Camaro repainted

[Quen]

Hello everyone, i have one question...

The new Camaro 2014 is for me pretty ugly (in my opinion) and i want to buy a two years old used camaro. If i buy the Camaro for example in red, can i repainted the red camaro to this camaro with stripes in a workshop?

http://i41.tinypic.com/nys41h.jpg

[Quen]

Why i destroy the value, when i repainted the car?

[mbrusco103]

Why not just buy a gray camaro instead of red? Then you wont have to paint it, you can just have vinyl stripes added on.

[Quen]

I am from germany and to find a gray camaro who looks like in the picture its not so easy.

But it is possible to do this in a workshop, if this is the only way?

btw. you know how much painting cost?

[mbrusco103]

Oh okay i understand what you mean. If you dont care about losing value for having the car repainted because the color wont match the numbers on the car. A full paint job here would be around $5000+ for a decent paint job

[Quen]

ok, thank you!

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by mbrusco103

Oh okay i understand what you mean. If you dont care about losing value for having the car repainted because the color wont match the numbers on the car. A full paint job here would be around $5000+ for a decent paint job

If he's buying a red Camaro he'll need to do the door jambs, engine bay, etc. I'd say $10 grand easy.

[Quen]

5000 is okey, but really 10000$ ?!

the red was just an example, black woud be better maybe?

and what u mean with door jamps?

[CamaroDreams07]

Originally Posted by Quen

5000 is okey, but really 10000$ ?!

the red was just an example, black woud be better maybe?

and what u mean with door jamps?

At least $10000. They have to completely take the car apart, paint and reassemble. Any other way and your engine bay, door jambs, etc will show the original color. Looks very cheap to do it half assed

Door jambs are what you see when you open the doors.

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[LadiesMan217]

This is what separates the men from the boys...or the craftsman from the Maaco's.

[Aubrey64]

Yeah I'd say $10,000 easy, just because painting the entire car has a lot more to it then what it may seem. Like someone above said, you have to paint the engine bay, door jams, and every little crevice of the car. I'd say go with a wrap, it is reversible, and it protects the original paint.

[Quen]

But when I wrap it, it will never looks so good like if I painting it right?

hmm 10,000 is a lot of money^^

what is the price of wraping the car?

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by Quen

But when I wrap it, it will never looks so good like if I painting it right?

hmm 10,000 is a lot of money^^

what is the price of wraping the car?

A wrap can cost anywhere from $2,000 - $5,000 (probably more depending on how complex you want to get with the design).

And door jambs are the inside part of the door frame So say you didn't paint them, every time you opened the door you'd see red paint (just using red as an example).

[Mr. iNCREDIBLE]

Originally Posted by Jordan23

That car might be wrapped. If you change the original color you destroy the value. You can vinyl wrap it and get the same look, cheaper, and reversible.

simply not true..

The value of the vehicle has nothing to do with it's color, these are not limited production, limited color $100K exotic vehicles..

While there are limited color production models like the Transformer, and some ZL-1 and 1LE colors, overall for any run of the mill LS/LT/SS changing the color will not affect the overall value of the vehicle.

I have changed the color of several vehicles I have owned and never seen any affect in value for resell or trade, and if you do a dramatic change like from Red to Black, all you need to do is go to your DMV and update the vehicle registration records to reflect the new color (at least in CA)..