Re Paint or not

[floatingjimi]

Ok I am looking on your views re this.

I have a two owner 94 Griff 500 with 38k miles. The car is totaly original, and I am enjoying cleaning the interior back and doing jobs to get it as nice as possible, however it is showing stone chips on the nose and also along the sides.

Would you keep it as original or would you repaint?

My thoughts behind this are, that if we part company in the future, as a buyer would you prefer to see a minty car or an original car?

Does the "I wonder why he repainted" play a large role in things.

[Mr MoJo]

Use it as it is, enjoy getting more stone chips and consider a front end job if you decide to part with it in the future. Unless its going to be a garage queen of course.

It will only get chipped again if you respray now.

All depends on just how bad it is now mind you. They are prone to stone chips though.

[floatingjimi]

Im thinking of the spring

[JonathanT]

Mr MoJo said:

They are prone to stone chips though.

Any buyer who has done a little research should realise that these cars pick up stone chips easily.

[LordGrover]

Good before and after photos should allay any fears for potential buyers.

[floatingjimi]

Thanks - was thinking the same thing re before and after, great.

[Podie]

It's a 17 year old car - I wouldn't be worried if it had been repainted.

[mcosh]

This is withs tone chips and 87k miles......just use a good photo to remind you of what it could look like without driving lol

[v8 racing]

get it painted and enjoy the car you have, this is allways the case with cars, you drive it around polish it look after for he time you have it, allways thinking i could do this and that the little bits that annoy you the od stone chip, while you have the car you get buy, come sale time you get the car all sorted do all the little bits for the new buyer!, why do we do this do it for yourself to enjoy!

[kenleygriff]

If it's any help, I just bought one and my view was that if it had no stone chips then it must have been recently reprayed - in which case, was it to hide other gremlins. I think a clean, honest car will always be appreciated.

[Hoover.]

not sure on the paint on your car.... but modern waterbased paints are not as good as old fashioned paints....my 92 Griff with 54k on the clocks paint is significantly better then my 57plate Alfa of similar milage (then add speed at which Griff driven into oncoming stones, position on road to collect stones) ... modern day paints durabilty is ste in comparison