[immy786]

Hi hope everyone is well. Just looking for second opinions on a paint job I had done on my car. I’v attached images and wondered what what your thoughts were mainly in regards to any mismatched panels. Wont say just yet what has been painted but would appreciate any thoughts first if that’s ok. Thank you.

[B58-Hustler]

I'm not a paint expert and it's a bit hard to tell with the inconsistent lighting in the photos but it looks to me like your bumpers don't quite match the other body panels. Most evident to me in the picture of the front right and rear left. It might also be the light on those angles. The bumpers definitely look a bit brighter white to me.

[immy786]

Originally Posted by B58-Hustler

I'm not a paint expert and it's a bit hard to tell with the inconsistent lighting in the photos but it looks to me like your bumpers don't quite match the other body panels. Most evident to me in the picture of the front right and rear left. It might also be the light on those angles. The bumpers definitely look a bit brighter white to me.

thank you, appreciate your honesty and you have a good eye for detail. i will see about looking at it again in the sunlight. would you say its a poor paint job match on the bumpers and should be rectified by the paint shop? thanks

[whatevs]

I can clearly see the paint difference b/w front bumper and body. Bumper is definitely brighter than body. Dont see difference in other pics. Not sure if its due to light conditions, but the difference is quite obvious in that one pic.

[B58-Hustler]

Originally Posted by immy786

thank you, appreciate your honesty and you have a good eye for detail. i will see about looking at it again in the sunlight. would you say its a poor paint job match on the bumpers and should be rectified by the paint shop? thanks

I will have to defer to people who have more experience than me in this department, as I have been fortunate to not had to have dealt with paint matching in a long time (20+ years).

I will say that you should definitely get a look at it in different light settings and try to document the differences. It's possible that 99% of the time it looks perfectly fine and it's only rare angles or lighting conditions where it's off. But from these pictures alone and not having seen it in person, I would at least be looking to have a discussion with the paint shop about the match. You might be out of luck and they might say they matched the color according to paint code and it's just that the bumper paint is newer so it won't be a perfect match. They might acknowledge that is doesn't match perfectly right away and offer to make it right. Probably comes down to the shop and how easy it is to really show the mismatch.

Others here may have better advice too.

[ctdriver320i]

I see slight variations but nothing like this F30 I was looking at.

[immy786]

Originally Posted by whatevs

I can clearly see the paint difference b/w front bumper and body. Bumper is definitely brighter than body. Dont see difference in other pics. Not sure if its due to light conditions, but the difference is quite obvious in that one pic.

Which pic is that sorry? Hmm yes I’m very confused. It may or may not be the lighting. Will need to examine further.

[immy786]

Originally Posted by B58-Hustler

I will have to defer to people who have more experience than me in this department, as I have been fortunate to not had to have dealt with paint matching in a long time (20+ years).

I will say that you should definitely get a look at it in different light settings and try to document the differences. It's possible that 99% of the time it looks perfectly fine and it's only rare angles or lighting conditions where it's off. But from these pictures alone and not having seen it in person, I would at least be looking to have a discussion with the paint shop about the match. You might be out of luck and they might say they matched the color according to paint code and it's just that the bumper paint is newer so it won't be a perfect match. They might acknowledge that is doesn't match perfectly right away and offer to make it right. Probably comes down to the shop and how easy it is to really show the mismatch.

Others here may have better advice too.

You are very fortunate to not have dealt with paintwork in such a long time. Excellent advice though . Thank you so much. Will hopefully take another look and with another pair of eyes in different lighting.

[immy786]

Originally Posted by ctdriver320i

I see slight variations but nothing like this F30 I was looking at.

Wow that is shockingly mismatched. Looking to buy a car or just browsing?

[immy786]

I forgot to add this pic in my initial post.

So just to clarify it was the front bumper , front right wing, and rear bumper that got painted.

[whatevs]

Originally Posted by immy786

Which pic is that sorry? Hmm yes I’m very confused. It may or may not be the lighting. Will need to examine further.

The one I could notice the difference was the one showing the side view of the front bumper.

[F30lolz]

Originally Posted by ctdriver320i

I see slight variations but nothing like this F30 I was looking at.

It amazes me how a shop can let a car go like that. Then again, Carfax comes up clean on this particular car.

[Opie55]

Bumpers, even from the factory, often look different at different angles. The differences are typically far too subtle to reliably see in cell phone pics, especially in what passes as "light" where you live. My front bumper has been repainted, and looks both darker or lighter depending on the viewing angle.

[ctdriver320i]

Originally Posted by immy786

Wow that is shockingly mismatched. Looking to buy a car or just browsing?

I was looking at some used 17 and 18 330i xdrive m sports to buy and sell 17 320i sport line but just kicking tires.

[ctdriver320i]

Originally Posted by F30lolz

It amazes me how a shop can let a car go like that. Then again, Carfax comes up clean on this particular car.

I had a 2005 330xi sport pack that was two colors silver bought from AVON Auto Brokers and it had a perfect clean carfax and 60k miles.