Advice needed on paint touch up

[Bortig]

No plastic item painted is the same as metal bodywork they always look a slightly different shade

 

[Bortig]

Phew! If the rest is really good and looks original then I would shy away from any respray work, it will cost hundreds and a good chance that the shade difference (more likely than not) will look worse than a carefully touched in repair. The suggestion of a bumper protector is a good one.

If a bodyshop does the job and you can tell its been repaired then they can't have done a good job, have always been told by my preffered body shops that if you can see where they've been then they have failed.

 

[Smiley]

If a bodyshop does the job and you can tell its been repaired then they can't have done a good job, have always been told by my preffered body shops that if you can see where they've been then they have failed.

I would agree with you - but just look at the number of light metallic patchwork quilts on the road. It is really hard to match silver new to old.

 

[BigJase88]

Get it painted it looks terrible. If the car is clean a couple of hundred quid and it will be sorted. Would annoy me no end seeing that all the time

 

[ALFAitalia]

The suggestion of a bumper protector is a good one.

They don't go down anywhere near that far though...

 

[firstmercedes]

Personally, on a car more than a decade old, I'd apply a £50 boot protector which would hide the problem.

RGM are excellent and I've proved that fitting process is "idiot proof"

Mercedes C Class saloon rear guard bumper protector Jan 07 to Feb 11 (W204)

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Personally, on a car more than a decade old, I'd apply a £50 boot protector which would hide the problem.

RGM are excellent and I've proved that fitting process is "idiot proof"

Mercedes C Class saloon rear guard bumper protector Jan 07 to Feb 11 (W204)

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Personally, on a car more than a decade old, I'd apply a £50 boot protector which would hide the problem.

RGM are excellent and I've proved that fitting process is "idiot proof"

Mercedes C Class saloon rear guard bumper protector Jan 07 to Feb 11 (W204)

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This is a great idea. Thanks.