Respray or sell
- Thread starter Simon 3.2M
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Have to agree with Jamie. Much as it's worth a great deal to know the history of your own car. You will lose a packet if you respray a different colour. Find your self a nice low mileage Sepang MR and use the money for the respray trade in for it. Might take a while but it makes more sense between these ears. 
Deepseaskateboard
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Wrap it?
Are you planning to keep the car for a long time?
Then I'd go for a respray.
But do a good respray. (all seams/door inners etc)
I dont know what your primercoat colour is but I think the sepang ones is antracit.
If yours is lighter, it might look odd if you open the hood.
On the german forum I saw a z4 resprayed in marrakesh brown. That also looked pretty awesome.
Then I'd go for a respray.
But do a good respray. (all seams/door inners etc)
I dont know what your primercoat colour is but I think the sepang ones is antracit.
If yours is lighter, it might look odd if you open the hood.
On the german forum I saw a z4 resprayed in marrakesh brown. That also looked pretty awesome.
Silver Gray has a nice dark primer coat so the it would take a colour change fairly well.GuidoK said:
There is a third option: a removable respray, kind of like a professional version of plasti-dip. You spray it on as a base layer, then the colour coat, then clear. Just peels off when you are ready and is maintained like normal paint. I've forgotten the name of the product I've seen used here in Australia.
I ment more as contrast what you see when opening the bonnet.Mangozac said:
So what colours the strut towers are etc.
If you have titansilver, its titansilver.
But if you have sterling grey, you have antracite.
Same goes of the darker blue colours (all antracite)
And I suspect that sepang also antracite has
But I think that z4m is stratusgrey? (hard to see in the picture but it looks darker than titansilber) Is the primer colour then stratusgrey or antracite?
So this silvergrey z4 has a white/siver basecoat (I think this is titansilver, code 354):
But this looks lighter than what the OP has
And this one has antracite:
From this car (either code A08 or 440 if I guestimate, probably A08):
https://uploads.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/bmw/11184937.jpg
But sepang is a really nice colour.
I wouldnt worry about resell value.
With a respray all stonechips etc are gone so if a different colour is a negative, all stonechips gone is a positive.
I think a good respray has the best colourdepth, and I think paint has a longer lifespan than a wrap or removable respray.
But its also the most expensive. Do you know a sepang /m for sale in good condition (and can that match the shine and paint condition of a resprayed car?)
Why not, if done properly I don't see it as a negative...the paint will be better than 90% of those on offer so I'd say go for it if you can afford to spend the £4k+ on a decent job.
A respray is expensive and a non original paint job will almost certainly negatively affect the value of the car (lose lose).
If you’re considering a colour change, I would get it wrapped instead. Make sure your paint is top notch beforehand otherwise you may find issues when you return the car to standard.
However, seeing as you mentioned ‘sell’, what other cars are you considering?
If you’re considering a colour change, I would get it wrapped instead. Make sure your paint is top notch beforehand otherwise you may find issues when you return the car to standard.
However, seeing as you mentioned ‘sell’, what other cars are you considering?
Simon 3.2M
Senior member
Thanks for the comments guys. I've not got my eye on another car, it's just that the sepang bronze with black wheels works for me - seems to give the car an aggressive, more purposeful stance.
The quandary I have is that my car is mechanically perfect, it's had new rod bearings, discs and pads, shims, poly RTAB's, vibratechnics, all oils and fluids, radiator, thermostat, TPS, updated navy etc etc and is having a new clutch next week. As we all know, the money invested will never been seen when sold apart from selling the Gruppe separately. I've only ever seen one sepang roadster for sale and that was a couple of years ago. Unless it's been meticulously maintained I could be doing a lot of the above jobs again but as mentioned earlier, a good respray is 3k plus. I'm not sure of the cost of wraps so I need to investigate that. Regarding the comment about the paint needing to be perfect beforehand, I saw a lovely Mat blue metallic wrapped R8 at the weekend however, on closer inspection the poor finish underneath stood out a mile so that's a factor too.
The quandary I have is that my car is mechanically perfect, it's had new rod bearings, discs and pads, shims, poly RTAB's, vibratechnics, all oils and fluids, radiator, thermostat, TPS, updated navy etc etc and is having a new clutch next week. As we all know, the money invested will never been seen when sold apart from selling the Gruppe separately. I've only ever seen one sepang roadster for sale and that was a couple of years ago. Unless it's been meticulously maintained I could be doing a lot of the above jobs again but as mentioned earlier, a good respray is 3k plus. I'm not sure of the cost of wraps so I need to investigate that. Regarding the comment about the paint needing to be perfect beforehand, I saw a lovely Mat blue metallic wrapped R8 at the weekend however, on closer inspection the poor finish underneath stood out a mile so that's a factor too.
Document the whole process and it’s not an issue. A wrap is still going to cost you £1000 so save the rest and get the respray. You’ll probably end up with a better quality of paint finish than the factory!
North West Surrey
If you really want a Sepang Bronze MR I'd be keeping the car you already know - according to a database someone on here put together only 9 Sepang MRs were registered in the UK. 
Then it's just deciding whether you go for a respray or a wrap!
Good luck anyway - and please let us see the results.
Then it's just deciding whether you go for a respray or a wrap!
Good luck anyway - and please let us see the results.
If the car is a keeper, who cares what happens to the resale value. Own the car you want to own, and get it resprayed.
FWIW, if I was buying it in 3 years time, I wouldn’t care if it was originally silver. If the spray job was top notch, having new paint would be a selling point for me.
FWIW, if I was buying it in 3 years time, I wouldn’t care if it was originally silver. If the spray job was top notch, having new paint would be a selling point for me.