Having a new door replaced on car, will the paint color match?

I had a deer run into the driver side door of my 07 Suzuki Reno and had it replace it and the back door as well. The body shops(three of them) told me that they couldn't match the paint up but had to blend it in by repainting the front and that side of the car. Oh they quoted a price to paint the whole car but the insurance would not pay for it. Just the damage done by the deer on that side of the car. My is a metalic silver too. Well to save money i was lucky to find two car doors with the same color as my and I can't tell the different.

I have heard and seen different cars with new or repaint parts and I think it depends on who does the job. Just look around and ask friends or body shop for examples of they work. good luck.

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Fit the door onto the car first and make the fit good. The biggest job is working with the hinges and shims and adjustments. You never as a homebody put on a door without expecting to scratch it. The factory has it specifically set up with machines just to handle a door. So you do it your way which involves more manhandling. Once the door is on and the latch connects so the door shuts, then sand the door down. When I say down, I mean first you got to wash the door with hot soapy water and let it dry . Then use some silicone wax solvent and wipe it clean of that invisible film. And then Kleen-Sol to get other greases off the door. Using lots of bedsheets or undershirts or other rags of same material type(cotton) Now you are ready to sand. If the door is shiny "like an apple" you need to sand it so it is dull like a peach. A door, one? You can easily hand sand it straight strokes(not circular). If there is rust - that is sanded out completely(that may mean using heavier grit sanding disk(initially, I used a 5" 36 grit disc with rubber backing pad on a 3/8" electric drill and sanded it away -lots of sparks- but got it back to shiny metal. Now whatever had to be done to fix it. If it needed welding, it could be done first( now plastic body filler such as Bondo brand. They all are basically fiberglass resin mixed with flour so you get a paste. Read instructions on the can or bodyworking book and you get an idea of how to use it. And then after overnight drying and hardening you sand the filler smooth to match the body. Using 60 grit and go upward (I did not mention you may need a heck of a lot of sandpaper of various grades depending if you have damage. No damage? Then start with 150A grit and dry hand sand it...to break the glaze. Then move up a grade to 180 and hand sand everything you did in 150. You could go to 220, but I doublt you are going to put on lacquer. So for enamel and most other paints, 180 is fine enough. Wipe or blow or both everything off with another clean rag. No water. Now tape off the rest of the car in dropsheet plastic. Be fussy. Overspray looks like an amateur did it. Then it is painting technique. Either you know how to spray, or you don't. If you spray too heavy it will run. If you spray to light it will be foggy. This is the reason for cigarettes. It is a timer between coats. And you should do 3. You cannot paint in 1 pass. Initial fog coat the door . Walk away for 15 minutes. The second coat will be somewhat heavier as it is the main body coat(call it a heavy fog) Walk away again for 15-20 minutes and the final fog coat. If the color is not hiding the color difference underneath, not to worry. Give it 20 minutes and spray on another fog coat. and walk away and clean your gun. No one touches the car overnight. Not even in the same room. It dries by its lonesome. Next day check it before ripping off the plastic using a hand held light. You might see runs, sags, and flat spots. If you used something like acrylic enamel or alkyd enamel there will be a high gloss to the finish. It will take 72 hours to fully cure.. I suppose you could spend the extra money and get some clear coat and spray that on top but really, it is good right now. If you sprayed perfection, clear won't do anything better for the looks. If you got lots of foggy or flat spots, then the clear will help. spray that now, overtop without sanding. Wait till next weekend before buffing out the runs.

Hi,

I have a black car, and I have a giant key mark down the side of my car door. Since, its black, and it never matches, my insurance company said that area would be covered to repaint for free. To repaint my whole entire car, it'd be an extra $100. But, I also own a ford focus, Zx3. So, there smaller than your car. The moral of the story, is call your insurance company, to find out how much more it would be for you to repaint the whole car. Cause, any car is hard to repaint no matter what colour it is. It always depends on the painter.

You should not have a problem with the color match only if the paint is blended both ways, this includes the fender and rear 1/4 panel. They will clearcoat the side of the car, so there is really no reason to refinish the entire car, that would only be a waste of money

If the color is not a good match then you have every right to request that the entire car be painted. You will have to sign off on the work to settle the claim and if you are not happy with the color match then do not sign off. Try talking to the insurance company before the work is done and tell them you will not sign off if the color is not a good match.

No, it will not match. If you have a good body man he can blend the color by painting beyond the door on both sides and you will never know that it is a new door.

the old paint is 10 years old...when new paint is mixed it will be what it was 10 yrs ago,,that said a good body/paint guy can work wonders...my solution is ask how much to shoot the whole car...its in shop anyway and may cost less than you think

It depends on how good the painter is at color matching. An experienced painter can time fade the paint and get very close.

I might suggest that you try this internet site where you can compare rates from different companies: http://insure-cheap.info/index.html?src=5YAawK55Oi...

RE :Having a new door replaced on car, will the paint color match?

Hello all,

So my 1999 clk320 benz was recently hit and I am now going through insurance to have my vehicle fixed. The passenger door needs to be replaced. My question is when having a new door replace and painted, will the paint color match the rest of the car? I really don't want one "blinging" new shinny door.The cars original color is a metalic silver. Since the car is 10 yrs old with the original paint do you think it will stand out? If so from your experience do you think insurance will pay to have the whole car repainted to match correctly.

This whole situation makes me pretty upset. It was hit by a drunk driver and luckily everyone is safe but I have been so careful to not get even so much of a scratch on my car and now this:(

Thanks for your input...

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