Repairing some dings: is white easy to match?

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  • mach schnell
    E30 Enthusiast
    • Apr 2008
    • 1059

    #1

    Repairing some dings: is white easy to match?

    I want to have some dings repaired. They are the dimpled kind, that come from someone else's door, for example.

    Are these difficult to repair?

    And is alpine white easy to match? My car is a very clean and bright cool white...

    ... I do NOT want to have big cream-colored spots in my clean white paint.
  • koole30
    Noobie
    • Jan 2010
    • 28

    #2
    There are variations of every color from factory paint (painted at different locations, different paint vendors etc...) To be safe blend into the nearest panel to trick the eye, this is whats done at most high end shops. PM me with any questions.
    Good luck.

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    • mach schnell
      E30 Enthusiast
      • Apr 2008
      • 1059

      #3
      Originally posted by koole30
      There are variations of every color from factory paint (painted at different locations, different paint vendors etc...) To be safe blend into the nearest panel to trick the eye, this is whats done at most high end shops. PM me with any questions.
      Good luck.
      Thanks!

      I am not going to do the work myself, I am going to take it to a shop in the local area.

      But are these dimples pretty simple to repair?

      And is white easy or difficult to color-match?

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      • scottinAZ
        E30 Fanatic
        • Dec 2009
        • 1312

        #4
        a good shop should be able to color match the panel fairly well. the dents are not that difficult, so much as time consuming to repair. If you want to do it right, you need to access the back of the panel and try to push it out as much as possible, and use the least amount of filler. this is where the labor adds up on a job such as this.
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        • mach schnell
          E30 Enthusiast
          • Apr 2008
          • 1059

          #5
          Great, thank you!

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