Superwhite bumper mismatch again with photo

I know I posted previously about the seemingly mismatched bumper colors on my 08' superwhite but it's beginning to bug me more and more. This time I've included a picture taken on a cloudy day for your kind inspection. The color difference seems less obvious on sunny days but I have included this photo taken on a cloudy day because it is more obvious in these lighting conditions. The rear bumper in this photo looks worse than the front but they are about the same in color. I would appreciate hearing your impressions about the image. I'd like to know if you think I'm being overly picky or 'if this was your new prius would it bother you enough to want the dealer to correct it'. I'd especially like to hear from other Superwhite owners to hear if their vehicles look similar to mine with respect to this 'problem'.

Thanks in advance !

 

Thanks for the replies. When I picked up the car it was a bright sunny day and I carefully checked all the metal body parts for dings and creases. Like I mentioned, it doesn't seem as apparent when sunny but it is still off. If it had been a used car I would probably have looked more carefully at panels for paint matching but I noticed this about a week after having the car. I suppose I should take it to an independent body shop first just to find out the real deal - whether it was hit and repainted or just poor finishing from toyota. Regardless of what they tell me, I think for my own peace of mind I'm going to have to insist that the dealer take the bumpers off and repaint them so they match the rest of the car. I doubt they'd go for this but if there is another superwhite have them switch my covers with ones from the new car. That way, the paint would be factory original and more durable.

My only two concerns are how they will hold up a year or so from now (ie, cracking,flaking). Also concerned for resell that the car will look like it was in an accident and required repainting .... I guess it already looks that way anyhow ?

 

does this look acceptable - here's the same vehicle looking the best it can look with the sun lower in the sky nearer horizon and more directly illuminating the side. I've put the original posted photo next to it so you can compare them. Interesting how the rear bumper looks so different when sun is at different angles. The rear bumper does curve in while the metal body parts proximal to where they meet is more perpendicular to the ground. Not sure what that is doing to the light but the definitely are not on same plane. If you take a look at the front bumper, in the first image, it looks 'off' more than the rear in image 1. The front bumper in image 1 looks to match rear bumper in image 2. They appear too dark.

I know the two images are taken on different sides of the car but the drivers side which looks to be the better matched image will look equally as bad as the passenger side under the right circumstances (which is most of the time). The bumper is not lighter on one side than the other - it is uniformly wrong.

 

Oddly enough, I have not received a survey yet for the purchase. Would the survey come from Toyota or the dealer. They harped on me about giving them best scores on everything at the dealer. They knew I wasn't happy early on about this bumper thing and about what probably was overspray on the driver side. You may recall my post about 'something grabbing my microfiber cloth' when polishing the car. It would not come off. I'm leaning toward the overspray thing now. Today I spent about 2 hours getting stuff off the front windshield. I see it when the sun is low (morning and evening). I had to use bug and tar remover and a lot of elbow grease to get most of it off. Regarding the side of the car that has gritty feel to it... they finally offered to clay my car but I've yet to let them touch it or do anything. I also pointed out the color mismatch which they said 'looked good' compared to others they've seen. I definitely am taking it to an independent now and will find out first what the story is - if this car was damaged and repaired ! I have looked at other posters in super white club and have found that some pics look to have same problem. I hope they won't mind that I'm posting their pics. I'm posting them under another thread to follow. I'm not sure what is up now.

 

Thanks for doing the analysis with Photoshop - good idea ! If you have time and wouldn't mind, could you drop some of the photos I posted on the other thread into photoshop and give me some data points ? Thanks !

I know after looking at my vehicle from all different angles and with different lighting something is causing a visible difference between the panels and the bumpers. Is it an '08 only problems ? I don't know. If it does come this way from toyota - I would venture to say that the bumpers are not painted at same time or place as the car. Not sure why the super white Camry's always seem perfect but the prius paint process must be different. I'll be taking it to an independent body shop and let you know if they can see any signs of damage or repainting. I'm leaning towards thinking that there may be many super white prii that have this problem. If so, I am amazed that the other super white prius owners on this board haven't noticed it on their own vehicles. Super white owners - take a look and let me know or I'm threatening to start another Poll - LOL.