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Thanks! If that's the case, is it worth having a professional at least look at it and ask if s/he can do better?

Thanks for the really detailed response. Is it for sure the flop? They gave me a bottle of touch-up paint, which is from the same batch of paint they mixed, and the color itself seems too green,...

Hi all,

I got the buttress section of rear quarter panel of my BRZ repainted a couple of months ago (I struck through paint while compounding).

Overall, I am feeling pretty meh with the...

Yeah, and they put on 3 or 4 miles on the car too (they were under the impression that the BRZ is a fast car I am sure, which is unfortunately not true). Sure, they could have been testing whether...

So I took it back and was treated quite poorly. The manager didn't seem to know what I was trying to get across and said that he didn't see the issue.

The painter came and spent twenty minutes wet...

Thanks, let's see what they say then. I am just afraid they will suggest a dumb workaround instead of properly reclearing the whole panel.

Thanks, I will go in on Monday and ask them what they can do for me.

I am expecting an uphill battle, though. What recourse do I have if they don't honor it and redo the clearcoat? (they may claim...

Thanks for the advice. Is the only way to get it right to completely reclear the whole panel? I am happy with how everything else turned out... Is it possible to spot repair this lip in a way that...

Uhh, so I should bring it back? Job is not a week old.

Hi all!

You may remember me as the moron who hand compounded through his blue BRZ’s clearcoat.

Long story short: I got the rear quarter resprayed (color blended, whole quarter panel plus sail...

Hi Mike,

I just got my 1-month old car back from the body shop. I had a detailing mishap and had to have color blended out on the rear quarter panel and the entire rear 1/4 panel + sail panel +...

One more update for anyone who is interested:

Got my BRZ back from the shop :)
Post repaint - Album on Imgur

Happy with the match!

They were able to get rid of a couple of conspicuous dust...

Thanks, I have heard the blue is a lot easier than white (mine is a pearl though, so I am hoping it turns out well.)

Why didn't you opt to get the doors blended?

Thanks! Just wondering, for a $800 job. Is it reasonable for the orange peel to be somewhat matched to the factory amount of orange peel? I am not looking for 100% restoration, but it would be nice...

Thanks! It's fairly common for body shops to have to denib after the clear is applied and hardened somewhat, yes?

The other side of my friend's Mazda 3 was also not in that great of a condition...

Just a little update for anyone who is interested:

I went to 4 or 5 body shops in the area. Quotes were somewhat comparable, from 600 to 1000.

One shop wanted to blend into the trunk, the rest...

That seems like it could easily be the better part of 1000 USD. Oh boy :(

This was probably the worst panel I could have damaged... Look at how massive it is:
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Although this particular panel doesn't have any clear bra on, several neighboring panels do, namely the edge of the passenger door, bottom half of the rear bumper. Do these need to be removed for a...

Thanks, you all are being really nice. This is my dream car and I can't believe I made such a dumb mistake one month into ownership.

Will the entire quarter panel have to be redone? (that extends...

Be that as it may, I did end up burning through the clear coat trying to get rid of the yellow spot. So it's on me to fix... Would you recommend taking it to the auto collision center associated with...

https://i.imgur.com/G7GKElL.jpg

Yup, I burnt through it. :(

Only way to get it looking perfect again is a total respray? Or can the rear fender be partially resprayed and blended in? How much...

A working theory is that my the ultimate polish+Mf pads combo is too coarse still to restore shine by hand. Or, perhaps it is indeed the weird yellow contamination smeared out and I need to clay the...

Hi! Thanks for the response. I hand polished with a MF pad and Ultimate Polish. Only seemed to make the hazed up spot slightly larger.

Sorry, the lighting was poor by the time I was trying to fix the haziness. I have stopped and will bring the car in to a detailer who has a small foam pad that may have a better luck getting rid of...

Hi all,

So I found a weird yellow spot that was slightly protruding on my 1-month old '18 BRZ. I assumed it was a factory paint defect (could have been some crazy bird poop too) and decided to...