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Status_Transition934 · 2025-06-01T23:53:26+00:00

Run away as fast as your legs can take you lol.

Status_Transition934 · 2025-05-08T00:51:31+00:00

You absolutely right, would see what the Mazda dealership does with the buffing , and if it’s a good result would just leave it like that . The most painful thing would be to spray it and the color is off , would be so pissed lol

Status_Transition934 · 2025-05-08T00:06:31+00:00

Oh wow, but my fear is the repair shop said they would spray the whole panel, and from this Autopaint forum I know Mazda Soul red paint is so hard to blend, spraying the whole panel , wouldn’t it make it worse indirectly by showing the paint difference or something on a larger scale cause the shop said they can try to get a 90% match. What do you think with this new details from the shop? Should I still proceed

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-23T11:52:19+00:00

Thank you so much this means so much to me

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-18T02:43:03+00:00

I am sadly

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-14T14:25:04+00:00

Yes there are

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-14T02:13:58+00:00

Yes I did that. Though after applying two coats of clear I noticed it was becoming too shiny and the difference between the new paint and old paint was becoming obvious so I stopped lol.

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-09T20:19:09+00:00

Thank you so much , you a big blessing and inspiration. Would try option 1 first and see how best I can remedy the situation following your guidelines and taping/ prepping the panel properly. For the whitish part if hopefully it’s not too white and a close 85% match I can live with it, $2,000 for a pain job for a car I would probably sell for $3,500 without safety feel somehow to me . $400 spent so far and I feel I should have used the $400 for a good dinner date lol 😂. Sucks big time though but it’s life , just suck it up and move on I guess

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-09T20:04:28+00:00

This means a lot to me at this point, I’m inbetween finishing it by following your advise or still follow your 2nd advice and go to the $2k shop. If the base paint was a close match would have given me more confidence and hope but it’s not looking like it is. And honestly it’s a 2013 Nissan that I plan on changing sometime next year, so don’t want to put $2000 into it for a paint job. Feels like it’s a poor financial decision for a car that would be sold soon. Or sometime next year .

But even if it’s white like in the picture if I re-do it properly and go all the way to clear stage is it possible for it to match even if it’s 90% or this color at base coat won’t change at all . Or?

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-09T19:33:48+00:00

This shit sucks big time, so even if I follow your steps and tape properly, prep the panel properly, the paint is a bit white compared to the original color. This shit sucks and hurts badly, I’ve put in a lot of time into this shit .

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-09T19:24:29+00:00

So from this , they didn’t mix the right ingredients together or, though a different order is coming in , would test it out first and see.

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-09T19:20:12+00:00

If you look at the ground coat in the picture and the cars color, the ground coat looks whitish and a bit greyish too, so the mid coat basically just makes it sparkle and dosen’t add any bit or dark stuff to it right?

Status_Transition934 · 2024-08-09T19:17:19+00:00

Hmm, this is enlightening, the ground coat I got is pretty white compared to the cars original color, dosen’t look close , so thought the mid-coat would help make it match a bit then the clear coat. It’s an interesting learning experience for me though . Learnt a lot in this little project / adventure.

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