Having a brand new car painted?

[mycaptainchris]

Having a brand new car painted?

Has anyone done it? Wondering about a custom paint job on a 2011 convertible V6 for the wife. She LOVES pink, so I was considering a Playboy Pink paint job for her.

 

[Chewyz_me]

its been done. I HIGHLY suggest going to a good body shop if you do get it painted though, and not a $800 special at MAACO. Also, i think the pink stripes on black look a lot classier than all pink, but thats just my opinion

 

[mycaptainchris]

The idea was more of a playboy replica

I agree, we certainly wouldn't go with a $400 job.

 

[streetmuziq]

Having a brand new car painted?

Has anyone done it? Wondering about a custom paint job on a 2011 convertible V6 for the wife. She LOVES pink, so I was considering a Playboy Pink paint job for her.

What color is her car now? Why not just go with black rims and a pink lip, ive seen that and it actually looked pretty sweet....

 

[racerraj]

Factory Paint will last longer. Well done (Prep too) aftermarket paint will be shinier with less orange peel (Less texture, smoother). Taken care of properly aftermarket paint will last too.

But like others said, no cheap job.

Stripes on Black or even White are a GREAT alternative.

 

[walter]

+1 on the stripes.

But if you really want to shell out some serious cash check out Saleen's Molly Pop Pink.

I'm warning you though the specialty Saleen treatments like in the MP run close to 25K bucks for a paintjob!

 

[mycaptainchris]

We haven't got her a car yet, we're waiting to see if Ford do some promos in the next couple of months. I was thinking we'd buy white to make painting easier???

I wouldn't fork out $25,000 on a paint job for a $30,000 car, that certain!!!

 

[AvalancheSVT]

you're going to need to spend 5-7K to avoid regret of the body shop experience. anything less than that and dont expect perfection in reassembly or paint quality.

i've been there and advise against it strongly.

 

[stanmckinney]

Buy a color you like and use stripes to personalize it.
A repaint will never be as good as factory and will, in my opinion, lower resale value.

 

[mycaptainchris]

Buy a color you like and use stripes to personalize it.
A repaint will never be as good as factory and will, in my opinion, lower resale value.

I agree, I think stripes will be the way to go. If she were keeping the car I'd say paint it, but she wants a New XKR in a couple of years, so we'd have to trade or sell.

Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Argetni]

I agree, I think stripes will be the way to go. If she were keeping the car I'd say paint it, but she wants a New XKR in a couple of years, so we'd have to trade or sell.

Thanks for the input guys.

Stripes for sure a pink car will be hard to resell.

 

[brycerichert]

I'm glad that resale value has never influenced mod decisons on any car I've owned in my life. I buy 'em to drive! Hell, if you want pink, go for it. Just don't drive it yourself unless you just like rainbows or something... it would look kinda weird. Good luck.

I hope you actually paint it pink... she'd like it. I'd do it for my wife if she wanted... but thankfully she hasnt' asked, because to do a good job, as described above, it SHOULD cost $7,000 - $12,000 to get if done very good with lots of clearcoats... somthing that will last for 20-30 years.

If you Macco it, and if you are worried about resale, you might as well just drive it to the dump.

 

[mycaptainchris]

What about a vinyl wrap?

Thats a thought????

 

[jaybertx]

Great thought! Have your cake and eat it too....

 

[GOLDENPONY]

I wouldn't. There's nothing like factory.

 

[mycaptainchris]

We could get some pretty amazing graphics all in Pink and when the two years is up, take it off and trade it for the Jaguar.

Depending on cost of course?