will changing the color of my T/A decrease the value!!!
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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.
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From: Turnin' Wrenches Infractions: 005
Yeah man, if you're not selling the car who cares what color you paint it? Do what YOU like!
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.
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.
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?
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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.
The only way I can see it decreasing the value is if you do some hackjob without paying attention to the door jambs and under the hood. It might not affect the dollar value of the car, but would turn off a lot of potential buyers.
An in and out job, however, is a completely different story. Good paint is an awesome selling point.
An in and out job, however, is a completely different story. Good paint is an awesome selling point.
I agree, get a quality paint job and you wont have a problem.
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.
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From: SPRING
i have to agree and don't expect to get the money you spent in paint back out of it.
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....
