Is CS that hard to match.. geez
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Is CS that hard to match.. geez
I've had a few bumpers painted CS in my 5 years of ownership, and to be honest not a single one has match 100%. Sure maybe its due the fact that the paint is on 2 different surfaces, (metal compared to poly or fiberglass). Has anyone been able to get a 100% or even close match in all shades of lights? The last bumper I got is very close, but in very low light you can tell it's a tad lighter then OEM paint. All the unaltered pics of CS's with body kits I see have this same problem. Wondering if I should go with blending, or just paint my whole damn car.
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You will never get CS (or any other color with a neutral - light shade) to match 100% moving from one surface to another. Not only is the paint on a plastic surface mixed with a flex agent, the underlying structure that the paint adheres to is completely different. Nissan's paint sucks, but their factory match really isn't that bad IMO.
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I had a front bumper painted/installed at DTM in El Monte about 4 months ago and I have a 03 Chrome Silver. It was in my opinion as close to a perfect match as you can get. I honestly can not tell a difference at all.
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