QuestionI have a 1995 Disco and recently I had my car repaired because a parking attendant backed up my car (rt bumper and qtr panel) into a pole. When requesting a dollar value from their insurance company, the cost of repainting the whole car didn't come up since no one really thought that repainting the qtr panel would show that much of a difference and so only the repair cost (and paint for the qtr panel) was covered in the check I received. Now that the qtr panel has been painted, there is a real difference in the color since my car has the original gold paint (and was kept in very good condition with no rust)and now I don't know what to do since I was told that to repaint the car would cost me (out of pocket) $1800. Do I have any other options to help even out the color? Please advise. Thanks!
P.S. I am a nursing student and I don't have a spare $1800 to put into the car at this point.
~Jenn
AnswerYour problem is one of body shop skill, not Land Rover quality.
Modern paint mixing systems allow a body shop to match the color on a car correctly, even if it's faded. I'd insist the body shop get the paint to match.
There is another issue, which is that the paint may just look better in the rear corner, but the match should be good. It's also possible that your car has a difference in paint color from front to rear - maybe a result of prior damage - and it matches on one end but not the other.
A modern, properly equipped body shop should not have a paint match problem.
Good luck,
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John
