As a painter, I can confirm that there is no such thing as properly matching a metallic. Metallic never comes out the same twice, no matter how good you are. The air pressure at the gun, the width of the fan(the spray), even the angle it is sprayed at, affects the way it looks. Our job is to use tricks so that you do not notice the transition from one color to the next. But some tricks are not something every painter can do. And the shop is not obligated to use them, but it would have been kind of them to offer, if their painter had the ability. (I just do it anyway and include it in the cost because otherwise I can't consider it right.)

Beautiful car, by the way. Makes me very hyped about finally getting around to painting my 525. I really want to change the color to a dark blue like the Indigo Poly used on S10's because it looks very good when contrasted with bright silver wheels. My Cirrus Blue is a color I almost never see on other E34's, but it's just kind of eh.