Just wondered as i went to look at one yesterday and the owner told me he had had it fully resprayed, which kinda put me off but it was mint. After that he told me that his mates escos had both its rear quater panels resprayed to freshen it up, saying most cossies have had new paint!!

Whats peoples thoughts on spraying parts of or even all of an escos??

Thanks guys.

 

I reckon if it has been scratched or scuffed it is a better idea to do the whole car so all the colours match rather than have one panel slightly out and newer paint...just my opinion though

 

tbh it wouldnt put me off at all.....a lot of RS's apart from focus have had a respray if only to freshen em up

 

Dont be put of by a bit of paint work, there old cars

 

as long as it's a good job who cares??
i've seen brand new cars with paint jobs worse than respray jobs!!

 

mines been painted,,, its all for the better

 

I don't understand why people get put off by cars that have had spray jobs or ask you if it is all original paint, you say "no" and they go "*tut* shame that"

Why? Surely it's better to have an old car with a fresh new protective layer of flawless paint than an old car with original paint, most likely faded, dull in places and a fair few stone chips, small scuffs and scratches on it?

Yeah, ok so sometimes if a car's been painted it's hiding something, but the rest of the time it just shows the level of commitment someone has to their pride and joy! Specially if it didn't really need the paint (ie not dented or badly scratched or damaged)

Would rather have a mint EsCos with mint looking paint than a mint EsCos with dull paint

 

Mine has had both rear wings painted and it's about to go in to get the front bumper/ bonnet painted as they are stonechipped badly.
doesn't bother me at all that it's not original paint, I would rather see a smooth bonnet than a stonechipped one.

steve

 

Cool, cheers guys you have put a smile on me face

 

Why worry if its been sprayed? i bet 90% of the cars out there arnt on orig paint!

 

hmmm...awkward debate. Personally, it wouldnt bother me on a 13-15k escos...over that id expect it to have been looked after SO WELL that it wouldnt/shouldnt need have needed paint. Main thing imo is panels, paint really is just cosmetic.

 

mine has the original paint still
























but it has new paint on top of it as well

 

Dunc, has yours had a full respray then??

Furry, whats all this envyautodesign stuff about?

 

What you want to be weiry about is if its had panels replaced more than having had a respray!!! even then i wouldnt be bothered if it had been done properly but obviously if it had a hard smack at some point and had not been done properly or outside of insurance just to bodge it could be a bit bent

Would rather have a car that had a lick of fresh paint then have to worry about spending another Ł1500 myself on a blowover at a later date!!!

Althou i can do it myself so obviously costs me just paint and materials

 

no just respray on the front bumper, bonnet, wings, rear bumper and one rear pannel all because of stone chips, flying bolts and dropped buckets

 

i had all mine done because i had a chip on the front arch that went funny, and my friend did it all for free

 

If the paintwork was mint on both I would take the car with original paint over the resprayed one every time

 

nearly all escorts have been painted at some stage

under 25k miles you may get original paint, but they are very prone at the front to stonechips

a friend of mine has just bought a black mint 1 owner original paint but they are very hard to find

as long as its a good job it does not really matter

 

mates company, down behind bmw
trying to get it off the ground at the mo.