View Poll Results: What Evo should I get?
Request that the dealer get a BBY Evo shipped here from far away (no guarantee on a good price)
18
33.33%
Buy a Tarmac Black with 21 miles and repaint a different color
1
1.85%
Buy a Rally Red with 10 miles and repaint a different color
0
0%
Buy the Black or Red and not paint at all
35
64.81%
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New Car: BBY Color or Paint Job?
Originally posted by mifesto
unless you get it painted from the factory, no bodyshop will be able to do a perfect job painting the body. a trained eye can tell if its been repainted. often times people suspect accident/damage. basically there goes your resale value.
unless you get it painted from the factory, no bodyshop will be able to do a perfect job painting the body. a trained eye can tell if its been repainted. often times people suspect accident/damage. basically there goes your resale value.
wayyy wrong man, you will tell its been repainted by the fact that it looks like a good paint job. and a body shop will do a 1000 times better job than the factory..my paint is absolutely flawless, other than the obviously non stock color, you would never know it wasnt a factory job except for the fact its flawless.
Update: I'm actually negotiating a deal on a Black Evo as of now, getting it for $6.5K below MSRP, but the darned sales manager won't take off $1.5K worth of optional accessories on the car. I waded through a bunch of BS and he basically said that he didn't want to sell me the car for that low of a price without the accessories. The funny thing is, my brother, who originally wanted an STi, is now getting the Red Evo since the price is so good ($23.5K before TT&L) that doesn't have any optional accessories. So hopefully I can get him to take off the accessories, or end up caving in and getting the car for 5K below MSRP, which isn't that bad after all.
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From: PA
Originally posted by mprtklr
wayyy wrong man, you will tell its been repainted by the fact that it looks like a good paint job. and a body shop will do a 1000 times better job than the factory..my paint is absolutely flawless, other than the obviously non stock color, you would never know it wasnt a factory job except for the fact its flawless.
wayyy wrong man, you will tell its been repainted by the fact that it looks like a good paint job. and a body shop will do a 1000 times better job than the factory..my paint is absolutely flawless, other than the obviously non stock color, you would never know it wasnt a factory job except for the fact its flawless.
I agree with you 110%... the stock paint from what i've seen sucks... and i've never seen sooo much orange peel on a car that costs 30k, actually, in any car... my car now gets quotes over what a stocker paintjob would, not less... If it's done right, then you don't have to worry about it... just make sure jams and trunk is done, and if you get black, you can leave the engine bay alone and it'll look great... I'll have mine custom painted within 2-years...
Got the cars!!! 
25K for the Black Evo with 21 miles and 23.5K for the Red Evo with 14 miles before tax, title and license. Didn't exactly want the front and rear strut bars, shift knob, pedals, instrument cluster surround, brake air guides, and parking brake cover that came on the black one, but oh well, still a good deal. Yeah, I might end up painting the black evo down the road, maybe after it's gotten a few scratches or rock chips, but the black has started growin' on me more and more. Thanks for all the info guys.
25K for the Black Evo with 21 miles and 23.5K for the Red Evo with 14 miles before tax, title and license. Didn't exactly want the front and rear strut bars, shift knob, pedals, instrument cluster surround, brake air guides, and parking brake cover that came on the black one, but oh well, still a good deal. Yeah, I might end up painting the black evo down the road, maybe after it's gotten a few scratches or rock chips, but the black has started growin' on me more and more. Thanks for all the info guys.
