94 I need to repaint part of my car. What should I look for in a body shop?
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This article is from the VW Technical FAQ, by with numerous contributions by Jan Vandenbrande others.
94 I need to repaint part of my car. What should I look for in a body shop?
A: Probably the best you can do is ask several VW dealers where they send
their cars for warrantee work (and ask them why).
Also some of the more popular magazines will have recommendations
but they are usually for the CA area.
The first thing I look for is the type of paint they use.
VWs are painted with a Urethane Paint by Hoechst or Glazurit, which
is about as high quality as you can get [BMW & M-B use the same type].
I usually try to stick close to the factory brand of paint because the
pigment formulation is at least similar eventhough the solvents are not
(the body shop cannot bake the entire car as the factory does).
Paint fades, but having roughly the same pigment formulation will allow
the repainted parts fade in roughly the same way.
All body shops have to mix the paint to match your color, so you will
not find any containers that say Alpine Weiss L90E and expect it to match.
VW buys paint in bulk, and each batch differs slightly in color eventhough
it may have the same color code.
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