Paint question
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Paint question
Done several track days and hindsight being 20/20, I realized I should have had clear bra applied.
With that that being said, I would love to have the hood repainted and the front bumper painted/replaced. Assuming the body shop does a 10 out of 10, do yall think it would affect the value detrimentally down the road if an enthusiast wanted to buy it and I could show them that this was a purely cosmetic job and there was no damage sustained?
thanks in advance!
With that that being said, I would love to have the hood repainted and the front bumper painted/replaced. Assuming the body shop does a 10 out of 10, do yall think it would affect the value detrimentally down the road if an enthusiast wanted to buy it and I could show them that this was a purely cosmetic job and there was no damage sustained?
thanks in advance!
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Done several track days and hindsight being 20/20, I realized I should have had clear bra applied.
With that that being said, I would love to have the hood repainted and the front bumper painted/replaced. Assuming the body shop does a 10 out of 10, do yall think it would affect the value detrimentally down the road if an enthusiast wanted to buy it and I could show them that this was a purely cosmetic job and there was no damage sustained?
thanks in advance!
With that that being said, I would love to have the hood repainted and the front bumper painted/replaced. Assuming the body shop does a 10 out of 10, do yall think it would affect the value detrimentally down the road if an enthusiast wanted to buy it and I could show them that this was a purely cosmetic job and there was no damage sustained?
thanks in advance!
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My theory is always that someone who is highly concerned about original paint will probably also not want to buy a tracked car with paint chips all over the hood, so it ends up a wash.
I know if I were looking at two driver cars, one with a rock blasted front end on original paint and the other with a 10/10 fresh paint job that looks like it just rolled out of the showroom, I'd pick the latter, easily.
I know if I were looking at two driver cars, one with a rock blasted front end on original paint and the other with a 10/10 fresh paint job that looks like it just rolled out of the showroom, I'd pick the latter, easily.
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Document, document, document, and then document. No car is perfect, even the car that gets bought new and put into a museum for 30 years. Now it has dried out seals, fragile belts, leaking shocks and the gas is syrup. Im fairly picky but as long as the seller can convince my semi educated brain that the repaint was in the realm of preservation and not accident territory, Im a happy camper. In fact, I will feel that Im ahead of the game.
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Your concern is reasonable for many but given my value system, a total waste of worry. I refuse to make decisions about something I purchased for my entertainment based on resale value.... particularly when it is speculative... at best. If chips bother you, get it painted. I do... I just wait... in time I will bang it up or someone will scrape it in a parking lot, or whatever.....When I get tired of looking at chips and scrapes, I will go ahead and spend a few grand to have it look new. Sometimes I got lucky.... I had a storm blow a screen off of a 2nd story window and down onto my hood....wooohooo!!! Insurance covered it under comp... great luck!
Remember.... something that I don;t think many Porsche owners know..... it's a car!
Peace
Bruce in Philly
Remember.... something that I don;t think many Porsche owners know..... it's a car!
Peace
Bruce in Philly
