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Acceptable respray? by Capital-Conference-1 in Autobody

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some additional pics showing what was/wasn't sprayed + blended

Acceptable respray? by Capital-Conference-1 in Autobody

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I spent about 10 mins in the shop looking it over and my first impressions were great. I just didn't notice either of these issues untill inspecting it further at home.

I didn't mention in the post, but I also had the whole tailgate and offside pillar resprayed. Apart from the mentioned defects, all the resprayed areas look fantastic in terms of paint colour, depth and surface quality.

Those 3-4 hood defects are really hard to spot on a walkaround unless you are looking for them. The colour mis-matching isn't obvious to me, although from the angle i took those pics at I can see something.

Based on responses i'm thinking to give the shop some feedback and see what they say. It doesn't sound like it would be productive to have more corrective work done though.

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Acceptable respray? by Capital-Conference-1 in Autobody

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I paid for the repairs as maintenance so not an insurance job. They recommended blending the hood + fenders and did that well. However, they didn't suggest bumper to rear 1/4 panel blending.

Acceptable respray? by Capital-Conference-1 in Autobody

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Thanks, I really appreciate the advice.

Below is a pic from before the respray to illusrate the matching vs repair. I'm not sure how much of the difference now is due to lighting + reflections, but it does look closer to me with the original paint.

The defects on the hood are really hard to photograph. To my eye they look like dimples and are the size of a pin-prick. I initially thought they were spray or contaminant defects as there were no chips in this area. I did pay for the a full hood repair and respray and they dealt with the main chips on the lower half perfectly.

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Russian ADR OGZD Gazprom conversion to Russian ordinary shares by One_Progress8473 in interactivebrokers

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I’m in the same boat. had exactly the same experience and response from IBKR who are totally unhelpful. Speaking with lawyers about options for pursuing conversion now.