I am thinking of painting my NSX if I keep it and wanted some opinions?? It is a 92 GP white/black top. She has the tpical wear for a 76k car. Some chips in the front and on various other places but the paint still shines very good in daylight hours. At night under gas station lighting is when I get sick. The clear has a lot of swirls. Can they be wet sanded and buffed out?? Do most NSX owners paint their cars after 11 years and 76k miles??
Should I paint??
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if you plan to change the color and are not going to sell the X, then paint her the same to retain some value.
if you do plan to sell in the future or undecided, buyer would question why it had been repainted.
if you plan to change color you have to remember and take your time on finding a good reputable painter, there are a lot of inexperienced ones out there. Also door jams, trunk lid, hood, spare tire area would have to be changed which costs more money.
IMO it is really up to you if you have weighed the options.
g luck
if you plan to change the color and are not going to sell the X, then paint her the same to retain some value.
if you do plan to sell in the future or undecided, buyer would question why it had been repainted.
if you plan to change color you have to remember and take your time on finding a good reputable painter, there are a lot of inexperienced ones out there. Also door jams, trunk lid, hood, spare tire area would have to be changed which costs more money.
IMO it is really up to you if you have weighed the options.
g luck
Try doing a full detail to get the swirls out of the original paint first...less expensive than a repaint, and retains the OEM paint that is becoming exceedingly rare.
A full detail is nice but after it wears out, the wear and tear is still there.
If you are to re-paint your car, strip all the wax off of the car and expose the paint chips, scratches, swirl marks, etc. Then take a good camera and take pictures of every angle of the car under good lighting. Make sure to get every flaw recorded. Then proceed to have the car painted.
In the future, when a potential buyer is questioning why the NSX was re-painted, show them the pictures you took and explain why it was necessary. That way, they will see for themselves that the re-paint was done not because of an accident, but purely for cosmetic purposes.
If you are to re-paint your car, strip all the wax off of the car and expose the paint chips, scratches, swirl marks, etc. Then take a good camera and take pictures of every angle of the car under good lighting. Make sure to get every flaw recorded. Then proceed to have the car painted.
In the future, when a potential buyer is questioning why the NSX was re-painted, show them the pictures you took and explain why it was necessary. That way, they will see for themselves that the re-paint was done not because of an accident, but purely for cosmetic purposes.
I had some swirl marks as well, and they were maginfied because it is a black car. I started with some very fine 3M polish, which did no good. I worked my way up to Griot's machine polish 2 using a Porter Cable random orbital buffer. It did a nice job.
While having it done by a professional detailer is an option, I am of the opinion that nobody will be a careful as I when buffing my car.
Rock chips are a different story. While I have no intention (at least not now) of re-painting the whole car, I will have the nose re-painted to take care of the rock chips. I'm just not sure that a full re-paint would do more good than harm
While having it done by a professional detailer is an option, I am of the opinion that nobody will be a careful as I when buffing my car.
Rock chips are a different story. While I have no intention (at least not now) of re-painting the whole car, I will have the nose re-painted to take care of the rock chips. I'm just not sure that a full re-paint would do more good than harm
That may be true of chips, but it is not true of the swirl marks. A proper detailing will try using various products that are progressively more abrasive until the point is reached where the swirl marks are permanently removed, not just filled in, and then will use those same products in the reverse order to restore the smoothness and shine to the finish. As Gene (KGP) notes, you can do this yourself, or you can have a professional detailer do it, but the process is (or, should be) the same either way.Joel said:
Chips can be filled in with touch-up paint and then buffed down. It is time-consuming, but effective. Since chips are usually mostly on the front end, you can eliminate them by painting only the front end; however, because chips inevitably accumulate with mileage, the process will just begin all over again after you repaint the front end.
Based on your post, there is no need to re-paint the entire car.
