Re-Paint vs Value

[circmand]

Did a total restore on it. Before I found a guy doing it as a hobby I got a $10,000 paint job estimate for a body that had no dents just scratches and wear marks that was going to be stripped and painted. Of course he volunteered to take it off my hands and sell me a friggen MG for $10,000 he had for sale.

[nfpgasmask]

I'm going to post a reply here because I have plans for both my VX and Trooper.

For my VX, I plan on getting a full repaint. I will be going with the original factory black paint code. So, for the "experts" on this forum, what do you guys suggest when I start looking for a shop to do this work?

I have a load of dents and dings and deep scratches that will need to be repaired before the paint goes on. I have very bad thoughts about a shop removing all my claddings and glass, and I am thinking that since I will be going with the same color, would it be a "bad idea" to just have them mask the windows and cladding??? Or will it look like crap?

As for my Trooper, I think a complete repaint would be very easy. I can strip the interior down to nothing but the dash in about 30 minutes. The exterior can also be stripped very quickly. So I think I will eventually just get a cheap spray job on the Trooper as well.

As for changing the color, I would say that all depends on if you plan to keep the vehicle "forever". I spray painted my Trooper, and dumped a bunch of money into it for the motor swap. If I tried to sell it right now I might get $3000 for it if I am lucky and I have way more than that in it. But I don't care, because I plan on keeping it "forever".

Bart