It's tough to really see the color on the car, would need a close up in good light for us to be able to see close to what you see. Is it two stage? Any flake or pearl? If your not happy with it then the time is NOW to change it before reassembly. Like you said earlier you plan to keep it forever.
As far as a professional auto body suppliers mixing paint for factory color code paint jobs they should be a spot on match. So if you see a car you like and get the paint code for that car the paint should be spot on. The paint is mixed using a computer and a machine. It's a science, not guess work. I'd be upset if I was this guy unless the color really isn't that far off the mark and still looks great.
The jobber that mixed it up might have screwed up. I told him I needed two quarts and that would be enough. They delivered 6 quarts! This was given to me by Akzo Nobel through there regional rep.
I do understand the computerized scales and mixing the paint. It's what I do for a living. I hope that doesn't sound smart**s, not meaning it that way.
I think that I may not have been given the attention I wanted when they were mixing the paint.
Truthfully, someone screwed up and i could raise a bit of hell over it. I'm not though, this is an inconvenience for me for sure, but it's not the one that I'll burn the bridge over. These people are my friends and have been for decades, I'll suck this one up.
THAT SAID......I'm going to repaint it. Just didn't want that color. What I have is some nice red primer on the car right now that I will block out again. This LAST time with 800 so I won't need to use sealer.
It is a two stage formula, I wanted to paint the car with all the panels off so I could get the jambs at the same time. Using a three stage might allow for some slight difference in color between panels that are off.
Oh yeah, it's a pearl. If you understand paint lingo, it's a very dirty red (meaning cloudy, with the cloudiness being orange in hue and WAY too bright in the flop).
The original color I wanted is a very clean pearl that offers a cleanness and depth that rivals a three stage paint job. The color that the engine bay is painted and the hood as well is that color, it's just gorgeous.
All that said, Now that I have the car in my garage, life will be so much easier to make these things happen. I will probably be taking doors, fenders, bumpers, etc... to my shop a little at a time this month and repaint the body in early January.
