Changing a car's color (and paint shops in southern NH area)

[Taka Mizutani]

Andrew-
Feasible, depending on a few factors:

How much are you willing to spend?

Are you going to do any prep work yourself?

The reason I ask is because to do a color change the "right" way, you'll
need to pull the engine, interior, trunk lining, glass, basically
disassemble the car down to the unibody. Prep and spray at that point, then
reassemble is the only way you can do a complete color change and have it
nearly indistinguishable from a factory job.

If you ever watch "Overhaulin'," you'll see what I'm talking about in terms
of the work required to paint a car right.

If you don't do the disassembly yourself, you'll have to pay a shop a lot of
money to do it. Depending on the car and how complex/difficult the
disassembly/reassembly process is, you will pay thousands to do this.

If you have something like a '69 ZL-1 Camaro or a '66 Ferrari 275GTB in a
horrible color, I can see doing this. Otherwise, it's probably not worth it,
unless it's worth it to you to have that color.


Taka


On 7/25/07, Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org> wrote:
>
>
> Dunno, Andrew, but I suspect that the old adage starting, "If you have to
> ask..." may apply here.  :-(
>
>
> At 08:59 AM 7/25/2007 -0400, Andrew Duane wrote:
>
> >I'm considering trying to (slightly) change the color of my car. It's a
> >very sterile almost day-glow white, and I'd prefer a nice cream, almost
> >along the lines of Pearl White. My two questions are:
> >
> >1) Is this a feasible thing to do, and what's a ballpark estimate for
> >getting it done *right* (stripping the car down as needed, repainting
> >inside and out, and reassembling)
> >
> >2) Does anyone have a recommendation for a *good* paint shop that might
> >be able to tackle it around the Nashua NH <--> Lowell/Westford MA area?
> >
> >Andrew Duane             Juniper Networks
> >978-589-0551             10 Technology Park Dr
> >aduane at juniper.net       Westford, MA  01886-3418
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