Possible Complete Respray and change of colour

[Gav0896]

Hi
Am seriously contemplating having my 172 resprayed in liquid gold or racing blue as I can get it done at mates rates and seeing my mates work the finish is fantastic. I know I could go and get a 182 in these colours but both seem to hold top money.

My only concern is that when I come to sell the car it will put people off especially as I would have to have a colour change on the v5 as the car is monaco blue.

What do people think.

Cheers

 

[Daniel]

waste of money imo, but if thats wat you want to do, go for it!

Why not get it wrapped? Then when you've finished with the car, un-wrap it and sell it as a standard 172?

 

[nufctoon]

monaco blue is the best colour as it is mate LEAVE IT! and i think you mean liquid yellow?

 

[Gav0896]

monaco blue is the best colour as it is mate LEAVE IT! and i think you mean liquid yellow?

God knows why I typed liquid gold, yes meant liquid yellow.

I do like the monaco but also really like the LY and RB colours.

As for wrapping would cost too much as having it sprayed wont really cost me too much

 

[nufctoon]

up to you mate see how you feel its your car/money is it really worth doing?

 

[Alic01]

A change from Monaco Blue to Racing Blue wouldnt affect your V5 as that will simply say Blue!

A colour change on the V5 isnt the end of the world, especially if you go for a colour the car wasnt available in as standard so then its a bit special.

Do you realise how much work is involved in a full colour respray, to get a good job no matter how good the painter, its doors, bonnet and boot off, and seals off as a minimum if you dont want to see any original colour. Not to mention masking or removing all stickers, connectors etc.

Unless your car needs a respray i would think the money is better spent elsewhere.

 

[freemo77]

does seem a little excessive tbh. if your car is monaco blue, its not a bad good, infact it is one of the nicer colours, then i really wouldnt bother. If you are that bothered about colour id buy a new one

 

[Gav0896]

Completely understand all the work involved and if I had it done it would have to be done properly as theres no way I would want to see any of the previous colour. The work is not the problem as the car is barely used by me only at weekends so I could leave it with my mate as there is no rush. If im honest my head is telling me not to do it but I think I just wanted others opinions to confirm that it was possibly a bit of a daft idea.

Thanks

 

[Knight_Rider]

Stick with Monaco! Or if the paints a bit shabby just have the shabby panels re-sprayed monaco! Cheaper than a full respray and would freshen up your car! I want my bonnet doing desperately! lol

 

[Gav0896]

Stick with Monaco! Or if the paints a bit shabby just have the shabby panels re-sprayed monaco! Cheaper than a full respray and would freshen up your car! I want my bonnet doing desperately! lol

After seeing how many variants on the code there was in the paint shop when my car had a little bit of paint due to a scratch on the rear quarter I thought I was going to have to have the whole car resprayed but luckily the colour match was pretty good, I had my bonnet done then as well to get rid of the stone chips

 

[Knight_Rider]

How much did that set ya back may I ask

 

[Gav0896]

I bought the paint and as it was mates rates it was next to nothing to do the spraying think it came to around £100 would'nt like to guess how much it would be full price as im sure you would pay at least £150 alone for a bonnet respray (at a guess).

 

[Curtis!]

A waste really, if you're given the opportunity to change the colour, go for something different!