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Originally Posted by simran Hi,
Car is back, and the paint job on the dickey is not that great, but is acceptable. Any idea how long it'll stay as new? I've heard the painted stuff is not as good as the original and needs re-touching after a couple of years. |
Simran, good to know that nobody was hurt.
I faced a similar situation 3 yrs back. Though in my case, I was not rear-ended by a PMT bus. It was an Indica. My blue Zen's boot door got scrunched up. I took it to the body-shop wallah and he did a decent job of it. I did not notice any difference between the original color and the new one at that time.
Afterwards, I had the Zen for 2+ years before I sold it. In this period I did not notice any paint deterioration. I think these new fangled paint-jobs are pretty good. An expert may be able to notice the difference between a touch-up and an original immediately, but its fairly fool-proof.