Would/ have you consider(ed) to repaint your car after 5 years?
09-14-2005, 08:10 PM
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Would/ have you consider(ed) to repaint your car after 5 years?
So you don't have to worry about chips, clear bra and etc...Also, it's like having a new car (if in different color)
09-14-2005, 08:57 PM
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Man, I'd really like to answer your question but that gal in the lingerie just keeps looking at me.....I think she likes me.... 
Seriously though, the two oldest cars I've owned were a 1983 SAAB 900S that I owned until 1993 and a 1997 SAAB 9000Aero that I owned until 2003 (lucky me, eh?...really not that old). They both had their various dings and chips but honestly I never cared much. By the time the Aero was 6 years old virtually all of the paint had been sandblasted off of the front air-dam. Again, I didn't care. I thought it added character. With a top speed of 150 that car was an awesome highway flier. She served me well on numerous road trips. When I traded the Aero for my 996 I got 100% fair value for the car. The dealer actually commented on how clean the car was (I like to keep 'em clean, especially the engines) and he pooh poohed the air dam as beeing easily painted by their body shop. So my feeling is, unless it's really bugging you, let the next owner paint it. Indeed, my current 996 has a few small rock chips on the hood (you wouldn't even notice them unless you looked closely). I'm going to let the next owner obsess about them. Fact is, I've lost a lot on the car, chips or no chips. But she's clean and looks hot and I wouldn't think of painting her.
One consideration, from the collector's standpoint, is that imperfect factory paint is more desirable than perfect non-factory paint. Not that any of us are collectors or that the 997 will be a collectable any time soon.
I kind of view the wear associated with honest wholesome use as adding character to a car (it's like the grey hair or the charater lines on an experienced fund manager's face
). It shows that you've truly bonded with the car in all conditions. It shows that through thick and thin, rain and shine, muck and mire she's blasted you through to all your chosen destinations.
Now I can't wait to start sandblasting my new 997S Blue Bomber flying around this great big beautiful country of ours! Let's roll!
Seriously though, the two oldest cars I've owned were a 1983 SAAB 900S that I owned until 1993 and a 1997 SAAB 9000Aero that I owned until 2003 (lucky me, eh?...really not that old). They both had their various dings and chips but honestly I never cared much. By the time the Aero was 6 years old virtually all of the paint had been sandblasted off of the front air-dam. Again, I didn't care. I thought it added character. With a top speed of 150 that car was an awesome highway flier. She served me well on numerous road trips. When I traded the Aero for my 996 I got 100% fair value for the car. The dealer actually commented on how clean the car was (I like to keep 'em clean, especially the engines) and he pooh poohed the air dam as beeing easily painted by their body shop. So my feeling is, unless it's really bugging you, let the next owner paint it. Indeed, my current 996 has a few small rock chips on the hood (you wouldn't even notice them unless you looked closely). I'm going to let the next owner obsess about them. Fact is, I've lost a lot on the car, chips or no chips. But she's clean and looks hot and I wouldn't think of painting her.
One consideration, from the collector's standpoint, is that imperfect factory paint is more desirable than perfect non-factory paint. Not that any of us are collectors or that the 997 will be a collectable any time soon.
I kind of view the wear associated with honest wholesome use as adding character to a car (it's like the grey hair or the charater lines on an experienced fund manager's face
). It shows that you've truly bonded with the car in all conditions. It shows that through thick and thin, rain and shine, muck and mire she's blasted you through to all your chosen destinations. Now I can't wait to start sandblasting my new 997S Blue Bomber flying around this great big beautiful country of ours! Let's roll!
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09-14-2005, 10:31 PM
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A very wise car guy once told me, "Never repaint a car anything other than its original color." It's pretty good advice. Almost universally, the 356 restorations I've dealt with which have changed the car's color are worth less than those which have repainted retaining the original paint color. Granted it's a lot easier to strip and repaint a 356 than a modern 911, but the paint-color-change advice still stands.
09-15-2005, 10:54 AM
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AeroSmith,
You are going to have to change the name of your 996 from Silver Bullet to something else. I have chosen the name Silver Bullet for my 997...can't have two Silver Bullets running around. You could paint it black and call it Black Beauty, or the ex Silver Bullet.
You are going to have to change the name of your 996 from Silver Bullet to something else. I have chosen the name Silver Bullet for my 997...can't have two Silver Bullets running around. You could paint it black and call it Black Beauty, or the ex Silver Bullet.
09-15-2005, 12:51 PM
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I would not repaint either.
It can only serve to diminish the value of the car. A nose respray for chips is one things but a buyer will always wonder what the respray was done to hide. My 1991 had a nose spray before I bought it but I never would have purchased it if a total repaint had been done.
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It can only serve to diminish the value of the car. A nose respray for chips is one things but a buyer will always wonder what the respray was done to hide. My 1991 had a nose spray before I bought it but I never would have purchased it if a total repaint had been done.
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09-15-2005, 01:39 PM
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I would repaint the nose and possible the hood. Along with that I would change if possible the headlight lens covers and Windshield. I would not replaint the whole car and never change the original color.
09-15-2005, 01:46 PM
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I guess I never thought of selling my car for at least 10 - 15 years from now so I didn't really think about the resale value. I might get bored with the Speed Yellow color in 10 years and want to paint it like the purple color of the bra
09-15-2005, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by AeroSmith
Now I can't wait to start sandblasting my new 997S Blue Bomber flying around this great big beautiful country of ours! Let's roll!
Can I have an AMEN!
09-15-2005, 04:18 PM
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Not a wise move to change colors, as has already been discussed. If resale isn't important that is one thing, but you'd have to pay an arm and a leg to get a proper repaint done, especially in a different color than factory. If you get tired of speed yellow, sell it and get another car...otherwise you'll be looking at close to a $10-15K investment on paint and labor I would think that you would NEVER recoup.