Hi guys Got a question for everyone. If I was to buy a 360 coupe of any color than Ferrari red and do a repaint on it to Ferrari red will I devalue it below the original color not being red? Thanks bob
I'm curious how much this would cost? Sounds more pricey itself than worrying about any devaluation to the car.
Bob, sorry -- I have to ask the obvious question. Are you a body shop owner or someone who is capable of doing the prep and paint work yourself? If not, why not consider wrapping the car instead of repainting it. A factory quality paint job is a significant amount of money. A wrap is much, much cheaper and completely reversible.
Yes. It will be worth less. It is a huge ordeal to change the color on a car, not just repaint or respray an area. I would not buy your car. This will be a major issue if you plan on reselling. If a drop in value doesn't bother you and you plan on keeping it for a long time, go for it.
Good friend owns a very high end paint shop. He is also good friends with a very high end auto broker. They repaint lambos all the time, changing factory color. Can't say I have seen a repaint of a Ferrari but the value is all what you can find someone to pay for it. Not a dig to the people on this forum, but the majority of people on here are way too anal about what they think you can and can't do to your car that is going to wreck the value.
I would stripe the car down to the frame if I need to change the color of a car. I mean removing the engine, all windows, panels, carpet, everything... that's the only way.
Yes I have a shop. I do off frame restorations. I figure that any car I pick out the body will be in very good condition so all I have to do is take it a part and prep and respray. I have a 308 that was originally red when I did its repaint, it was not a difficult job. The cost of the repaint was the paint, my only other expenses were shop costs. The lambo repaint did it devalue the lambo,s when done properly? bob
A lot of times the interior colors don't match well with color resprays. Carpets and stitching are generally color coordinated. A generic tan or black can work but other color combo's may not work with red. Aside from that, I do believe it devalues the car to change the color. Anyone seriously looking at the history of the car is going to see that's obvious as soon as you look at the paint code. 80% of all Ferrari's are red. Just find a red one.
How about getting a red one that needs a repaint??? Then you'd be getting the best of both worlds!!! Yours, Tom
As these cars age, considering the vast number made, I would not think that paint would be a controlling issue--as long as it looked right. You read about a lot of the older models getting color swaps---but I have to wonder if it would be worth the effort---which depends on your wallet and/or skill level I suppose.
Thanks for all the input. It is food for thought. If the 80% red number is correct It makes more sense to pick up a basket case red/tan. bob
Good call. It is very very difficult to get a perfect respray that is as good as the factory. It includes stripping the car back to bare chassis, all the complete interior, dashboard, wiring looms, the lot removed. It is not easy and most places basically cut corners so badly that its easily to tell its been done. A bare metal chassis respray (for example using sodium blasting techniques) takes huge amounts of time and commitment to do properly and is only typically done on classic cars worth millions of $. Only if a respray is done meticulously with full photo diary will the price be unaffected. This kind of high end respray can easily take many months and run into tens of thousands of dollars done properly. It is no surprise that therefore 99.9% of resprays cut corners for cost reasons. Therefore your better just buying the car you like in the color you like.
