Buy it nice or buy it twice.

Thats the real problem with painting a car though, you might buy it nice and still have to buy it twice. Quality autobody is an art form, and not everyone who does it is an artist.

A good quality paint job with good prep and finishing will only improve the value of your car but not enough to get a return on such an investment unless you have a classic of some sort that needs such a finishing touch.
Cheap out and you've ruined the car. I've seen it too many times.

I personally would never buy a repainted car. Unless it was a classic resto or something like that. For an every day car, no way, and ESPECIALLY if it was a colour change.

If you color change the car then you are looking at a big drop in re-sale value unless you are stripping the whole car down and doing a resto job on it I would not.

I was considering this myself with the Supra but it will be getting sprayed in silver just like it is now.
And yes, a good paint job is going to cost you 4-6K if you want it to be smooth like glass. Don't skimp on things like paint because it will come back to haunt you later on.

according the the interwebs it cost $2500-4k to wrap a car? are u fucking kidding me?

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true, depending on the degree of difficulty because it's all labor, and lots of it. eg. a flat panel van is easier to do than an geometric nightmare like an aventador. unfortunately for many it means going with cheaper vinyl and and a lot of DIY work. i've seen some people very proud that they wrapped their car by themself and saved $$$ but then you go and see their work and it's a horror show.... creases in the vinyl, razor blade cut lines in the paint, poor prep work resulting in crap trapped under the vinyl, and so on :(

for many of us, including myself in the past, could only afford an older car and in many cases there are few choices that have not had a respray of some kind in the last 5-10 years :(

as for a color change, maybe with a car that was originally black? i can't stand seeing something like a red car and then opening the hood and seeing the engine bay is still the original green for example... meh.

:lol

I painted my old Nissan 200sx with primer spraybomb (camouflage colours). Didn't cost much more than your foreman.

Funny enough, it's probably the best looking car I've ever owned. :fullofwin:

have to see all the other cars you have owned before commenting :lol

Best looking, not best quality. :p

Forest camo, giant number "06" sprayed white on the doors and a USSR hammer and sickle painted in red on the hood.

Ooooohhhhhh yeah!