Great to hear. I would assume that Tesla would have resolved that by now. I feel bit relived to see the newer deliveries are not showing paint mismatch.fyi, just took delivery of my white MYP yesterday morning (bay area, delivered from dublin) & no paint match issues on my end!
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Recent White MY/MYP Deliveries - Paint Match?
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Clark_Kent
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Bumping this thread back up. Have the issues been resolved with the rear bumper paint mismatch for Pearl White Multi-Coat? If not, is Tesla willing to respray the bumper?
OxBrew
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My front and rear bumper is SLIGHTLY yellower than the body. I usually can't see it except except in certain bright light.
I'm not going to try to do anything about it, it's like a fingerprint, a unique reminder of this time in Tesla history.
Mid September build, picked up 9/30.
I took delivery of an August build MY. All metal parts match each other and the plastic front and rear bumpers match each other. Unfortunately, the metal parts are bright alpine white, and the plastic is more of a cream or true pearl white.
My Sept. build notice no mismatch, as good or better than any other car I’ve had.
Clark_Kent
Member
Appreciate the comments. I've read several comments where folks say they've owned white cars in the past and have experienced color mismatches. I've owned a couple of white cars and that has not been my experience. I also don't subscribe to the theory it's common to have color mismatches on a vehicle. A white car should be white even if the various body panels are of a different substrate.
I have a 2020 LRMY with the Pearl White Multicoat paint. There are three layers to the Pearl White Multicoat, not counting the primer. The base coat is flat white. The mid coat is semi-milky with added metallic flakes. The top layer is a clear glossy finish. As I am in the process of repairing a few scratches, down to the bare metal, I can say that the paint on the body panels of the Model Y is incredibly thin (thinner than an egg shell.) Even with a computer controlled paint sprayer it would be difficult to paint the bumper and have it match the body panels exactly.
OxBrew
Active Member
Start looking at all cars. Bumpers usually don't match the body.
Here's why: Why Your Bumper Paint Doesn’t Match The Rest Of Your Car - Michael Jordan Collision Center - Durham, NC
Here's an impreza with exactly the same white mismatch.
Here's why: Why Your Bumper Paint Doesn’t Match The Rest Of Your Car - Michael Jordan Collision Center - Durham, NC
Here's an impreza with exactly the same white mismatch.
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I drove past a red Y today and the back bumper looked darker than the body slightly. Another member posted his MSM and I noticed a variation in his front bumper:
As long is the difference isn’t offensively bad I’d just live with it. Plenty of different cars in different colors have the same issues. It doesn’t make it right but it happens. If I was paying for a $6000 custom color on a Porsche or something then I would expect perfection but not here.
As long is the difference isn’t offensively bad I’d just live with it. Plenty of different cars in different colors have the same issues. It doesn’t make it right but it happens. If I was paying for a $6000 custom color on a Porsche or something then I would expect perfection but not here.
I took delivery in late Sept in CA, exactly same as above, front and rear both mismatch body panel, slight yellow tint in back, different shade in front.
Tesla SC had my car at the moment to repaint both front and back, using a BMW collision center repair shop =P. Still waiting for the car, SC stated it will take 2 weeks total.
45thParallel
Member
thanks for the information. We have had Lexus and Acura SUVs and I never put PPF. I did not understand why Tesla owners were putting on PPF in such large numbers.
I'm picking up my MYP tomorrow, also in Tampa... I hope I have better resultspicked up my 2022 y 2 days ago in tampa. didn’t notice at all in the sun. now it’s all I can see
so I reached out thru the app for service and they have me scheduled to see their local “tesla certified” paint shopI'm picking up my MYP tomorrow, also in Tampa... I hope I have better results
my wife’s white mercedes gel 350 looks perfect from metal to plastic.
My white paint looks good on my MYP vin F436. It’s probably a rush job. They should have gave the bumper another coat or 2. My Wife’s white Toyota is flawless too. I have seen other color non tesla’s with paint mismatch. It’s usually noticeable more on cheaper cars. Tesla needs to fix this problem. You can’t charge $60,000-$130,000. But do a shitty paint job.
Looks bad.picked up my 2022 y 2 days ago in tampa. didn’t notice at all in the sun. now it’s all I can see
