"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Tue, 16 May 2017 12:00:51 +0100, Davey wrote:

On 16 May 2017 10:45:46 GMT Bob Eager wrote:
On Tue, 16 May 2017 11:28:02 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:

A friend of mine has had to get a ford door changed and some dents
removed and resprayed under the insurance, and when he got it back
the respray feathered edges stand out like a sore thumb as the flecks
are lighter in colour than the old paint. Its gone back but this is
not the first time I've heard how hard it is to get metallic effect
paint fixed without respraying the whole thing.

Glad I'll never drive, honestly...
Brian

I opted for non metallic on the car I have now. The default solid blue
was £450 cheaper than any metallic, and even cheaper than other solid
colours.


Just be glad it wasn't the green/purple colour that Ford had as an
option for a while in the US. Version are now available aftermarket,
but can you imagine trying to repair damage to one?

http://www.urekem-paints.com/chameleon-car-paint-colors

Yuk!

My wife nearly went for the default bright yellow for her EcoSport.

I went for the non default bright yellow for my Getz,
mainly because its more likely to be noticed by fools
in traffic and is easier to find in carparks etc.

Likely to be more of a problem if the
accident is my fault and I dont stop tho.

However, they gave her a good deal on the solid white,

Too common so its harder to find in the carpark.

for which she was grateful (so was I). The yellow one was bought
by a local estate agent whose trademark colour was that yellow.