What is a GOOD PRICE TO GET THE CAR PAINTED

[Ronzi]

About 10 yrs ago I had a 911 Targa re-painted same color by a Porsche, Benz, Lexus, high-end body shop. There was no body damage to be repaired, but they did strip the hood to bare metal, and remove a previous cheap-o paint job on the rest of the car, but not down to bare metal. All of the body gaskets were also replaced, plus the windshield. Total price was $9,600.
But it looked niiiiice.

[mts]

The prices you guys are throwing around seem pretty low to me for a quality job. I had a re-paint done at a high quality shop locally about 2 years ago on another convertible (same color) and it was $4,200. That is in Lexington, KY where it would seem to me prices would generally be lower than NJ. I also considered a different color, but to be done right that would have added another 50% to the cost minimum. I had lower quotes from a few other places, but I wasn't satisfied with the work I saw. I also had a couple higher quotes, but they were hot-rod specialty shops that did mostly show-car/concours car type work and I didn't need that kind of depth and detail for a street car.

A repaint of the same color at high quality will enhance your re-sale value. Lower quality may hurt it......a color swap not done properly will kill your re-sale.

Good luck.

[Perfectlap]

One of the top places in NJ is Quality Autobody in Rahway, NJ. I actually need my hood repainted, I think they wanted about $1000. So you can imagine how expensive it would be do the whole car. This shop is the go to shop for Ray Catena, the largest luxury car dealership in NJ. When I stoped by they had an Aston Martin DB9 and a Lambo Murcielago(powder blue) in the shop.
I think painting a Porsche a different color may kill its value.

p.s.
I had my side skirts painted by a small shop (Prince autobody in Elizabeth) that is friendly with a mechanic friend of mine. They charged me $700 to paint just the side skirts. Expensive but they did an excellent job with matching the silver. I'm going to have this same small shop respray the front bumper ($500). But with metal I'm not cutting corners, that's something hopefully you'll only need to repaint once. On previous cars, I've had to repaint front and rear bumpers multiple times because people smashed into me in a parking lot or while I was at a red light...really annoying.

[racer_d]

Afraid of hurting resale value on a Boxster? You are dellusional! the value of these cars has dropped so far, I really don't see resale being hurt, especially if it is a very well done job in a potentially desirable color and is documented.

No once complains when a 356 has been repainted silver even if it was once blue. Heck, i bet there are more silver 356's around today than the factory ever thought saleable.

For reference, I was looking at a 914 that was taken down to bare metal and repainted. The receipts for that were $9000. I would be very suprised to get a quality re-paint, in another color for less than $5K. I

Originally Posted by racer_d

Afraid of hurting resale value on a Boxster? You are dellusional! the value of these cars has dropped so far, I really don't see resale being hurt, especially if it is a very well done job in a potentially desirable color and is documented.

No once complains when a 356 has been repainted silver even if it was once blue. Heck, i bet there are more silver 356's around today than the factory ever thought saleable.

For reference, I was looking at a 914 that was taken down to bare metal and repainted. The receipts for that were $9000. I would be very suprised to get a quality re-paint, in another color for less than $5K. I

The value of the car dropping kinda makes that investment foolish. I don't think you can use a 356 or speedster as a reference either, their value is inherently high due to scarcity.

[Perfectlap]

if we are talking a top shelf repaint to a different color that's one thing. But such a paint job is extremely expensive, you're NOT going to get your money back.
Anything less than a top shelf work and its going to be obvious and you will attract less buyers...unless you lower the price or are prepared to wait for the right price to come along. Not something you want to do with a depreciating assett.
Personally speaking if I'm shopping for a Carrera or Boxster and open the trunks and door jambs and see even the slightest indication that the car was previously a different color, I'm walking away or offering less then what I intended to offer.