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Mrs. Minnesota whacked a deer with her Grand Cherokee tonight.
Just dented the right front fender in front of the door. Crap.
Looked on eBay expecting to find 3-400 bucks for a new one or
300 plus 100 shipping for a used one. I can get the new fender
in primer with free shipping for $55! Fifty-five! Another 10 or
20 for some matching paint and we're in business. I told her
that panel was already getting rusty and would have a hole in it
soon, anyway... So its really a good thing! Anyone have
experience with that Dupli-Color PerfectMatch rattle can paint?
 
(quoted from post at 03:54:26 09/07/17) 10, or 20 for paint ??? I wanna buy paint where you get it. last quart I bought cost 110.00
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Jim read the OP. He is talking a couple rattle cans. Weather or not it looks decent is a separate issue.
 
(quoted from post at 21:50:33 09/06/17) depends on the color, and year, clear coat? my guess is that it's gonna sick out like a sore thumb
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My Dodge can't go down the driveway without losing chunks of rust, so not too worried about color-matching. *lol* Mostly, just need the 4 wheel wells right now. They're really bad!
 
Depending on what the rest of the car looks like, or what you expect the end result to be...

Skip the rattle cans. Put the fender on, being very careful not to dent it, then take it to a body shop for the paint.

I've tried the spray cans, even paid extra for custom matched spray cans.

Just trying to match a plastic door handle looked horrible. Could see it from 100 yards away!
 
If you look hard enough there is a seller on Ebay that will paint the fender with your paint code number and send it to you. May not match perfectly on a vehicle that's a couple years old due to sun fade but some body shops can't get it to match either.


The other thing I do is look for used parts that are the same color as what you had damaged, being the same age it usually matches pretty good.
 
It's not the color match that would concern me with a rattle can, it's the quality and durability of the paint itself. Remember that a very high % of the fluid in a rattle can is solvent and not a lot of pigment. Nor is there any hardener and likely none of the UV ray stuff that makes real automotive paint hold up so well and not fade, etc.
 
I get lots of great deals off ebay its my first stop when looking for about anything.Its like my old farm truck beat up,odd paint etc doesn't bother me. Because while I'm driving down the road
others have to look at my truck and I get to look at their nice new vehicles they have thousands$$ in.
 
Yeah, I'm not expecting a miracle. They do sell a matching clear coat with it, though. Maybe umpteen
coats of that on top of 3 or 4 light coats of color... could maybe get by halfway decent.
 
Wow, $55! hard to beat. Got new tires on an '04 F150 and had them put the best old tire on the spare (which was as bald as could be).Pulled it out after a few weeks and it was flat, pumped it up, kept losing air. Finally sprayed it with soapy water and found the rim was so rusty there were pinhole leaks all over. Called some junkyards, said used rims are $15-20 but none had 18 in, 6 hole wheels. Looked online and best I could do was $67 for a "reman". Called the tire dealer, said sure we could order one: $110 for aftermarket. OEM was closer to $200! FOR A STEEL WHEEL, nothing fancy. Thinking about cleaning real good and brazing the pinholes.
Can't believe you got a fender for less than the price of a wheel.
 
I have used Dupli-Color on the front bumper of an 07 ford freestyle. i was happy with the color match it was very close but it was a diffrent ford paint code they didnt have my exact color. It is not very hard and after 2-3 years of highway driving it looked like the bumper was sand blasted. I primed (1 coat), painted (3 coats), and clear coated (3 coats)
If you do use it use the Dupli-Color primer I did not and got some orange peal in a few spots and had to start over with the right primer I think the Dupli-Color is hotter than Rustoliem primer
 
I damaged the plastic vale below front bumper on my GMC truck. Went to a salvage yard. They ordered me a new one. Next day and only $78 truck fixed.

I wouldn't have thought a salvage yard sells new body parts.

No idea on rattle can color match.

My experience. If I have paint in a can that I painted something with 5 years ago and the paint is still good. Good chance it won't match. Paint fades.

Newer cars have a clear coat finish. That may be an issue too.

Doesn't primer look good enough???

Good luck.
 
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