Is the paint at a 4S shop the same as the original car paint?

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DeHolden
07/30/25 6:45am
The paint at a 4S shop is not the same as the original car paint. Whether the car owner goes to a 4S shop or a repair shop for repainting later, it is only touch-up paint, which merely repairs the scratched color paint layer and clear coat layer. The original factory paint refers to the traditional paint layer structure after the car leaves the factory, consisting of four layers on the body steel plate: the electrophoretic layer, the intermediate coat layer, the color paint layer, and the clear coat layer. Both types of paint can meet the decorative and anti-corrosion requirements of the car surface, and they are the same in terms of hardness, gloss, film thickness, and standards, with equal quality. The only difference lies in the application method of the paint. The performance of car paint mainly includes high paint film gloss, high hardness, good adhesion, and excellent mechanical properties of the paint film.
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