Paint job on a defender how important is it to you?

Hi all

I was having a chat with my old man about painting the 110. He's really into classic British sports cars so thinks every car including defenders need to be shiny and dent free. I on the other hand think land rovers look better as honest looking vehicles. Looked after but with battle scars.
The question arose because the 110 soon will be sold. He thinks it will attract more people if it's dent free and super shiny and polished. However I don't think it'll make much difference as I'm only expecting it to sell between £4500 and £5000.

So if you were buying a Land Rover 110 with 200tdi would the paint work be a deciding factor? Would you pay more just because it had nice shiny paint? Or would you pay less if it had laquer peel and faded, chipped paint?
I should point out that I will be spraying the Land Rover but it won't be professional paint shop standard. Mechanical and structurally it's all been gone through.

This argument is mainly for bragging rights. But an honest opinion would be good to have.

Cheers

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It now has an agreed insurance value of £12000, Make your own mind up if its worth painting your car.

For me, if I was buying, it would be an important factor. Paint makes something look smart but, more importantly, it's a protective layer.

The paint job alone would surely not nearly triple the vehicles original value??? My main question would be what you would value a vehicle at you were looking to buy not how you would value your own vehicle.

The paint job looks really good on that 90 but if it was for sale I wouldn't pay £12,000 for a Tdi 90 because of its paint job. However if I owned it like you I would agree a value of something in that region because of the amount of work gone into getting there.

But if you had two vehicles exactly the same mechanically and structurally, same engine, both gone through thoroughly by the same person, same colour, same wheels and interior, both with 12 months mot. But one had faded paint, some slight chipping and peeling but was £1000 cheaper than an almost identical one but it had a full respray would you pay the extra grand?

Also state your use for the Land Rover. Because I use mine for working I'd choose mechanically solid over good looking and save a grand however if you bought a vehicle mainly to use for commuting you'd want one that also looks really good so an extra grand could be worth it.

True points, and yes a lot more than paint has been done, but also I bought it very cheaply !
We all know defenders have increased in price, More so than book prices which are in magazines are way out of date at the moment by up to 40%.
I use it for shooting/beating/fishing and my weekend use car, Drive a VW t5 transporter in the week

First let me say that I am a tight arse as far as paying for a vehicle and also wouldn't want anything technically complicated, so 200Tdi, maybe early 300Tdi would fit the bill for me.
If I was looking for a landy I would rather see an honest example complete with battle scars, I would always be thinking what was it like before the re-spray, what's underneath that shiny coat. If I wanted shiny, I would rather get it sprayed myself.
Unless I already knew the vehicle and I was able to judge what the condition before and after was like.

109inches said:

Hi all

So if you were buying a Land Rover 110 with 200tdi would the paint work be a deciding factor? Would you pay more just because it had nice shiny paint? Or would you pay less if it had laquer peel and faded, chipped paint?


Cheers

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No, no, and no (within reason).

I should point out that I will be spraying the Land Rover but it won't be professional paint shop standard.

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That would be a deal breaker. Appearance is very important to Debbie. We would subtract the cost of getting it resprayed by a pro into any offer we'd make.

On the 110 we are buying this week, we added in the costs of bringing the appearance up to a standard Debbie would accept. We started out looking at various TD5s, and ended up with a Puma Defender 110. The TD5s needed too much cosmetic work.

109inches said:

Hi all

I was having a chat with my old man about painting the 110. He's really into classic British sports cars so thinks every car including defenders need to be shiny and dent free. I on the other hand think land rovers look better as honest looking vehicles. Looked after but with battle scars.
The question arose because the 110 soon will be sold. He thinks it will attract more people if it's dent free and super shiny and polished. However I don't think it'll make much difference as I'm only expecting it to sell between £4500 and £5000.

So if you were buying a Land Rover 110 with 200tdi would the paint work be a deciding factor? Would you pay more just because it had nice shiny paint? Or would you pay less if it had laquer peel and faded, chipped paint?
I should point out that I will be spraying the Land Rover but it won't be professional paint shop standard. Mechanical and structurally it's all been gone through.

This argument is mainly for bragging rights. But an honest opinion would be good to have.

Cheers

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Makes no difference at all to me. I cant see the outside when I am driving it.

Barely any panels on my 90 are the same colour, and those that are have dents and scrapes all over them.
Disco has plenty of rust spots, and the interior is hanging for carrying show stuff and hay and silage.
Smells good too!

I can understand how appearance is important but I always think it's better to drive something where the money has been spent mechanically. Than standing on the hard shoulder or road side with a nice thing to look at but with something broken. Obviously ideally you want and can have both.

My first Land Rover and I still have it is a marine blue series 2a 109 which I roller painted however every single person comments on how good it looks. The MOT tester always comments on it as well. I've probably spent £3500 on it since I bought it not including running costs or my time in labour. Probably £40 of that was in the paint job. Mechanically it's got to the stage where you can jump in it and just go where you want to go and know you'll get there and back under its own power. The series 2 club valued it within the region of £7500 it's value means little to me as I don't plan on selling it. I bought it for £1200 4 years ago and it was just in primer no base or top coat at all but paint didn't come into negotiating the cost at all.

Although a Land Rover should look good like any vehicle I think they look best as the humble little working vehicle. If it were a dog I'd rather it be a sheep dog than a crufts winning poodle.

109inches said:

I can understand how appearance is important but I always think it's better to drive something where the money has been spent mechanically. Than standing on the hard shoulder or road side with a nice thing to look at but with something broken. Obviously ideally you want and can have both.

My first Land Rover and I still have it is a marine blue series 2a 109 which I roller painted however every single person comments on how good it looks. The MOT tester always comments on it as well. I've probably spent £3500 on it since I bought it not including running costs or my time in labour. Probably £40 of that was in the paint job. Mechanically it's got to the stage where you can jump in it and just go where you want to go and know you'll get there and back under its own power. The series 2 club valued it within the region of £7500 it's value means little to me as I don't plan on selling it. I bought it for £1200 4 years ago and it was just in primer no base or top coat at all but paint didn't come into negotiating the cost at all.

Although a Land Rover should look good like any vehicle I think they look best as the humble little working vehicle. If it were a dog I'd rather it be a sheep dog than a crufts winning poodle.

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Appearance is important!

Keep it hanging, it probably wont get nicked!