1BAD_LS1

iTrader: (36)

It all depends on who you would sell it to (if you were to sell it after painting it) ...... I say paint it!!

araber89

iTrader: (3)

It will do that we repainted my s-10. It was purple. We changed it to gray. The shop only sanded the clear coat off and now I have purple chips.

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

well said

sway99bird

iTrader: (22)

I think white Fbodys look good but SOM Looks way better! So i'd do it if I was you

98RedBird

iTrader: (77)

Yeah man, if you're not selling the car who cares what color you paint it? Do what YOU like!

green28

iTrader: (8)

If you're that worried about decreasing the value then I'd say you shouldn't spend the 3-4k or whatever it costs to do a color change the right way on cars these days. Sell your white car and buy a SOM and you'd be ahead what you were going to pay on the paint.

Now if you are going with a different shade of SOM then go for it. The only cars that I would say not to paint would be CETA's, 30th Ann. TA's, 35th Ann SS's ect.

wht01ws6ta

iTrader: (45)

How much is it going to cost you to get a good paintjob? If you really want a different color then go for it, but don't get a half *** job that will be showing through on chips and various random places on the car like under the hood, all the door jams, under the T-tops etc. Maybe it's just me but if the car was a color I abhorred I probably wouldn't have bought it in the first place...unless it has some other absolutely redeeming quality?

allbaugh_04

iTrader: (6)

I'd personally would pay more for a repainted car, and even more for SOM, but thats just me

Flaring Afro

eh, id say no. changing the color is a easy sign of repainted which may mean big accident. but SOM is a color people REALLY want, but is rare. so personally i'd be more likely to buy a changed t/a to som because it looks so good, as long as it has a clean carfax.

qwk93ta

iTrader: (13)

I agree, get a quality paint job and you wont have a problem.

slayerized6

iTrader: (12)

if done right, it wont hurt the value, but your not gunna get the money you put into a paint job back.

BlackonBlackTA

iTrader: (3)

+1

If a potential buyer really likes the color and it is a good paint job, you will get a normal price out of it. But more likely than not, you will not get your paintjob money back out of it.

But someone who wants their paint to match their RPO code, then they would pay a lot less.

If you plan on keeping it a long time, then do what you want to it. The only models of our cars that have a chance of gaining much value over the years are the special editions. CETA's, Firehawks etc. And possibly some of the more rare factory paints, BGM Trans Ams, and the Metallic Purple color.

Mr Incredible

Learn to live with white and use your money for more important and worthwhile things.

And next time, wait until you find a color you like...

CT'S GTO

i have to agree and don't expect to get the money you spent in paint back out of it.

MeangreenHD

iTrader: (6)

if the rpo codes dont match what the car has, i would hesitate to buy thinking of value. if its yours and always going to be yours then spray it what ever you like! when people restore old cars they paint them using rpo or vin codes. this must be for a reason....