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When I sold my 69 911 20 years ago,,, the lowest estimate i got for paint and rust repair of the torsion tubes was $15K ...
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That was no body repair, zero, just paint touch and clear.
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I pulled a carfax on a car I'm looking at and it's clear it's had a full repaint at some point. Once I saw that it was noticeable in the pics when the I looked closely. You could see they masked off the some of the stickers although even under the hood/rear deck you could not see the old color. Anyway, it doesn't necessarily bother me if they did a good job (haven't seen it in person yet) but not sure how negative that's viewed on resale.
Depends on the car. If this is a 2,500 mile garage queen that's never been in the rain, a respray could be a serious problem with the car.
If you consider the 996 potentially collectible (I'm not opining either way - not my hill), finding one with original paint is a better plan - there are just too many 996's on the road right now to NOT buy the one you want.
If you're looking at the 996 as a weekender, or even a daily driver, that you can get into for FAR less than an air-cooled car or a new 911, the only one who is going to be bothered by the respray is you.
If it's a complete color change then it would bother me if I could find the old color. If it was a respray because of clear coat failure, damage or whatever in the original color it would bother me a lot less.
I bought mine because it was repainted as guards red. It was origionally silver like 80% of the 996s out there. Plus it was a good glass out paint job. Also my car was a 200k roller so it didnt reallly matter if it was original. The value of these cars r so low that if the paint is nice i doubt it hurts the value.
Similar story here. Not a roller but well used and has a couple of accidents early in it's life. Would never garner top dollar from collectors. I'm asking more for what to offer than what I could sell it for. There's a reasonable chance I wouldn't sell it at all.
Cars that are pushing 20 years old and are generally owned by car enthusiasts have a high probability of being repainted, if they are driven.
As OP stated, if it is a garage queen with a couple thousand miles, that would peak curiosity.
But at close to 20 years old, with what I am guessing, 996s averaging around 80,000 miles on the clock. Common sense tells you there is going to be some touch done or needed to be done.
BTW, getting a 996, just the clear done requires a major disassembly, ie glass, sunroof etc.
This first picture is when my car was dropped off at Porsche dealership body shop to take care of some small stone chips.
The Orient Red Metallic spots where matched perfect on 16 year old paint. The clear was reapplied in a professional booth by Porsche Techs.
This was pretty expensive, just under $6000.00.
That was no body repair, zero, just paint touch and clear. Every step documented by Porsche Techs.
4 weeks total time from drop off to pickup
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There are not that many white 996s in my area. If there are, they are track cars with some sort of livery like Martini or others.
I like a white 966 when set up with chrome wheels, lowered, white roll bar and that red/salmon color interior. Painted hard back sports seats would also be nice.
I saw them twice here in Chicago just a few weeks ago. Never saw them before. The four main band members are cumulatively 300 years old. There�s something to be said for endurance and longevity - so much so they are considered by some to be the greatest living rock band of all
time.
Thats a good question how many different kinds of white and total count.
We all talk perecentage of the 5 different colors of blues or reds cars, but not much about white.
I was picking up some parts in northern New Jersey for my car, about 4 or 5 years ago, and there was a 996.2 Aero, pure white, red leather, white roll bar and BBS chrome wheels, lowered about an inch, just a great color combination, very classy.
Wow what a great looking car. Never saw owner it was parked at a shop.
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There's a local (to me, New England) white on black 99 C2 from CA with 175k miles and a rebuilt by 911 Design engine with 90mm pistons (3.6L?) near me thats been for sale for a while, $14,500. Saw it marked down to $13,500 at one point.
You got it. It's been posted twice, once at $14.5k and once at $13.5k
$13.5
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...2723915092780/
$14.5
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...5548491627381/
I'm an original owner of an 04 c4s cab with 50,000 miles on it and was thinking about having it repainted.
I was wondering if it would affect the value or if I should just have it touched up and wet sanded?
20 years ago my 69 911T sold for 5500 and I was lucky to get it..
I just saw a bare metal tub for over $25K.. Never say never..
Find one for under about 50 these days and its trashed.
I'd approach it as if I were the buyer looking at two cars - yours as it currently sits, and the hypothetical "other car" being yours if it had an immaculate showroom-new respray. Would you pay the same or more for the latter?
I know I would, personally, but I admit I don't think a quality $10k full paint job adds $10k of value, it just wouldn't
hurt
value is all.
I just got my 03 C4S (black) back yesterday from the shop, having had the front bumper, front panels, front hood, and rear bumper all repainted. I really should have done the whole thing, but the doors and body I can probably get close with a good detail. It looks like a different car. My front bumper had some pretty serious chipping, the hood had two popped-up dents (from the previous owner putting something too big in the frunk) that got smoothed out, had the front right/left panels resprayed to match, and then the rear bumper had already been redone before I got it, but was a pretty rough job, and had 1-2 small bubbles in it that were getting bigger, so did that as well. Not posting how much I paid, but it wasn't too bad. Also the headlights got a good scrubbing and that dropped the age on my car 5 years easy as they were pretty cloudy.
As someone said, you might not get all your $ back, but I plan to keep this at least another 2 years, and as my daily driver, I'd much rather spend the $ and be proud of it and showing up at PCA events with this now. I'd avoided them in the past lol.
If you want to win Pebble Beach, you'll spend over $10k easy.
If you want the car to look good, and it's done by a reputable place, shouldn't hurt the value, $5 to $10K.
The key is your definition of a good paint job,, Average cost of a concourse job that would make it in to a high end judging is north of $50K to start ,,
When I sold my 69 911 20 years ago,,, the lowest estimate i got for paint and rust repair of the torsion tubes was $15K ... seemed crazy at the time..
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