Like the post says I can't take **** anymore. I drive a Perl pike peak z and I love it to death but I originally wanted to buy a black touring but I saved a few bucks buyin a white one. Shucks there are so many awesome black z with their ultra super high gloss thanks to zano and black rims chrome rims just all tricked out damm it I have decided to get mine painted I cannot take it any more you guyz win
Where can I get the paint code from and what is a good price to pay. F the dealer they are way to high for my taste so I think ill take it to a local body and paint shop you guys win I cannot take it any more I am so freekin jealous it is just a crying shame. If you guyz got any info I mean any info or input to this post let me know something please…
sombody please help be before my head explodes

 

super black: KH3

 

We always want the one we don't have!

Seriously though, I would think long and hard before you just up and get your car repainted. It is so hard getting and entire full paint job right the first time. Even great body shops have imperfections in their work at times that may really end up bugging the sh-t out of you.

This is not to say that they can't do a great job, but you always run a risk when you have your car repainted!

 

You want to paint a white 350Z black? Just a couple of suggestions:

Painting the car is expensive and will drop the resale value.

You can probably save money by selling your car and buying another color.

 

I will never buy another black car again. It looks great when it's clean and it's night time. Other than that if you just drive it the paint will get fuked up. I see every scratch, chip, and swirl mark during the day. I wish I would have bought white. Unless you don't ever plan on driving your car don't get black.

 

G41 - Magnetic Black

 

that's funny... i have a super black '04 touring (that i wouldn't trade for the world) but kinda wish i had bought a PPW... like done12many2 said, "we always want what we can't have"

 

i dont wish i had bought a black car. i loved my ppw from day one and havent even thought of any color i would have rather had.

 

I wish my car was lime green...ne1 know the code for that?

 

If you are going to dish out $4,000-$5,000 for a whole paint job, why not get a colour that not many 350Z will have?

Like Burgandy:


Or Navy Blue:

 

Don't do black. RED or DB.

BTW, instead repaint your car, just get my set of wheel to trick out your car. hehe

 

I am gonna start saving tommorow for thoes, but the black just looks like it hurts other z's feelings.

 

can someone send me a pick of a ppw z what is badd azz and not all wierd lookin with some garbage body kit and rims cause all the ones i see look wack!! if you wanna put chrome wheels on the white they dont exactly look right and you cant put the black rims on cause then the car will look as i it were on oreos..so thats out and the few with gold rims just are not quite right. I am loosing my mind guys...what should i do

 

 

 

+1 the only way to correctly repaint a car a different color is to strip it down to the metal. that involves a tons of labor and not many shops will get it right (i.e. umm, sorry sir but after we put your car back together we ended up with a few extra screws). if you need a different (stock) color Z, buy it in that color.

 

Another on David's comment.

You don't seem to realize how involved a process color changing is. EVERYTHING will have to be ripped out. Expect to pay $6k-$8k for a top quality job, if not more. Even AFTER all that cost, your resale value will take a hit.

If it were a one-of-a-kind car, I could understand that. But Zs are a dime a dozen. Why not just get an SB Z of the same year/trim? Or add the repainting cost to the proceeds from your PPW's sale and get a newer or higher trim Z. Problem solved.

 

That one looks like someone sat on the bumper's edge to have their lunch. The thing is falling off!

 

+1

 

I was trying to remove some bird $hit from my hood and accidentally put a large swirl mark in its place. I took it to some car wash place a week ago and the guy who owns it says it can be removed with a buffer and a special kind of wax. Do any of you know if this is true or will I have to get the entire hood repainted?

thanks