My wife picked up out new truck cap/canopy/camper shell, whatever you call it yesterday after 4 weeks of waiting... When she got home, she realized that the paint doesn't match! She took pictures for me and I can see it too! It looks like they used the 2009 silver instead of the 2010 Ingot silver!
I am kinda PO'd with ARE now. She is taking it back on Monday and demanding they fix it and give us a rebate of some kind, or refund all out money and we'll try another brand. After almost 2,500 bucks and 4 weeks, you'd think they could get it right...

 

That sucks!! Shell looks great on there though! When I orderd my Leer they took the paint code off the door. Check Leer out if they won't work with you.

 

That's what really get me! They too took the paint code! Leer is my second choice if they are going to be PITA's.

 

I think sometimes the paint on the fiberglass looks a little different from paint on the metal for some reason even though its the same exact color. I noticed it on my last truck, but only I was the only one who could really see it.

 

Cap looks great, but sorry about the paint. Hopefully they work with you to fix it.

 

+1 You also have the sun reflecting at a different angle, which can cause it to look a little bit different.

 

This is true! My leer is the paint code from the door jamb(YZ) and it's a shade lighter.

 

Century makes great caps and tonneau covers as well if you haven't checked them out already.

 

Paint is a special skill. I don't think any colors besides black are easy to match. I have even had the local Ford shop paint clips for me and they were a shade or the metallic was off. Air pressure and the spray gun setup is very important to determine how the metallic colors lay down. I think red and silver are the hardest to match.

 

I can say I'm very satisified with the White Platinum Tri-coat Metalic Cover that I purchased from ARE ... there is very little if any difference in the color of my 2010 Truck.

 

Since I am looking at an ARE tonneau for my Ingot Silver truck I hope that it matches better than that!

 

I have metallic paint and a metallic clear coat. They missed the metallic clearcoat on mine and it looks like it almost matches.

 

Fiberglass will liik a little bit different than the metal on your truck. My boss has a truck cap on his grey truck and in the sun it looks a shade lighter but when it isnt bright and sunny it looks dead on. As others have said angles have a lot to do with it too. i have a Jason lid on my truck and I am happy how it turned out

 

Look at my gallery... There are like 5 pictures at different angles and ALL of them look different. I am not going to accept that this is as close as they can get it... For the price I paid, they could have gotten the paint from Ford and sprayed it... Also, I fail to seel how painting steel would look any different from fiberglass as loing as you put a good primer layer down.

 

My wife went to see two friends yesterday and the first thing they noticed was the color difference... I guess it is even more apparent than in the pictures.