Question about paint on a spoiler
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Question about paint on a spoiler
I have a 95 without a spoiler, and I want to buy a painted (same color code as my car) factory stock style spoiler, but I first need to know if the paint on an 11 year old car has faded so much that the colors on the body and the newly-painted spoiler will be noticably different.
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RE: Question about paint on a spoiler
yes the color would be off. although if the paint on your car is in pretty good shape, i wouldnt be that concerned. what color is your car? do you have any exterior mods? my car is red, i have black tail covers,headlight covers, i pained my side scoops black and my spoiler black and i like the way it looks. and i will be gettig my black saleens.
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RE: Question about paint on a spoiler
ORIGINAL: Sickspackstang
yes the color would be off. although if the paint on your car is in pretty good shape, i wouldnt be that concerned. what color is your car? do you have any exterior mods? my car is red, i have black tail covers,headlight covers, i pained my side scoops black and my spoiler black and i like the way it looks. and i will be gettig my black saleens.
yes the color would be off. although if the paint on your car is in pretty good shape, i wouldnt be that concerned. what color is your car? do you have any exterior mods? my car is red, i have black tail covers,headlight covers, i pained my side scoops black and my spoiler black and i like the way it looks. and i will be gettig my black saleens.
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RE: Question about paint on a spoiler
What spoiler are you gonna go with? the saleen s-281 wing looks sweet on those years!!! but yeah most body shops dont use the factory paint anymore because of these exact situations, they now use a device that they put on the car and it reads it an tells them the formula for the paint color then they mix the paint so they can match the existing paint on the car but its not perfect its about 90% accurate... so in your case they wouldnt paint the spoiler with the factory paint they would usually take something off ur car like your gas door and match it, thats what they did to mine....
Also silver is a tough color to match so make sure you go to a well known body shop....
Also silver is a tough color to match so make sure you go to a well known body shop....
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RE: Question about paint on a spoiler
ORIGINAL: Jimmz
What spoiler are you gonna go with? the saleen s-281 wing looks sweet on those years!!! but yeah most body shops dont use the factory paint anymore because of these exact situations, they now use a device that they put on the car and it reads it an tells them the formula for the paint color then they mix the paint so they can match the existing paint on the car but its not perfect its about 90% accurate... so in your case they wouldnt paint the spoiler with the factory paint they would usually take something off ur car like your gas door and match it, thats what they did to mine....
Also silver is a tough color to match so make sure you go to a well known body shop....
What spoiler are you gonna go with? the saleen s-281 wing looks sweet on those years!!! but yeah most body shops dont use the factory paint anymore because of these exact situations, they now use a device that they put on the car and it reads it an tells them the formula for the paint color then they mix the paint so they can match the existing paint on the car but its not perfect its about 90% accurate... so in your case they wouldnt paint the spoiler with the factory paint they would usually take something off ur car like your gas door and match it, thats what they did to mine....
Also silver is a tough color to match so make sure you go to a well known body shop....
Thanks for your help guys
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RE: Question about paint on a spoiler
If you bought it already painted then it wouldnt match a body shop will match it for you tho... you should buff the sh*t outta your car and then take it to a body shop and get it painted it wont look outta place and they can match it almost perfectly...
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