Is this hood resprayed?
07-25-2018, 12:51 PM
#16
My vote is someone did a paint correction on the hood to remove swirl marks or other small imperfections. Said person probably realized it was a lot of work and decided not to do the rest of the car.
07-25-2018, 12:52 PM
#17
Want.
Want.
Seriously. Gimme.
07-25-2018, 12:56 PM
#18
I can tell you from experience with that color that the fenders and hood often look slightly different in color than the urethane bumper especially if you have on polarized sunglasses. I thought mine had been resprayed as well. Not saying its right wrong good or bad, but the dark blues seem to have a slight difference in hue from metal to urethane.
07-25-2018, 01:17 PM
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If the car has accident history already I’m not sure a respray on the hood would matter since it likely has some type of paintwork to the rear as well. Could be that when the work was done to the rear the previous owner asked the shop to respray the hood to address some rock chips.
Did the rest of the PPI check out?
Did the rest of the PPI check out?
07-25-2018, 01:27 PM
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Marine Blue, thank you—largely yes. I mean I identified work that needs to be done and negotiated accordingly (tires, sagging headliner, sticky radio buttons, a 1/2” upholstery tear to the seat on the butt where someone maybe had someting sharp in their pocket—this seems like it could be tricky and a few hundred $ at an interior shop especially in stone gray). Good rev report, drives and shifts well. But all in all checked out fine. The paint thing is just what I understand least.
07-25-2018, 06:06 PM
#22
I would put zero faith in someone's claim of a respray based on sight alone, unless its so bad that it's patently obvious. If so, the PPI guy should be confidently saying it's a respray.
Have a high end paint meter put on it at various locations all over the hood and see how consistent the paint depth is, and also compare it to the roof and trunk panels. Also, if it was respray there's almost sure to be some overspray on the underside of the hood as well.
Have a high end paint meter put on it at various locations all over the hood and see how consistent the paint depth is, and also compare it to the roof and trunk panels. Also, if it was respray there's almost sure to be some overspray on the underside of the hood as well.
07-25-2018, 06:08 PM
#23
Could very well be. I bought a left over Cayman from a dealer with some paint issues, and my detailer, after taking paint depths all over the car, concluded that someone had attempted to remove hard water stains and was too aggressive on the hood. But if the car's been resprayed, you'll most likely see the opposite. Higher depth on the hood.
07-25-2018, 06:21 PM
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Thank you. Archimedes. In my lurking I have seen you weigh in on cayman vs 911 threads and while I hope I am not reopening that question I would say I appreciated reading your take 
If I can continue to ask elementary questions, if it’s a respray that isn’t visible by sight, why should I care, and what sort of reduction in price would be appropriate?
If I can continue to ask elementary questions, if it’s a respray that isn’t visible by sight, why should I care, and what sort of reduction in price would be appropriate?
07-25-2018, 07:18 PM
#25
The first owner of my car used it used it as a 50 mile daily commuter on the interstate in Phoenix. As a result the hood has some... what I would call sandblasting. And a few rock chips. I would LOVE for the dealer to have had it resprayed before I bought it. Would have made the car perfect. Instead I did a paint correction and will live with the small imperfections. Made me not feel bad at all about taking cross country trips.
07-25-2018, 09:01 PM
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You shouldn't. And none. Provided it is not from an accident. I'd consider it a benefit.
The first owner of my car used it used it as a 50 mile daily commuter on the interstate in Phoenix. As a result the hood has some... what I would call sandblasting. And a few rock chips. I would LOVE for the dealer to have had it resprayed before I bought it. Would have made the car perfect. Instead I did a paint correction and will live with the small imperfections. Made me not feel bad at all about taking cross country trips.
07-25-2018, 09:31 PM
#27
I agree with the above. A respray wouldn’t bother me assuming it wasn’t a result of an accident and the work was done well.
07-25-2018, 10:47 PM
#28
In my opinion, its very difficult to get a respray to equal factory quality. Especially if you get down into the primer territory. New rock chips always seem to be bigger than on factory paint.
07-25-2018, 11:08 PM
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You shouldn't. And none. Provided it is not from an accident. I'd consider it a benefit.
The first owner of my car used it used it as a 50 mile daily commuter on the interstate in Phoenix. As a result the hood has some... what I would call sandblasting. And a few rock chips. I would LOVE for the dealer to have had it resprayed before I bought it. Would have made the car perfect. Instead I did a paint correction and will live with the small imperfections. Made me not feel bad at all about taking cross country trips.
If the car in question can be confirmed to have no front damage repaired, and the color match looks good by eye, I would not worry about it.
07-26-2018, 12:26 AM
#30
Yeah, I bet it is way worse on Midnight Blue. Mine is Agate, so you have to get be standing right on top of it to notice.