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Your experience with Blizzard Pearl paint at the body shop

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by cproaudio, Jul 7, 2016.

  1. cproaudio

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    What's your experience? Does the paint match? Any complaints?
     
    #1 cproaudio, Jul 7, 2016
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    priusros is having a problem matching the hood after hail damage.
     
    #2 bisco, Jul 8, 2016
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    Mine got hit 2 years ago when it had ~1000 miles on it. New front bumper, hood, right front quarter panel.
    Body shop had to fade the new blizzard pearl paint into the A pillars, left quarter panel and right front door and re clear coat those panels.
    Looks good and I doubt that you could tell it was ever hit.
     
    #3 scrappy, Jul 9, 2016
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    most body shops have no problem matching -- they blend it also. Silver can be more of a problem.
     
    #4 yeldogt, Jul 10, 2016
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    eliteconcept 700 mile club, top tank mpg 69.5

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    can't tell my fender was replaced and painted on my 14 earlier this year.
     
    #5 eliteconcept, Jul 12, 2016
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    If it's the front fenders then it's easy if you open the hood. If it still the VIN number, it's been repaired and painted. If the VIN number is missing or doesn't match your actual VIN then it's been replaced.
     
    #6 cproaudio, Jul 12, 2016
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    eliteconcept 700 mile club, top tank mpg 69.5

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    I was saying , you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at my paint that my fender was replaced and painted by a repair shop
     
    #7 eliteconcept, Jul 14, 2016
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    Well, I took my car to the body shop. It'll be ready in 1 week. Hopefully the paint will match. I left a note for the shop not to leave it in neutral or else the hybrid battery will be ruined. My insurance covered rental so I rented a Sonata. First off, I hate the turn signal blinker sound. Second, Not liking the Android Auto setup. I haven't connected my phone to it or ran it yet. I just read the screen info for Android Auto. It said that bluetooth audio will not function when connected to Android Auto. I'll play with it more tomorrow. So far I'm getting just over 30MPG city.
     
    #8 cproaudio, Aug 3, 2016
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