VidPro

I hear ya. I’ll see what they say.

Gotta get out there and detail for a cruise tomorrow.

VidPro

Lots of “nice car” comments today with the new hood. Hoping to talk with Cervinis tomorrow. Whatever happens I’m taking it to a local place to have it painted. Looking at it more closely today in a diffent light and the mismatch in paint is clear. We didn’t notice it while installing it.

JG1

Oh wow. Not good. Lemme know what they have to say.

JG1

Those first pics you posted looked like a spot on match.

VidPro

Agreed! In person and in the light that it was in it looked great from that angle. When I took it out of the cruise yesterday the guys caught it and it was a surprise to us.

VidPro

I've had American Muscle parts pre-painted (granted smaller parts) and those parts are dead on color-wise.

JG1

The open in 17 minutes. I'm sure they'll make it right for you.

VidPro

Yeah I'm not worried. I hate complaining and I told them in the email that I really do love the hood minus the issues. I already called my local Ford shop ( they do awesome work) to bring in the car after I find out what Cervinis has to say.

VidPro

Just talked to them and they are refunding the paint cost so I can take it to a body shop locally. Just shows it's worth buying from a good company like Cervinis. Hopefully I can get the car in this week. More pics coming...soon.

JG1

So what's that? About $600 (including the vents)? That should be enough to get the whole hood (underneath too) repainted.

VidPro

Exactly. I think it should cover the redo.

759Rider

I've been following this one. Sorry for the bad experience. I don't claim to be a paint expert, but not surprised by no match.

I am sure the manufacturer got the paint code right, and did a nice job on painting the hood. But matching paint is more art than science.

I am very curious to hear how your local shop handles this. They can likely get closer to a match by doing the hood over. But painting just the hood is a no-go if you really want it to look perfect. In that case, they will likely going to want to blend it into the fenders and bumper as well.

Please keep us posted. And best of luck with the redo.

:-)

VidPro

Thanks and I agree. I was prepared for it to not be perfect but this seems way off. Anyway, I’m dropping the car off and not just the hood so the shop can do it right with blending and any other tricks. Can’t wait to see it done right. This shop does nice work.

boss man

May want to think about doing the top of the front fenders to blend. This way you will never be able to tell that anything was painted. When you have a straight line separating the two parts. You may see a very slight difference in some lights.
I do like the hood.

Enjoy

VidPro

I think that's what they'll do, but I'll ask them tomorrow to make sure they blend it correctly.

JG1

I think I got lucky since my car is black.

VidPro

Yeah, I'd imagine solid colors are less of a problem for matching paint. My current paint on the hood almost has a color shift type effect going on. Straight on it looks good. Start stepping to the side and new color.

JG1

Well, I was cleaning my car yesterday before dropping it off to Evolution Performance for a supercharger/fuel system install and I noticed an area on the hood where the paint is pitting and bubbling. I called Cervini and they want pics of the hood but I told them I won't have the car back till next Saturday. They asked if I could have the shop take the pics and send it, but I think that's asking a bit much of the shop as they know nothing of the problem and don't know where exactly on the hood I'm talking about.

I'm hoping Cervini makes this right. I showed my fiancé (who is a car person) the area on the hood and she said 'oh no, that has to go back and they have to fix that'. Well, I'm hoping.

VidPro

Sorry to hear. My hood is going on week two at the shop. They've been having issues with the new paint on the hood fish eye'ing for some reason. They asked me of I put anything on it with I did not. Hoping to have it back tomorrow. Good luck and keep us posted..

JG1

Thanks. I'm a little nervous they won't warranty it, but I think the anxiety is coming because I've had a solid month of everything going wrong in my life. If it's not one thing it's another.

Anyway, the affected area is pretty bad. It's a good 4"X4" section up front.