Paint color difference

[Captain Skip]

Question for the collective. I just got my JL back from having the hinges on both front doors and the tailgate done. I picked it up Friday and parked it in the garage until yesterday. I took it out on a bright sunny day and noticed that the doors and tailgate are a shade lighter grey than the rest of the body. Before I go all Karen on the dealer's body shop I started to wonder about something. The color of the doors and tailgate are what I remember the original color of the JL to be - Sting Grey. The rest of the body actually looks a bit darker. I've been using Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions on it for wax/paint protection. It seems to me that older paint should fade lighter, not darker. So, is it possible the the darker color is from the Turtle Wax. Anyone else noticed this?

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[J-Dub]

Question for the collective. I just got my JL back from having the hinges on both front doors and the tailgate done. I picked it up Friday and parked it in the garage until yesterday. I took it out on a bright sunny day and noticed that the doors and tailgate are a shade lighter grey than the rest of the body. Before I go all Karen on the dealer's body shop I started to wonder about something. The color of the doors and tailgate are what I remember the original color of the JL to be - Sting Grey. The rest of the body actually looks a bit darker. I've been using Turtle Wax Hybrid Solutions on it for wax/paint protection. It seems to me that older paint should fade lighter, not darker. So, is it possible the the darker color is from the Turtle Wax. Anyone else noticed this?

The new paint isn't the right color, it isn't possible to alter color without damaging the clear first.

 

[Captain Skip]

Ok I checked in with the body shop. They said they could blend in the doors and fenders…..however they do that. I have to double check with them and see if they mean they’ll paint the fenders to match. I really don’t want to get into repainting body panels that don’t need new paint though. Any body guys on here that can explain to the uneducated among us how you blend paint?

 

[Call Me TD]

Ok I checked in with the body shop. They said they could blend in the doors and fenders…..however they do that. I have to double check with them and see if they mean they’ll paint the fenders to match. I really don’t want to get into repainting body panels that don’t need new paint though. Any body guys on here that can explain to the uneducated among us how you blend paint?

You have to sand the clear, run coats of paint through the undamaged/old panels in layers until the eye is tricked. Then they re-clear the panels. There is more to it but that is the high view explanation.

Here is a good video with examples.

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