Chipped paint on door

NxTH · 05-24-2022, 05:21 AM

Insurance wants to paint the whole door over for these small chips. They came from a door of another car at a parking lot. It would cost me 230 dollars. My concern is that when they paint the whole door over, it would be a slightly different hue than the rest? The garage uses original OEM paint.

Would it make sense to bring the car to a detailer who would just do a patch job for 50 bucks? The chips really aren't that big, is it really worth it to do the whole door over?

Billfitz · 05-24-2022, 06:50 AM

Painting the entire door is nuts.

NxTH · 05-24-2022, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Billfitz

Painting the entire door is nuts.

I might have misunderstood first. They came back to me stating they'd only paint the chipped areas, but apply lacquer to the whole door again to make it even.

Billfitz · 05-24-2022, 09:48 AM

Lacquer is paint, so that still doesn't make sense.

Onizukachan · 05-24-2022, 12:22 PM

Brits use lacquer to mean any kind of paint and or clear, so I think in this instance they mean touch up the rock chips then clear the entire door

markoz28 · 06-10-2022, 11:50 PM

I use Dr. Colorchip. Works great

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NxTH AH3 Owner 206 Rep 314 Posts Drives: BMW 335i ActiveHybrid 3 Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Finland iTrader: (0) Garage List 2013 BMW 335i AH3 [0.00]	Chipped paint on door Insurance wants to paint the whole door over for these small chips. They came from a door of another car at a parking lot. It would cost me 230 dollars. My concern is that when they paint the whole door over, it would be a slightly different hue than the rest? The garage uses original OEM paint. Would it make sense to bring the car to a detailer who would just do a patch job for 50 bucks? The chips really aren't that big, is it really worth it to do the whole door over?
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Billfitz Lieutenant General 8291 Rep 16,166 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	Lacquer is paint, so that still doesn't make sense.
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