I've owned over 100 cars in my life, most of them high performance types, or unique and unusual, etc....and I'm VERY fussy about cosmetics. Sometimes paintwork is an unavoidable fact of life. When I needed it done, I would ask other people with high end cars or custom cars....who did their paint? It always boiled down to only 2 or 3 body shops that had the skills and knowledge to do high end paint repairs. I had a ZR-1 Corvette in medium blue metallic that needed the left-front hood repaired. I took it to a paint shop about an hours drive away, because I'd heard the painter was a true artist. He practiced painting several plastic panels and dried them in the sun, until he got he exact shade of blue and the metallic content just right. He then repaired the hood and blended into the doors, matching the factory orange peel texture and blue color. It looked awesome and I actually paid him a hefty tip because I was so happy with the results. In certain lighting conditions, I could tell what was done, but nobody else could unless I pointed it out to them. It was darn near perfect. But the best paint repair I've ever seen was on a red 1990 Testarossa I had. I was polishing the car and getting the usual red residue on the polishing bonnet, except for the passenger's door. A close examination showed that the door had been repainted and clear coated...!?!?!? I can't imagine why a 2-stage paint repair was performed when the rest of the car has 1-stage red paint. But the amazing thing was that no matter what the lighting was, you absolutely could not tell the door was repainted - I could hardly believe it....it matched the rest of the car perfectly. That is the only time I've seen a paint repair that was invisible. Most times even VERY good resprays / repairs will be visible in certain lighting conditions......unfortunately. Sorry to ramble....