Yaris paint / finish looks poor - not holding up through the winter.

[chriswb]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Yeah, a good paint job (whole car) is $3000-$4000. By "good", I mean factory quality level which in this case should be better than the yaris' factory job.

My thought is that it would cost me $3000-4000 to trade my car in for a brand new Yaris. The expense is not worth it.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by chriswb

My thought is that it would cost me $3000-4000 to trade my car in for a brand new Yaris. The expense is not worth it.

Exactly. Just live with it as it is if Toyota doesn't do anything. Can't be that bad. Every Yaris I see looks just fine. Even if the paint isn't perfect, it is still a car that will last you for many years. If anything, get it repainted after 8-10 years if you plan on running it into the ground. That way, you'll be replacing a much more damaged paint job by then and it would be more worth it. Although I'd look for a cheaper job for around $2K.

[supmet]

I don't feel like getting in another paint argument, but it didn't cost half the price of your car to paint it originally.

You haven't posted pictures of the damage, but I'm guessing you could get away with 50-100 bucks in touch up paint and supplies.

[DerFlosser]

Originally Posted by supmet

I don't feel like getting in another paint argument, but it didn't cost half the price of your car to paint it originally.

You haven't posted pictures of the damage, but I'm guessing you could get away with 50-100 bucks in touch up paint and supplies.

way too high....probably more like $10 or $20, no? I mean...paint and paintwork are so cheap. Actually, why not just go to Maaco and get a fantastic ambassador job for like $150 or so?

[supmet]

Originally Posted by DerFlosser

way too high....probably more like $10 or $20, no? I mean...paint and paintwork are so cheap.

Actually 20 dollars is how much I plan on spending to fix my scratches, but I don't have pictures of the damages, so I can't be sure for him.

You are being a bit absurd claiming they should spend 4 grand repainting a few month old car without ever seeing the pics, but that's expected from you. Like I said, I'm not here to argue paint anymore. If you think you should spend 4 grand painting a yaris, there is nothing I can say to change your mind.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by supmet

I don't feel like getting in another paint argument, but it didn't cost half the price of your car to paint it originally.

You haven't posted pictures of the damage, but I'm guessing you could get away with 50-100 bucks in touch up paint and supplies.

The factory cost of painting a car is a completely different thing and naturally costs a fraction of a shop's cost.

In the factory, the car is already in pieces and is painted by robots and it is fresh metal they're working with.

A shop needs to take body parts off, reprep the metal by removing original paint, mask off areas, ect. And do it all by hand.

[DerFlosser]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

The factory cost of painting a car is a completely different thing and naturally costs a fraction of a shop's cost.

In the factory, the car is already in pieces and is painted by robots and it is fresh metal they're working with.

A shop needs to take body parts off, reprep the metal by removing original paint, mask off areas, ect. And do it all by hand.

Exactly....but supmet wants people to work for free. Good bodyshops won't touch a Yaris for less than $4K. That's just what a full repaint would cost done the right way.....period. Comparing a factory done paint job and a bodyshop is comparing zebra's and unicorns. Robots, modular units, assy line, watered down paint, computer controlled min clear etc...etc...etc.

[chriswb]

I took my Yaris in for maintenance this morning. Everything is now perfect except for the hood which still has a lot of deep scratches. I'm going to have the hood repainted at a body shop.

Here's the thing: I don't know how to paint the car myself, nor do I want to learn. I'm willing to pay for a good job.

$4000 to paint the entire Yaris is too much for me to consider. It would be fun to have a different color: that's the only reason I might ever consider it. It doesn't make financial sense to pay 30% of the cost of the car just to have the paint look flawless.

[taracor]

It's a lot of money, no doubt, but if I suddenly came across a large amount, a Lambo orange paint job would definitely be on my list of things to pay for (college being at the top of said list). I mean, I got my front end scraped pretty badly by some hit and run driver, and got rear ended and cracked my bumper cover (again, hit and run) and I would have been willing to blow my paycheck on the body work if insurance hadn't covered most of it. Then again, I'm 18 and in highschool, so when I work, I'm actually able to spend my entire paycheck on my car since I don't have to support myself. I'm pretty obsessive about my car though, so my priorities are a little out of line..

[Kal-El]

Changing the original color adds a lot to the cost as well. Because now all the door jams, under the hood and trunk, ect has to be painted. Usually these areas wouldn't be touched if painting it the same color.