There are many reasons why the paint may need to be touched up on your car. You may have had one spot where paint was peeling, you may have had rust in one area, or you may have had to have a dent pulled, that ruined the paint. Regardless of why you need a paint touch up, it is important that the color of the touch up paint perfectly matches the color of your existing paint. If it does not, the area that was touched up will stand out like a sore thumb. If you have never had the paint touched up on your car, you may be wondering how color matching is done. Here are a few different ways that color matching is done when touching up a vehicle.

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There are a number of ways a car can flood. You may have driven through a puddle that you did not realize was so deep, left your window opened during a storm, or your car may have been damaged when streets in your area flooded. Regardless of how it happened, you may wonder what happens next. If your car floods, it is important to get your vehicle to an auto body repair shop as quickly as possible. This could be the difference between water setting in and causing substantial amounts of damage that cause your car to be totaled or the vehicle being able to be restored. Here are the steps an automotive repair shop will take to restore a flooded car.

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