I want to paint my 350z its a perl white, very nice but I'm looking for something different, Someone told me if I paint it , it will bring down its resale value.? I'v never heard of this, is that true?


2003 Nissan 350Z

 

sure is true

 

it's so true it's not even funny... cars value will drop by more than you can imagine... plus some might even assume it was in a major accident

 

All depends on the paint job quality. If it is a show winning paint job that was meticuously prepped and wet sanded and included painting of all areas including engine bay (which means pulling the engine and everything in the bay) then I would say it could raise the value. Otherwise stick with the OEM color and hope they don't notice.

 

If you want a different factory color, sell your car and buy another one.

If you want a custom color, power to you -- but it will be big bucks and no, it won't help your resale value.

 

I know I would never buy a car repainted a different color.

 

As crappy as it might be, factory paint is factored into a car's value. Change the paint (even if it's a superb job) and the value of the car decreases.

 

if custom color then why not.

 

Whats the big deal...just because it might have been in an accident?

I probably wouldn't think twice on a car that was repainted. Obviously I would carfax it, and look for anything in the engine bay that might point toward an accident. If everything checks out, I don't see why value would decrease...unless its a really shitty job.

 

Yeah, but not everybody knows about carfax. Whats wrong with ur DB? IMO its the best color along with redline. Easiest to keep clean and looks great.

 

dude pearl white is the best color, if you change it I shall curse youre value.... You better reCoNize! lol.... seriously don't mess with a good thing

 

know what i would do if i were you, get the color you wanted to get paint and then if you decide on selling it get the car painted to its orginal color at Earl Scheib... haha $300. <~~~ what a joke.

 

Well thankyou all for the input. I think I'll stay with the factory color perl. Everyone of my peeps say its a tight color. The perl is so much batter than basic white. An easy to clean. An everyone knows me already by my cars color. peeps be calling me talkin about "i seen you drive by Whatup man!" Anyways like the last guy said what if I painted it then repainted it back to perl when I want to sale it.

 

1st let me say it's your car and you do what you want.

That said...IMO and first hand experience once you start painting on a vehicle, I think you'll be hurting the value. Even if you did change back when/if you decide to sell it. Even some of the best paint jobs are noticably "not factory". You can almost always find dry spots on edges or something that gives it away as being a "painted on" car which makes potential buyers think...hmm...maybe the car was wrecked etc.

I was watching the tv show "rides" where they were covering the "Riddler" event which is a competition for the top hotrods in the country. Those cars had major $$$ spent on their paint jobs yet the judges still found dry spots on some of them. They're hard to avoid but are easy to find if you know where to look on a car.

When I had flames done on my new truck (which were painted by an excellent local painter/graphic's artist) it was an awesome looking show winning paint job, however it had some dry spots on the edges of the hood etc.

When I decided to get a Z, I took the truck to different dealers to see about trading it in and they all said the paint looked awesome but killed the value.

Luckily I found a guy who really liked the paint, wheels, stereo etc. and he paid a good bit over book value for the truck. I still lost a bunch of money overall but I feel LUCKY to get back what I did and he was happy to get a truck he can enter and win some shows with.

That was the first and last time I'll do any major custom paint work on my vehicle. It's just not worth it to me.

 

Dude pearl white, *sparkle sparkle* is sweet. It's your car... paint it the color you want and be happy with it.

 

OEM paint = baked on