SteveKen

I need to have some dents and dings removed as well as have an RS6 bumper and sideskirts painted.

I really don't think it's worth it to paint the whole car if I can get a decent paint match.

Opinions?

BTW, I already did the Dent Wizard route. Thus, the real need for real bodywork.

audikillsbmw

IIRC, silver is one of the hardest colors to match.

SteveKen

I'ts really not worth it to sink a few $k in to having it painted.

Boston Driver

...but if you are having just bumpers and RS6 lowers painted, I would not worry too much about the match. Bumpers typically look a bit off anyway. The RS6 lowers have enough changes in angles that a slight mismatch should nto be a big issue.

When i had the RS6 lowers done, I had the whole passenger side painted (two panels were painted badly by the previous owner's body shop). But the RS6 lowers seem to match the driver side factory paint quite well...although fixing the passenger side mismatch I noticed a mismatch on the driver side as well (front fender). Oh well. I'll live with it.

5speed6 v.2

...the bumpers are the worst due to the "flex" additive that's mixed in to the paint.

Throws the color off.

SteveKen

BTW, I never used flex additive on bumpers before. Thought it was only used on rubber components.