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Sorry for creating another thread just for this but I'm really wondering if I'm being unreasonable. Those of you who have had truck caps please chime in. I'm new to the truck world...
I ordered an ARE V-Series cap and upon delivery, sent it back because it looked Guard. My Plat is Tuxedo Black and my cap was 1400$ ish out the door to color match it with a carpet liner, LED light, front and side sliding windows.
Two weeks later I got the repainted cap which seemed better on a dark gloomy day (first set of pics). Today I parked on the top level of my deck and noticed when the sun shines directly on it, it still doesn't look right...is greenish tint.
Normally it looks fine so I'm curious since I'm moving to Florida and expect more sunny days -- would you send it back? I'm not trying to nitpick or complain. I'm honestly asking for advice because I know they will reply "it won't be perfect." Because of ARE's warranty, it wouldnt cost me anything. Pics from today are at the end.
For $1400 and change, would you send it back a second time? Thanks for your input!
Round 2: Cap was a better match than the first time (tuxedo black)
Looked fine from the back
Sun shining on it this morning - greenish tint annoys me
Sorry for creating another thread just for this but I'm really wondering if I'm being unreasonable. Those of you who have had truck caps please chime in. I'm new to the truck world...
I ordered an ARE V-Series cap and upon delivery, sent it back because it looked Guard. My Plat is Tuxedo Black and my cap was 1400$ ish out the door to color match it with a carpet liner, LED light, front and side sliding windows.
Two weeks later I got the repainted cap which seemed better on a dark gloomy day (first set of pics). Today I parked on the top level of my deck and noticed when the sun shines directly on it, it still doesn't look right...is greenish tint.
Normally it looks fine so I'm curious since I'm moving to Florida and expect more sunny days -- would you send it back? I'm not trying to nitpick or complain. I'm honestly asking for advice because I know they will reply "it won't be perfect." Because of ARE's warranty, it wouldnt cost me anything. Pics from today are at the end.
For $1400 and change, would you send it back a second time? Thanks for your input!
Round 2: Cap was a better match than the first time (tuxedo black)
Looked fine from the back
Sun shining on it this morning - greenish tint annoys me
From an angle
Id want it closer than that. You spent too much for that big of a disparity in color
I doubt you could get much closer than that, but I don't know. There is a silver Dodge here at work that isn't perfectly matched, but it's so close. To be honest, I have yet to find one that matches perfectly.
I just showed the picture to a colleague here at work and asked what I thought of your truck by the pictures, but did not explain your paint dilemma. He is more OCD than me, yet did not notice the paint. The only response was that I should buy a 2015! LOL!
I would think a black metallic would be a very hard color to match perfectly. I understand and see why you're upset, but I just don't know if you're going to get it to match any better without taking it somewhere locally and having it repainted.
With modern automotive paint formulations being formulated practically to molecular proportions (and duplicated thusly), I am surprised to hear of your experience in these times. Since 1993, all of my several Ford pickups have had various colors of PTM hard tonneau covers from SnugTop. There has never been one iota of color mismatching...it has often astounded me how perfect the matches were.
03-31-2015, 03:18 PM
Would you send it back...again?
