Respraying BG in LY?

[OllieP182]

Sent my BG 182 into a bush recently and I'm now stuck with a silver front bumper and passenger side wing. Am I mad for considering an LY respray? How much should I expect to pay for a decent job? FWIW I don't mind leaving the engine bay as is if getting it done is gonna hike the price up a considerable bit.

Cheers

 

[Yosemite Sam]

£3k-ish for a decent job. A full colour change is a LOT of work.

waste of money imo. You’ll probably devalue the car also.

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

Paint it Alien Green instead

People will tug themselves silly. Including me

 

[Inequality Street]

Sent my BG 182 into a bush recently and I'm now stuck with a silver front bumper and passenger side wing. Am I mad for considering an LY respray? How much should I expect to pay for a decent job? FWIW I don't mind leaving the engine bay as is if getting it done is gonna hike the price up a considerable bit.

Cheers

Wrap it for £1500 if you want a colour change.

 

[OllieP182]

I'm surprised that a LY respray would devalue the car to be honest considering how rare they are nowadays. Did consider a wrap although I've heard LY doesn't look too great as a wrap compared to a proper respray job, I do like the look of alien green though

 

[plenty]

No matter how good the paint job or how desirable the colour, many people will not be interested in buying a car sprayed in a different colour to the original.

 

[Walnut3]

If done properly and the car itself was otherwise in good nick, I would buy an LY car if the base was BG (you can get away with not respraying the engine bay etc as black is neutral).

By done properly I mean the car would have been stripped down and rust checked / proofed, any dents sorted etc, to me the quality of the finish would easily outweigh originality seeing as these are old cars.

I'm definitely in the minority here and there may not be a lot out there who would think the same, but thought I'd add some balance to this thread.

 

[Darren S]

I've often thought about having my BG a different colour - good shout @Romanian Tyre Fitter for the Alien Green as it would look brilliant, imo.

However, no way could I cope with an engine bay being a different colour - or some awkward corners/shut lines that reveal what it used to be. I would only ever consider swapping the colour if I could strip the car down to its shell and start from there.

Hell of a lot more expensive, but that would be the way I'd go.

 

[Louis]

Imagine having to explain to everyone it's not originally liquid yellow.

Best getting a different colour completely

 

[Horatio McAllister]

Resprays without the engine bay, shuts etc done just look s**t in my opinion. If you are going to do it, do it properly. But it will be pricey

 

[Darren S]

Imagine having to explain to everyone it's not originally liquid yellow.

Best getting a different colour completely

There was a Porsche safety car during a race on TV the other month and it looked an amazing colour. Imagine getting a Clio resprayed in an official Porsche colour!

 

[Ex-User (99307)]

Imagine having to explain to everyone it's not originally liquid yellow.

Best getting a different colour completely

Anyone else remember Terri and her not petrol blue?

 

[AshyC GT]

I wouldn't do it personally, freshen it up with a respray in the original colour.
The alternative, paint the parts required and then have a proper detail and polish etc

 

[Clio_fool]

If it's solid and mechanically spot on and you're keeping it then yeah why not. Selling it as a ly it probably won't fetch as much as a factory one.

 

[Gally]

Don't do it thinking it will be worth more. Colour change glass out should be over 4k.

Don't if you want though. Great colour.