics in refinishing so the "plastic vs metal" gap is narrowed.
12-04-2009, 04:21 AM
#30
This is kinda funny. A thread about the sweet carbon roofs Vorsteiner is making turned into a thread about color matching bumpers. LOL.
As far as the threadjack goes, my car looks pretty much perfect paint-wise. It's just the angle of that one shot that makes it look a little off. Truth be told, there's a couple "if you look at it from just the right angle it doesn't quite match" spots on the car, but that picture seems to exaggerate it a lot. And thanks for the compliments on the fenders. We were going for a subtle factory original look, and it came out just like we had hoped. I photoshopped up some pics of how I wanted it to look for the body shop to work from and that helped a lot.
Now on to that roof... I wish I wasn't so attached to having a sunroof, because that Vorsteiner piece is sick sick sick. Seriously light and just so damn sexy. But it IS a big commitment, and there's just too much beautiful sky in SoCal.
Keith, dude, you should totally go for the roof for a track car. All that weight off the top, like Brad said, is the second best place to lose it after the wheels. Besides it'll look super sick with that carbon hood you've got!
Josh
As far as the threadjack goes, my car looks pretty much perfect paint-wise. It's just the angle of that one shot that makes it look a little off. Truth be told, there's a couple "if you look at it from just the right angle it doesn't quite match" spots on the car, but that picture seems to exaggerate it a lot. And thanks for the compliments on the fenders. We were going for a subtle factory original look, and it came out just like we had hoped. I photoshopped up some pics of how I wanted it to look for the body shop to work from and that helped a lot.
Now on to that roof... I wish I wasn't so attached to having a sunroof, because that Vorsteiner piece is sick sick sick. Seriously light and just so damn sexy. But it IS a big commitment, and there's just too much beautiful sky in SoCal.
Keith, dude, you should totally go for the roof for a track car. All that weight off the top, like Brad said, is the second best place to lose it after the wheels. Besides it'll look super sick with that carbon hood you've got!
Josh
