Does a new bumper need part of wings respraying

AdrianC

reeac wrote: »

If you get the wings resprayed to match the new bumper then will they also match the adjacent doors? Best, I would have thought, to have the transition from respray to original paint occur where there is a change of orientation such as between bumper and wing rather than between wing and door.

Except there may not be a change of orientation... Many bumpers wrap almost seamlessly into the adjoining panels.

So, yes, you do need to blend the new paint into the wing in order to achieve a seamless transition.

The entire wing isn't sprayed - the new paint is faded out, to make any minor difference in shade less visible.

s_b

tir21 wrote: »

Took it to a premier bodyshop. They are saying it's necessary to spray wings otherwise might not blend in

...correct

System

facade wrote: »

They always tell you that they can't possibly match the colour properly, yet when you have a Japanese motorbike and you damage a candy metallic fairing panel, you just order one from the dealer in the correct colour, and fit it without any colour matching problems.

Because the manufacturer paints thousands of them at the same time and the bike is relatively new. When you go to a body shop they have a mixing chart and mix up a single batch of paint for the job so it may or may not be slightly off from the original, if its metallic the "flow" of the particles may be slightly different and if the car is of any age the paint won't be the same colour that it came out of the factory due to sun fade.

Try it with a bike that is 10 years old and the new panel will stick out like a sore thumb against the rest of the faded fairing.

OP: By all means only get the panel that was damaged done but don't complain if it sticks out like a sore thumb as it is standard industry practice to blend in over the adjacent panels.