Colour matching black ink paint

[CheekySportivo]

Hi Guys,

I have an 05 Black Ink Sportivo and had to have my left rear door re-sprayed as I had some

d!ckhead close a gate on me without realising I was still in the driveway.

Anyway, after taking it to my usual spray painter it all looked fantastic and a 10/10 job

until recently where I had parked the car and glanced over with the sun shining on it and the back door looks like a darker, richer colour compared to the original front door.

Is this normal?

Could it be because it is freshly painted and sprayed?

Could it be the metallic as I know the whole body colour shows off different colours in different light when looking from different angles.

I havent approached my spray painter yet as I thought it was maybe me.

Surely they cant get the colour code wrong!?!?! It looks fine otherwise.

Weird I know but I thought I might be able to get some feedback or info from those who have perhaps experienced the same thing or know a thing or two about spray painting and colour matching toyota factory paint.

I guess im one of those fussy owners who wants their pride and joy perrrrrfect :)

Thanks in advance.

[CAP]

It's not your eyes - it's a colour mis-match.

It's very common with repairs on metallic finishes. Only way to get around it, is to respray that whole side of the car.... or just live with it.

[kcorro]

cars come like that from factory too. best to live with it as a respray may get worse and worse with panels being pulled off and on, unsmooth repaint with particles, panels not going on again well and so on.

[Mopp]

automotive paint is a pain in the a*se.

If you paint panels in different temp or humiditys the colour will come out different :(

Thats the most annoying thing imaginable and cant be helped

Prob not a mis match

[Kevsta]

cars come like that from factory too. best to live with it as a respray may get worse and worse with panels being pulled off and on, unsmooth repaint with particles, panels not going on again well and so on.

I totally agree with you here. Once the panels and rubber trims are taken off the car and then reinstalled they don't seem to fit like it came from the factory. I've got the rubber piece on the base of the passenger window lifting off and the rubber between the side skirt and the car now has gaps. There is also small gap between the side skirt and front quarter panel which I swear was not there before. Looks like something wasn't tightened up as the bottom portion of the panel moves a few millimetres when pressed with my thumb.

So yeah... it can get worse.