They would have blended the paint on the quarter panel. The headliner and airbag probably had to come out to remove the roof rail if it's bolted in from the bottom. Bumper, taillight, and glass are removed for paint so there are no hard paint lines. Sounds like a good job
Also, the factory doesn't sell pre painted parts. Even if they had a used door in the same color, it would likely need to be blended both ways for color match. Mazda typically has tough colors to match
These are the procedures required to ensure a quality job...they fixed the dent on the door but in order for the paint to match they need to paint adjacent panels to blend out the color. So probably painted your quarter panel which means every adjacent trim/molding/bezel would need to be removed and reinstalled. This is all done to make sure the panels are painted edge to edge, anything less than that has the potential of peeling/failing. A decent shop will do these procedures to EVERY vehicle repaired, the shop doesn't want failing repairs either
Raw metal panels do not come painted only primed, very few things come pre painted volvo does pre painted bumpers, some others will do pre painted mirror caps or small trim pieces.
Even if you got something pre painted it usually will not match your vehicle. Vehicles have paint codes but that one code can have dozens of variants which is the painters job to determine which variant matches your vehicles paint the best. UV is all powerful and slowly degrades the pigmentation of your paint even if you can't see it.
Autobody is far more complicated than it seems, there are multitudes of variables at play at every step of the repair. Painting being the hardest because even if you are in control of all relevant variables, a sweat drop from your forehead or a bug landing in your paint job can turn a perfect job into a redo
Her s the thing... Your insurance is to make it look like new... Not repaired, like new... Does it seem excessive if you were paying out of pocket for "good enough" then yea, but it wouldnt look like new, and it wouldve detracted from the value of your vehicle.
They would have blended the paint on the quarter panel. The headliner and airbag probably had to come out to remove the roof rail if it's bolted in from the bottom. Bumper, taillight, and glass are removed for paint so there are no hard paint lines. Sounds like a good job Also, the factory doesn't sell pre painted parts. Even if they had a used door in the same color, it would likely need to be blended both ways for color match. Mazda typically has tough colors to match
These are the procedures required to ensure a quality job...they fixed the dent on the door but in order for the paint to match they need to paint adjacent panels to blend out the color. So probably painted your quarter panel which means every adjacent trim/molding/bezel would need to be removed and reinstalled. This is all done to make sure the panels are painted edge to edge, anything less than that has the potential of peeling/failing. A decent shop will do these procedures to EVERY vehicle repaired, the shop doesn't want failing repairs either
Raw metal panels do not come painted only primed, very few things come pre painted volvo does pre painted bumpers, some others will do pre painted mirror caps or small trim pieces.
Even if you got something pre painted it usually will not match your vehicle. Vehicles have paint codes but that one code can have dozens of variants which is the painters job to determine which variant matches your vehicles paint the best. UV is all powerful and slowly degrades the pigmentation of your paint even if you can't see it.
Autobody is far more complicated than it seems, there are multitudes of variables at play at every step of the repair. Painting being the hardest because even if you are in control of all relevant variables, a sweat drop from your forehead or a bug landing in your paint job can turn a perfect job into a redo
Awesome response, thanks! This all makes perfect sense and I appreciate your time to reply.
Glad to hear that the shop did this in order to ensure quality work, and not in order to screw the insurer.
Insurance won't cover nonsense. If they paid,it's legit. I promise you. They have teams to chop down estimates for that reason.
Her s the thing... Your insurance is to make it look like new... Not repaired, like new... Does it seem excessive if you were paying out of pocket for "good enough" then yea, but it wouldnt look like new, and it wouldve detracted from the value of your vehicle.