Hi guys,
I picked up a '93 NSX around the new year .. formula red, 74k miles, with all the service records. After changing out the oil to synthetic and getting a proper alignment, the car is driving like a dream!
The previous owner had the bumper repainted due to hitting a coyote a few years back and the quality of the paint job is really showing... stone chips have taken the paint right down the plastic there. I was planning to get the bumper resprayed at a body shop but realized how funny it would look to have a clean bumper and the rest of the front end covered with tiny but multiple stone chips (I don't have a picture yet, but it's a like a fine spray of tiny white flecks across the front panels). Then I went to a couple paint shops - one recommended by the local Acura dealer and one that does a lot of exotics - and got two quotes of around $2400 to get the whole front-end resprayed. I didn't think it was a very bad price at all.
What are your guys' opinions on repainting? Would it hurt the resale value of the car (versus leaving it all chipped up)? I would love to get it cleaned up with a clearbra on top. This would be a great opportunity for me to do it since I plan on driving this car daily for maybe a year after the lease on BMW comes up in April, before getting another DD.
Cheers,
TC
PS, yes the top of the car was also repainted by the first owner from black to red, it was actually a very good paint job compared to the bumper, but the color is off by a couple of shades.
I picked up a '93 NSX around the new year .. formula red, 74k miles, with all the service records. After changing out the oil to synthetic and getting a proper alignment, the car is driving like a dream!
The previous owner had the bumper repainted due to hitting a coyote a few years back and the quality of the paint job is really showing... stone chips have taken the paint right down the plastic there. I was planning to get the bumper resprayed at a body shop but realized how funny it would look to have a clean bumper and the rest of the front end covered with tiny but multiple stone chips (I don't have a picture yet, but it's a like a fine spray of tiny white flecks across the front panels). Then I went to a couple paint shops - one recommended by the local Acura dealer and one that does a lot of exotics - and got two quotes of around $2400 to get the whole front-end resprayed. I didn't think it was a very bad price at all.
What are your guys' opinions on repainting? Would it hurt the resale value of the car (versus leaving it all chipped up)? I would love to get it cleaned up with a clearbra on top. This would be a great opportunity for me to do it since I plan on driving this car daily for maybe a year after the lease on BMW comes up in April, before getting another DD.
Cheers,
TC
PS, yes the top of the car was also repainted by the first owner from black to red, it was actually a very good paint job compared to the bumper, but the color is off by a couple of shades.
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