I got in an accident that damaged the hood and one fender and they respray blended almost to the trailing edge of the doors on my red Civic. The only way to tell it had been painted was the fact that the front was more shiny than the rear.
Spraying the rear is a little bit tricky, according to the shop that did my R. I got rear ended in a parking lot and they had to replace the bumper - they were already going to respray the entire lower portion, so I asked about debadging - they said they would have to respray most of the hatch and to do that correctly, they would need to remove the glass because you would see the seam if they just taped it off. That seam would also not be under the seal then and the clear coat might start to crack, which happened on my Civic.
Last edited by fastback; Oct 3, 2006 at 09:32 AM.