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This is a question for any paintwork repairers out there. I have stupidly damaged the rear passenger door on my car hitting a bollard which has creased the panel. My insurers Aviva have decided that a new door is required which is fair enough. The question I have is how easy is it to get a paint match? The paintwork was ceramic coated when I purchased the car 18 months ago. It is a 2019 model. 
Going on the photo I do wonder if a good PDR man would be able to get that out & that might be a worthwhile avenue for you to explore.
No paint involved so no risk of shade variation.
I would expect a bodyshop to paint the door & blend onto the adjacent panels to minimise any risk of a mismatch - however slight - being noticable.
As far as how good any match would be you will only know after the job has been done.
If you are unhappy then you would need to go back to your insurers.
Worst case scenario would involve painting the whole side of the car.
That might mean a variation between the sides, but you can't usually see both sides of your car at the same time - I have had a couple of occasions where I have done repairs to both sides of a vehicle & found the paint I was using was a perfect match on one side but not the other. Further investigation showed the vehicles had had one side resprayed.
No paint involved so no risk of shade variation.
I would expect a bodyshop to paint the door & blend onto the adjacent panels to minimise any risk of a mismatch - however slight - being noticable.
As far as how good any match would be you will only know after the job has been done.
If you are unhappy then you would need to go back to your insurers.
Worst case scenario would involve painting the whole side of the car.
That might mean a variation between the sides, but you can't usually see both sides of your car at the same time - I have had a couple of occasions where I have done repairs to both sides of a vehicle & found the paint I was using was a perfect match on one side but not the other. Further investigation showed the vehicles had had one side resprayed.
paintman said:
Going on the photo I do wonder if a good PDR man would be able to get that out & that might be a worthwhile avenue for you to explore.
No paint involved so no risk of shade variation.
I would expect a bodyshop to paint the door & blend onto the adjacent panels to minimise any risk of a mismatch - however slight - being noticable.
As far as how good any match would be you will only know after the job has been done.
If you are unhappy then you would need to go back to your insurers.
Worst case scenario would involve painting the whole side of the car.
That might mean a variation between the sides, but you can't usually see both sides of your car at the same time - I have had a couple of occasions where I have done repairs to both sides of a vehicle & found the paint I was using was a perfect match on one side but not the other. Further investigation showed the vehicles had had one side resprayed.
Thanks. That was my initial thought that it could be knocked out and therefore limit the risk of a poor paint match. I am kicking myself because I have looked after the body really carefully and the guy who ceramic coated is the only person to wash it and it really comes up well. If I had the door replaced I would prepare it and ceramic coat it, but the colour match has to be right.No paint involved so no risk of shade variation.
I would expect a bodyshop to paint the door & blend onto the adjacent panels to minimise any risk of a mismatch - however slight - being noticable.
As far as how good any match would be you will only know after the job has been done.
If you are unhappy then you would need to go back to your insurers.
Worst case scenario would involve painting the whole side of the car.
That might mean a variation between the sides, but you can't usually see both sides of your car at the same time - I have had a couple of occasions where I have done repairs to both sides of a vehicle & found the paint I was using was a perfect match on one side but not the other. Further investigation showed the vehicles had had one side resprayed.
I guess it depends on the damage. If mine could have the dent removed and reformed perfectly then just painted and blended in. If the paint is damaged as mine appears to be it will require reforming then sanding and some filling potentially then painting and blending in. I guess they just thought change the door and paint it 
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