Originally Posted by MikeyC,Oct 26 2007, 05:41 AM

It absolutely demolishes the re-sale for private sale as well. No one in their right mind would buy a re-painted car. First, because they know if they try to sell/trade it to a dealer they will get nothing. Second, because a full re-paint raises a lot of questions like . . . "was this car in a major accident?" Also, if the painter does poor work that's really going to impact the re-sale especially if you get some half azz paint job where the engine bay is not re-painted like you were originally talking about.

One thing I learned when I got rid of my S2K is that if you want to get top dollar for this car you need to have one that appeals to an "enthusiast" not one that a pimply faced college kid is looking to buy and rice out. Obviously this is because college kids have zero money. An enthusiast wants a clean car. This means NO paintwork, NO body work, NO mods, LOW miles, and LIKE NEW condition.

Originally Posted by puffyone,Oct 26 2007, 09:31 AM

what kind of car?

Originally Posted by hondata1,Oct 26 2007, 11:02 AM

It was a Mercury Cougar

Originally Posted by puffyone,Oct 26 2007, 11:32 AM

well see on that car they prob should of... but most cars you wouldnt total out because of paint

Originally Posted by hondata1,Oct 26 2007, 10:58 AM

Well so people have to repaint there car lol . I have a funny story. We had this kid come in last year bec, he thinks his ex gf poured air craft remover all over his car bec, he said he cheated on her. So the air craft just seeped into every jam of the car . So we had to paint everything. I have no clue why you would not just total it out.

but, everything you said is very true.

Originally Posted by MikeyC,Oct 26 2007, 02:36 PM

Yup! Sometimes like in the case you describe there's no choice. However, voluntarily re-painting a car to change the color is completely avoidable and will absolutely demolish the value of the car.