[shimoo]

Originally Posted by hemant.kamat

Before & after photos of the tailgate dent repair of my 7Y old Chill Metallic Ecosport. Paint was matched perfectly by Mr. Chari (Goans will be familiar with the name) using a blending thinner coat layer in between the base (applied to the damaged part only after the dent was pulled & surface leveled) & clear paint coats

Hey Hemant, would love to know more about this Mr.Chari.

[bravo82in]

I possess two Honda vehicles and opt for independent garages (FNG) for all body repairs. At FNG, they take the extra step of matching colors by using the front bumper tow hook cover during the paint preparation process, ensuring a seamless finish.
The craftsmanship at the Honda body shop consistently disappoints, marked by mismatched paints, poorly aligned panels, and paint specks on unpainted or rubber components. Compounding the issue, Honda does not make its body parts available in the aftermarket, leading to inflated prices in the open market.
In your situation, you can opt to have the other part painted to ensure color consistency.

[Brumby]

I have been firm regarding the reasons why the paint shade does not match and quality deteriorates, once that is sorted, its very well understood that the user has no role to play in this.

Flaws in paint on the panels, caused by a user will be easily identifiable and the service centre will be quick to point that out.

My experience with Fortpoint for Maruti Suzuki has been slightly different (pleasant).

Believe me, I have made them paint the panels until they could get it correct, (matching the shade and no flaws like blisters, bubbling, flaking, pinholes etc) till three years after first paint application.

All of the above flaws depend on the paint application process and the equipment used, so whoever does the job must do it again until you are satisfied.

Most common reason is that their driers are not functional and the air/nitrogen used for spray painting has a lot of moisture in it causing all the problems with changing of shade, blisters, flaking etc.

Matching the shade, in fact even the metallic flake density in metallic finish paints is not difficult (I have even got that corrected once from Millennium Toyota, Thane), so you must approach the service centre, be polite but say it firmly that its a low quality job from the service centre and they must correct it without any charges.

A FNG might not entertain repeated painting service free of cost, but an authorised service centre is obliged to do that.

[colgops]

This generally happens when technicians do not adhere to the correct composition as advised by manufacturer. Ask the dealer to repaint it. I had a similar experience with my car and dealer agreed to repaint it and got it matched.

[Apex1815]

I always buy Silver color car, the simple reason is that Silver color paint ages slowly as compared to dark colored cars.

India being a tropical country where sunlight is strong for 10 months in a year, the Dark paint of cars ages faster and the car loses its shine quickly. Further, if you ever have to change a panel the paint color can never match the color of rest of the car which has actually become faded.

[secondopinion]

Originally Posted by adi58

Opting for the authorized Honda Workshop, Solitaire Honda, instead of local body shops, and paying a premium due to our trust in the Honda brand, we were assured that the color difference would settle within a month. However, it's been several months now, and the issue persists. It's disappointing to discover that the quality of service at the Honda workshop has deteriorated to such an extent.

The A.S.S will have to repaint the surface for you. Escalate the matter to Honda if required. In my case, I got Tata A.S.S to repaint a couple of panels because of a very small mismatch in color with corresponding panels. They were hesitant at first saying stuff like sir such minute differences are bound to occur and what not, but the moment I threatened to escalate the matter to Tata, they immediately repainted the panels and gave me an exact color match. You too this escalate to Honda if required. Do not accept such a pathetic quality of workmanship, especially if you are paying a premium to the A.S.S.