[tjnitsche]

Hey guys, so over the weekend my car was keyed very badly up and down both sides of the vehicle. Not sure if they whole car will have to be repainted or not but given that it will cost a ton of money either way I am thinking about going with a different color.

Currently the car is SGM (could repaint same color) but I have always loved the dark grey on Creaminz old car (same grey as Porsche GT3) would love to hear your opinions and other color ideas!

I will try to get some pics of the carnage up later this week

[boris]

Your choice would be the least trouble free. Don't have to worry about dicking around with registration and color changes.


Plus, almost can never go wrong with a Porsche Color.

[96p993]

To do a full color change properly you are talking about pulling the full interior as well as the motor...Big bucks to do a true full color change

[tjnitsche]

Originally Posted by 96p993

To do a full color change properly you are talking about pulling the full interior as well as the motor...Big bucks to do a true full color change

very good point, didnt think about pulling the engine.. would have to look at the price difference between the two once I get a quote in the next couple weeks

[joed1]

Engine bay, interiors/jams, trunks, a whole lot of prep and $$$$$$$$. Paint it the same and buy another car /different color makes more sense.

[tjnitsche]

Originally Posted by joed1

Engine bay, interiors/jams, trunks, a whole lot of prep and $$$$$$$$. Paint it the same and buy another car /different color makes more sense.

I do like SGM a lot, was just toying with the idea hah. Thanks you all for advice though, definitely had overlooked those aspects of painting.

[McAuley7]

Lol for the cheaper way paint it same then wrap it .just throwing that out there

[Andrey]

you could probably change the shade of your color but not a completely different color.
If you have white car, going to pearl white wouldn't make any difference as far as registration or insurance wise.
However i am all for originality of colors.
I hope insurance pays for the paint job, and whoever keyed your car pays twice for it!!!
I had an incident where one guy scratched my car, hood all the way across to the metal pretending to just walking by, luckily i didn't like his face so automatically i assumed it was him when i realized i had my hood keyed 1 hour later.
I went back to colllege security we reviewed security tapes and found the guy, so with help from police he paid me for the respray!!!
Sometimes justice is being served on a**hole like that!!

[Yvette]

my insurance company wont allow anyone paint anything else than original cause of vandalism.Its probably because it could be seen as insurance fraud. I hope your insurance company has different policy. good luck

[freon480]

i love sgm my self im currently black sapphire metallic and have been
considering a color change to SGM. it such a sexy color.

[mashimarho]

Keep the same or do a different shade just on the outside (so it blends).

[E93FTW]

That sucks . Did you take out whoever did it?

[Datsik]

I LOVE THIS COLOR....

[TeinBMW]

why not just wrap it?
its alot cheaper then painting cuz you'll need to sand the car down and etc and your looking at a lot of labor...just wrap it!

[Morning Would]

Originally Posted by TeinBMW

why not just wrap it?
its alot cheaper then painting cuz you'll need to sand the car down and etc and your looking at a lot of labor...just wrap it!

You still will need to prep it to wrap it. If the scratches are deep, they will show thru the wrap and it will look like shit. For any non-wild, single colors, paint it. Only thing a wrap will do to benefit is if you wanted to do a wild color for now and then be able to change it later without a re-spray for resale. That doesn't sound like it applies here. Spray it the same color as OEM. it will be better off in the long run.

[96p993]

Paint it back to OEM color then get it wrapped or plastidipped...I know some will say blah to plasti but if done professionally there are some amazing colors that can be done and they are very professional looking...

[tjnitsche]

thanks for all of the responses, I will be getting an estimate / talking to whoever comes to look at the car tomorrow so I should have a much better idea on where everything stands then

I would love to do a frozen grey wrap down the road, but I think right now I am going to focus on getting the car back to normal in SGM or some variant if they allow it. And unfortunately I didnt see who did it and my car was not in sight of a security camera... anybody have any recommendations for dashboard cams??

[tjnitsche]

Originally Posted by E93FTW

That sucks . Did you take out whoever did it?

If only I had the chance