Anyone sucessfully match PPW?
06-19-2007, 09:09 AM
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Mine came out perfect cant even tell the car was painted. My moms Z decided to mate with my Coupe and took out the door. Well scraped it. I told them I wanted it perfect and it came out perfect.
White in general is hard to match.
Chris
White in general is hard to match.
Chris
06-19-2007, 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by NA&CH
Mine came out perfect cant even tell the car was painted. My moms Z decided to mate with my Coupe and took out the door. Well scraped it. I told them I wanted it perfect and it came out perfect.
White in general is hard to match.
Chris
White in general is hard to match.
Chris
06-19-2007, 04:20 PM
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Use PPG brand paint, it's the only paint brand that matches OEM mixtures 100% spot on.
If the shop you go to uses other brands, like Dupont or other things that they claim are "no different than PPG", go out to a paint vendor and buy your own PPG paint and bring it to the body shop and insist that they use the paint that you purchased to use.
Highlight:
- use PPG Brand paint only; nothing else
Note: I only suggest that this adamant rule of PPG paint applies to all Nissan oem color painting, not all cars in general.
If the shop you go to uses other brands, like Dupont or other things that they claim are "no different than PPG", go out to a paint vendor and buy your own PPG paint and bring it to the body shop and insist that they use the paint that you purchased to use.
Highlight:
- use PPG Brand paint only; nothing else
Note: I only suggest that this adamant rule of PPG paint applies to all Nissan oem color painting, not all cars in general.
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06-20-2007, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jinsei888
Use PPG brand paint, it's the only paint brand that matches OEM mixtures 100% spot on.
If the shop you go to uses other brands, like Dupont or other things that they claim are "no different than PPG", go out to a paint vendor and buy your own PPG paint and bring it to the body shop and insist that they use the paint that you purchased to use.
Highlight:
- use PPG Brand paint only; nothing else
Note: I only suggest that this adamant rule of PPG paint applies to all Nissan oem color painting, not all cars in general.
If the shop you go to uses other brands, like Dupont or other things that they claim are "no different than PPG", go out to a paint vendor and buy your own PPG paint and bring it to the body shop and insist that they use the paint that you purchased to use.
Highlight:
- use PPG Brand paint only; nothing else
Note: I only suggest that this adamant rule of PPG paint applies to all Nissan oem color painting, not all cars in general.
06-20-2007, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Seel
Thanks to everyone that has responded with information thus far. Your help is very much appreciated on my part.
So to this point what I've learned is:
-have body shop BLEND & MATCH paint, not just use color code
-use overspray for a good mix between panels
Am I missing anything else??
So to this point what I've learned is:
-have body shop BLEND & MATCH paint, not just use color code
-use overspray for a good mix between panels
Am I missing anything else??
Also, it's not really the brand of paint as it is the skill of the painter. I've had BAD results with PPG when I first panted my front bumper. Another shop had GREAT results with PPG in terms of matching.
In my personal experience, glasurit paint matched best but I'm sure its because my painter is one of the best in the west coast.
Remember, you'll most likely get what you pay for. Cheap shops are cheap for a reason.
Good luck with it.
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