Complete Respray to M3 - reducing value?

E93Blackhawk · 03-11-2012, 03:35 PM

Hi guys, will be moving up to my M3 in a few months time

Cant wait, I want to go for AW, but, unfortunatly for some reason, here in the UK, white coloured modern cars, are far more expensive than black,grey etc.

In a ideal world, I know a place not too far, that is a professional car respray shop, for a relatively hefty price tag to respray to AW.

They complete strip the car, spray it, inc door shuts, inner boot so everything and put it back together, so from a finish point of view, it will be sublime.

However, my question is that, will it devalue my car?, as I will have to tell the DVLA about the color change, and it will state it on the V5 registration documents that there was a color change from/to etc.

But presuming the finish is immaculate, do you think it will devalue my car?

Thanks guys.

creepy coupe · 03-12-2012, 03:45 AM

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for some reason, here in the UK, white coloured modern cars, are far more expensive than black,grey etc.

Who told you that?

jonasaurus · 03-12-2012, 04:22 AM

From what I've noticed Alpine White is a popular colour in the UK for M3s but wouldn't necessarily think its more expensive.

In terms of re-sale impact of a respray I would and assume others would as well be a little bit more cautious knowing that fact.

stevel123 · 03-12-2012, 07:38 AM

Surely it would be most cost effective to have the car wrapped ?
You can have then have any sort of finish you want really and remove if you want / sell the car ?

Gogo · 03-12-2012, 09:04 AM

I'm in the motor trade and trust me bro it will devalue the car get it wrapped but only by a decent firm!!
It will come up on Hpi checks that it had a colour change!!
I would of said white is the most popular colour out there at the moment in the uk.

hugehead · 03-12-2012, 04:00 PM

you pay no extra for white when you purchase new from the dealer , only extras are for metallic colours like sapphire black, moonstone , silver etc etc .
white cars actually look cheap imho

only in japan should you spec a car in white , as the japanese love white car !!!

mmm def · 03-12-2012, 07:31 PM

wrap it

CoupeChief · 03-13-2012, 01:53 AM

Wrap it!

No way should you respray. When I was looking for my car there were loads of AW examples available and they weren't anymore expensive.

singh21 · 03-16-2012, 02:07 PM

on Autotrader white BMW's always seem more expensive if you look

Kyoshi71 · 03-16-2012, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by E93Blackhawk

But presuming the finish is immaculate, do you think it will devalue my car?

Yes

mark25 · 04-24-2012, 11:20 AM

Dont do it. Wrap all the way. A wrap wont keep you happy if you are an absolute perfectionist as its not as good as real paint but it comes damn close. I wrapped my R8 orange and they even did inside the doors. Unless you looked really close you cant tell but remember a wrap is more likely to show up stone chips more than real paint will. I already had a few marks after only have the wrap on for 6 months. It helped me sell the car tho!

03-11-2012, 03:35 PM	#1
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03-12-2012, 07:38 AM	#4
stevel123 New Member Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 21 iTrader: (0)	Surely it would be most cost effective to have the car wrapped ? You can have then have any sort of finish you want really and remove if you want / sell the car ?

03-12-2012, 09:04 AM	#5
Gogo Private Drives: E93 m3 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London Posts: 75 iTrader: (0)	I'm in the motor trade and trust me bro it will devalue the car get it wrapped but only by a decent firm!! It will come up on Hpi checks that it had a colour change!! I would of said white is the most popular colour out there at the moment in the uk.

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hugehead Lieutenant Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: manchester Posts: 423 iTrader: (4) Garage List 2009 E90 M3 [0.00] 1987 Porsche 944S 16v [0.00] 2006 BMW E60 M5 [3.50] 2001 Subaru Impreza P1 [4.50]	you pay no extra for white when you purchase new from the dealer , only extras are for metallic colours like sapphire black, moonstone , silver etc etc . white cars actually look cheap imho only in japan should you spec a car in white , as the japanese love white car !!!

03-12-2012, 07:31 PM	#7
mmm def Colonel Drives: 07 Accord 6-6 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 2,535 iTrader: (0)	wrap it

03-13-2012, 01:53 AM	#8
CoupeChief New Member Drives: 2008 E92 M3 Silverstone II Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9 iTrader: (0)	Wrap it! No way should you respray. When I was looking for my car there were loads of AW examples available and they weren't anymore expensive.

03-16-2012, 02:07 PM	#9
singh21 Private First Class Drives: E93 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: luton Posts: 171 iTrader: (0)	on Autotrader white BMW's always seem more expensive if you look

04-24-2012, 11:20 AM	#11
mark25 Private Drives: 59 MT Monte Carlo Edition Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 61 iTrader: (0)	Dont do it. Wrap all the way. A wrap wont keep you happy if you are an absolute perfectionist as its not as good as real paint but it comes damn close. I wrapped my R8 orange and they even did inside the doors. Unless you looked really close you cant tell but remember a wrap is more likely to show up stone chips more than real paint will. I already had a few marks after only have the wrap on for 6 months. It helped me sell the car tho!