Roger;
What color is the original paint? Does it still have the shine? If it does,
find someone on your own like a NAPA and can't be any NAPA it has to have a
well respected paint man. Look at the Dupont Chroma One, paint it is a 2
part. They have a gun that can pull a match from the car. If they can't
there is paint windows that they can put on the car for a match. If you are
like hey there is a close match take your information to 3 or 4 paint shops
with a good reputation. See if they can paint it the Chrysler garage does
not want to take the time to find a match.
Anthony
At 07:52 AM 11/22/03 +1100, you wrote:
>Here is a interesting story about the way insurance
>companies work. I own a 1955 Imperial sedan with
>37,000 original miles on it. The car has been covered
>in a heated garage for 20 plus years. It is a
>beautiful original auto. Last August I was being lazy
>and took the car to a local car wash. It was a fully
>automated wash with two hand wash attendants. As the
>car went into the wash, one of the attendants blew the
>paint off of the trunk. The wand he was using was a
>high pressure wand and should never have been laid on
>paint. The company admitted that they did the damage.
>It was turned into the companies insurance. This is
>where it gets interesting. I was told to take the car
>for a appraisal for repaint of the trunk. I was told
>by the Chrysler dealer that the paint can not be
>matched. He stated that the type of paint on the car
>is no longer used in the industry. I called six other
>body shops in the area only to hear the same story.
>The insurance company then told me to get an estimate
>on a total repaint. Chrysler bid it at $4,200. The
>bid was turned in on August 28th of this year. Last
>week after multiple phone call to the insurance
>company. They sent an adjuster to look at the car. He
>wrote a bid for $2,400 and depreciated the paint 50%.
>They stated that the paint had a life of 10 years.
>The company offered $1,200 to repaint the car. I have
>filed a complaint with the state insurance
>commissioner. Has anyone in the group ever have this
>type of thing happen to them? I could use some help
>on this.
>RC Billings Montanaaaaaa
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