my hood is white and my car is blue... how can i fix this without spending a ton of...

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sparklesndust458

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...money? so i hit a deer not too long ago and the shop said that they were not going to be doing any body work (only the windshield which i broke, the mirror, and the headlight) then when i got my car back i had a white hood, a black fender, and my car is blue, like a royal blue. its hideous now. and i could have lived with the dents and whatnot. but i guess the wheel well was bent so much that it had to be replaced. (That part is black) and i am so upset about the white hood that i almost burst into tears just looking at it... how can i paint this without having to spend more money on top of the $700 bill i already have??
 
Do you have a garage or basement that can be used for a paint booth?
If so see if the color can be matched with off the shelf premixed touch up paint. If the color can not be matched any other way a lot of parts houses can mix a batch for you.
Get a compressor and paint gun in that case and spray it your self. But this is not cheap either (150 for compressor, 100 for gun and 70 for the paint).
I just had the hood and fenders repainted on one of my cars last year for 300 dollars by a local body man. The price was worth it to me. There maybe some one in your area that can do yours for that much or maybe less.
If it is not worth that much to you live with it.
 
The only answer I can think of is to paint it. Automotive paint is expensive, but you should be able to take it to a lower end body shop and have them paint it for $200-$300. Be sure to use urethane paint in order to prevent fading in about 2-3 years. The body shop will know what you are talking about. You can also try talking to someone who works in a body shop and see if they will do it as a side job, the body shop that I worked at allowed us to do that on our own time as long as we paid them for the materials we used. They were open 24 hours a day though, 3 shifts. I always did side jobs on 3rd shift in the middle of the night after I got off at midnight. A lot of body shops will allow employees to do that on Saturdays too. I used to charge like $50 plus materials for jobs like that, and it would have been like $150 for your car. Good luck.
 
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