I have a HP white 06 convertible and under bright sunlight the rear bumper appears to have a more yellow tint than the body. It is not noticable under low light but is noticable under bright sunlight conditions. Have any others noticed this with HP white? If so, have you had the bumper successfully repainted?

 

Many cars under certain lighting will look a different shade when comparing metal to plastic parts. It shouldn't be highly noticeable though.

I don't know about the Mustang though.

 

Yes, you are right. I was wondering if this might not be the result of not applying the white base coat thick enought.

 

Have you been able to look at other white ones on the lot? If there is a difference, you should be able to get it fixed under warranty.

 

I would have it resprayed either way under warranty

 

My refire shows when under certain light conditions, nothing I`m going to bother with. You`d have to be real sharp to catch it.

 

All bumpers on all cars are not perfectly matched. Its rare a car has its bumpers painted at the same time as the rest of the car, nor is the base color the same. Go through any parking lot on a sunny day and try to find one. They typically are not even painted in the same factory. I would check out some other white ones and if it is much worse then average for some reason I would complain.

 

Its not just on Mustangs. Like Kevin said above, its very hard to get plastic painted body parts to match with metal ones. My bumpers aren't perfect, and the color difference only really comes out in some pictures (the camera always catches the difference more than the naked eye) that I take. Not worrying about it though. Its next to impossible to have them match properly without spending a small fortune.

 

Mine seem to match. I'm picky and I have never seen a color difference between my bumpers and the fenders. I'd do what someone else mentioned. Go to the dealer and check the match on their other cars. If yours does not match as well, you might have a case. But it all depends on how important it is to you.

 

Here is the other side.

 

Even IF they were sprayed at the same time, you can shoot color from the bumper directly to the quarter and it'll dry two slightly different shades. The plastic absorbs different amounts of pigment than the sheetmetal.

 

Thanks for the input and advice. I compared four 07 white mustangs this morning. Unfortunately there was a light rain but the outcome was 1 was the same or slightly worse than mine, 2 were a better match than mine and 1 seemed to change each time I looked at it! Here is a pic, but it may not show the difference too well.

 

Man if yours looks as good as that one, I'd leave it alone and go for a drive. It looks great. You've got a more critical eye than me. To be honest I don't really see a difference and I think 95% of the people would not see the difference.

 

Have the same issues on my HP GT as well - there's a thread in the HP forum actually. It helps when I clay bar it to get it perfectly clean of tar and rail dust which really accumulate on the back bumper, but it's never a perfect match. It's quite noticeable to me.

I find white cars are the worst for this, although my bf's white GTI isn't nearly as bad as my mustang.

 

Thanks for all of the input and insightful comments. I went back and compared 4 HP white stangs; this time it was not raining. Most show the same difference I see between my body and bumper. So, I will leave it alone unless it gets worse with time.

 

White and Black cars are the worst for this. They show anything including imperfect matchs, dust/dirt, and water spots.

 

Its not only the color itself, with metallics they are shot at different angles and the flakes 'lay' differently. Even if its a very close match, at certain angles you will always see a slight difference. Seems like all the solid colors do show it more with less 'cheat' factor with not metallic sheen. But every car is like this. Manufactuers simply do not paint the shell and the bumpers at the same time.

 

Unless it's really bad, I'd leave it. Here is why.

When you get your car from the factory, they put additives in the paint on the bumpers that make it flexible. Small dings like in a praking lot will never be noticable. Once repainted, they will spider web. Now body shops will tell you they add stuff as well, but I've never had or seen one that's been repainted that doesn't spider web after it gets a small hit. My 10 year old Camaro (original paint) got tapped several times, and never showed any damage.

Maybe these additives attribute to the slight change in shade as well.

I'd never repaint my factory bumpers.



Hope this helps.


Mike