How much to spray from white to black ?
 

I was thinking about trading in colors but since my car has a lot of dings i mean a lot... it will devalue my car plus I don't trust anyone with a gt86 around here because there a lot of hoons. So how much will it cost roughly ?

Please give me your location and price so I can get an idea & how much cheap will it be if I sanded the outta shell myself. I want to respray all the white parts underneath also (under hood,trunk & etc).

White is a pain in the ass to maintain plus your screwed when you have chips all over & unknown stains :( though it is one of the best looking colours if you can keep it in mint conditon no doubt about that..

You think white is hard to maintain and you want to go to black? lawl.

Just vinyl wrap or plasti dip it. Prob costs a couple grand.

I have no idea, but I do know that around where I live, vinyl wraps cost about 2k. Might be best to look into that.

Or use google, this was the third result and seems somewhat local to where you live:
http://www.europaintaustralia.com.au/

I mean, with black, the chip is way easier to touch up and have it close to matching or hide because the bumper plastic is black itself & stains don't stand out as much.:iono:

You'd probably be better off just trading it in and buying a new one in the color you want.

Not necessarily, the rock chips will be white. Black also tends to look dirty a lot quicker, and shows swirls/scratches a lot easier.

Black is the hardest to keep clean, that's pretty much the consensus. I've owned a black vehicle and although it looks the best when spotless, it never stays that way long. What comes in second is debatable but white is definitely up there.


I've never repainted an entire vehicle, but that doesn't sound cheap... not if you want it done well. I think the wrap might be a good thing to look into, getting what you want for a fraction of the price, and reversible.


Sorry I don't have any actual advice, but I would research how to keep black cars clean before you do this... it's almost an art form.


Edit: I have seen some really good plasti-diped cars too, but I dunno how long that stays looking good.

You'd be better off just trading in your car for another color. A good full paint job would probably cost $5k plus. On top of that, repainting your vehicle will hurt the resale value. And I agree with black being even harder to maintain than white.

Forget trying to change colors. It will be expensive, it will be difficult, and it will do bad things to your resale value. Live with it, repaint it the stock color for a bunch of money, or trade it in at a big loss.

Don't do it! White pearl is hard to touch up but Black is a pita just to keep clean and almost impossible to stay swirl free!!!

Bro, just plasti dip

http://i3.minus.com/ibbWe87u3H6eyW.jpg

Plasti-dip for around $250 DIY or $500 to have a pro do it
https://www.dipyourcar.com/installers.html

Paint-wrap for around $300 DIY, no need to have a pro do it
http://alsacorp.com/paint_wrap/paint_wrap.html

Vinyl wrap for around $1200-$1500 DIY or $2000 to have a pro do it
http://www.metrorestyling.com/Default.asp

Black car=Part time job

Thanks for the replies everyone !
Why is plastic dip so much cheaper than wrap ? Is the dip the same thing as painting it ?

Plasti-dip is sprayable rubber
http://dipyourcar.com

Everyone is overlooking the important question here. What kind of stains are you getting on your car?

Just embrace all the chips, dings, and discoloration and go with a rat-rod theme.

http://www.botoxbeerbling.com/wp-con...-shows-off.png

A ratrod 86? I wonder what that would look like

My car is only 1 years old !:sigh::burnrubber:

I've really been thinking about plasti dipping my Red FRS white, but was told by a few buddies it would ruin my paint if I ever decided to take it off. Looks smooth though.

I can't comment on that but from what I've been reading, it won't damage your paint. Although, there was a post with a whiteout FRS being plasti dip in blue and some of the plasti dip appeared to stain his FRS but it disappeared after a few days.

Might go ahead and plasti dip my car once I get it back on the road then. Did you do the Plasti Dip yourself?

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Only if you wash it. Dirt IS a color. Works fine for me.

That photo of the car is not my car Sorry

just wax it then plasti dip that shit

Really tempting haha. Both red and white look amazing on this car, to me.

lol @ op saying switching from white to black due to dirty!
black is much harder to maintain than white! I used to have black and it's the best color when you wax/sealnt but it's bitching to keep it clean all time. i choosed white on BRZ due to this reason.