roche

...by a reputable shop, complete respray from whatever color to black? i've never had a car repainted in my life and i can only assume it's going to cost a little more for a 993 than a regular car.

thanks.

dhicks

Depending on how good a job they do and how much they take the car apart to do it between $10-15K. That is based on a figure I was quoted to repaint a 911 the same color two years ago when I was looking at a car that was mechanically sound but the paintwork was less than perfect. A good local shop quoted me $15K but that was not a complete strip down and paint, some of the items were top be removed, lights, bumpers and the like but not glass.

Why dont you just go buy a Black car if thats what you want, pay the money you would spend on a good respray to upgrade

roche

i didn't think a good paint job was that much. i guess i should keep looking for the right color car.

thanks.

dhicks

Please dont go on my word alone, that was just a quote from a highly reputed Porsche Paint specialist......but my thoughts are that if you want to do a good job you would have to get to a nearly bare shell because there is always the possibility that the original color will show somewhere......what do others think

last toy

I recently had a quote to paint a small section of my boat and I would say $10 k is in the ball park for a 100% repaint down to the primer with 3 or more paint coats and as many clear coats. You also realize that the color change will depreciate the value of the Porsche unless you don't care about resale. A new paint job won't add much to the value of the car in today's 993 market. Just too many available. pick and chose your mods wisely.

CROME

HI
here in south florida..is between...$3,000...&....$6,000
& this is considered plenty...by ..PORSCHE.....specialists

CROME
FT.LAUDERDALE

Pedro356C

I'd say between $8K and $10K...

Kika

Roche,
If you want a black car, just look for that color. There should be plenty. When I was looking, it seemed that ~80% of the cars I found were black. interiors varied from red to tan to black.

JPS

No offense, but no way I'd trust a $3,000 paint job.

Sooner

When I had my euro turbo bumper sprayed, I asked the body shop what a full respray would run & they said 10-12K.

Derek_C

IMHO, 10K sounds about right

palladio

I've had a few cars restored/repainted at various levels of quality from just OK to show quality. To do a proper job, especially on a color change, a lot of parts have to come off the car including glass. Anyone reputable is probably going to charge $10K+ for this. I was recently quoted $7-8K on a same color respray by a local Porsche specialist who has done a lot of work for me and my customers (one of my businesses is auto related). Unless you have a friend in the business, I doubt you could get a decent full paint job for less than this.

As in anything, you get what you pay for. My best paint/body guy won't even do full paint jobs anymore as he can charge so much more for accident repairs on high end cars. If he billed out a full paint job at his rates and did it to his specifications (which means perfect, as good or better than OEM) he'd have to charge $20-30K for his time.

So my advice is don't even consider this route. For what it would cost, plus depreciation on any car with a color change, plus the considerable risk that the new paint job doesn't meet your expectations - you should just look for a really mint black car to purchase.

Kigiin

Why?

What color do you hate so much that you would unnecessarily sink $10K plus into it.

atan888

color change to do it the proper way is around 25k my yellow c4s with the same color but delete a few things here and there cost me 20k for paint and labor only. and that is doing it the right.

roche

if i could find a higher mileage car in great mechanical condition that needed some TLC in the paint and interior dept, i could repaint it matte (flat) black, sport seats, rear seat delete, black wheels, etc.....

basically, make it an evil, bad *** car darth vader would be happy to drive.

just a thought.