Rick#7
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OK, so a little background 1st;
I've wanted a 50th anniversary Mustang ever since I bought my 2009 V6 coup brand new, before having any idea what the car would look like. When the LE's were revealed for the 2015 MY I was drooling with anticipation, but the price of admittance was too high for my finances at the time, and honestly owning a limited production, high priced model was simply too impractical for my personal circumstances. For me, back in 2015 a V6 was the sensible, practical choice, and after seeing the ruby red color in person I knew that was the color my Mustang had to be so I found a new Ruby Red 051a V6, which gave me over 3 1/2 years of fun, thoroughly enjoyable driving pleasure when I decided it was time that my itch for a V8 had to be scratched. The LE's were still a bit out of my price range, but after a few months of searching and waiting, I came upon a low mileage, 50 years appearance package GT that had nearly everything I was looking for except it was magnetic metallic instead of ruby, but the price was right so I jumped on it happy to finally have my 50 Years car. I enjoy driving the car, but almost right away I missed the ruby color, and with 6 months past I know it's not just buyers remorse, so I'm seriously considering a color change.
I could start my search all over, and wait until a ruby red 50 years GT comes up for sale within a reasonable distance to my home, but who knows how long that would take, plus the hit I'd take financially by trading my car in after such a short time would probably be too much for me to consider.
I'd love to just drop the car off at a reputable paint shop and have the color changed, but I'm not willing to drop $10k to have it done, and I'm concerned that something less expensive just won't have the same shine and quality as the factory paint. However, if I do go the painting route, I'm not limited to just ruby. Before I was introduced to ruby red, I really liked the lava red from the 2012 Mustangs, so dark it looked black most of the time, but when the light hit it the reflection glowed a brilliant metallic red, not at all muddy like many dark red/burgundy colored paints can be. So, if a paint shop could properly duplicate that color, I thought that would be a truly stunning and unique car, a 1 of a kind, lava red 50 years GT! The only question is could it be done for a reasonable price and still look good?
Lastly, I've read about vinyl wraps for cars, and it seems like an affordable option, but I doubt I can get a good match for either ruby red or lave red. Plus, I haven't seen a wrapped car in person, so I don't know if the finished product looks as good as factory paint. Does it have the same shine? Do the metallic colors glow in the light like the factory metallic paints? Or do you look at it for 5 seconds and just know it's vinyl?
Opinions? What would you do?
I've wanted a 50th anniversary Mustang ever since I bought my 2009 V6 coup brand new, before having any idea what the car would look like. When the LE's were revealed for the 2015 MY I was drooling with anticipation, but the price of admittance was too high for my finances at the time, and honestly owning a limited production, high priced model was simply too impractical for my personal circumstances. For me, back in 2015 a V6 was the sensible, practical choice, and after seeing the ruby red color in person I knew that was the color my Mustang had to be so I found a new Ruby Red 051a V6, which gave me over 3 1/2 years of fun, thoroughly enjoyable driving pleasure when I decided it was time that my itch for a V8 had to be scratched. The LE's were still a bit out of my price range, but after a few months of searching and waiting, I came upon a low mileage, 50 years appearance package GT that had nearly everything I was looking for except it was magnetic metallic instead of ruby, but the price was right so I jumped on it happy to finally have my 50 Years car. I enjoy driving the car, but almost right away I missed the ruby color, and with 6 months past I know it's not just buyers remorse, so I'm seriously considering a color change.
I could start my search all over, and wait until a ruby red 50 years GT comes up for sale within a reasonable distance to my home, but who knows how long that would take, plus the hit I'd take financially by trading my car in after such a short time would probably be too much for me to consider.
I'd love to just drop the car off at a reputable paint shop and have the color changed, but I'm not willing to drop $10k to have it done, and I'm concerned that something less expensive just won't have the same shine and quality as the factory paint. However, if I do go the painting route, I'm not limited to just ruby. Before I was introduced to ruby red, I really liked the lava red from the 2012 Mustangs, so dark it looked black most of the time, but when the light hit it the reflection glowed a brilliant metallic red, not at all muddy like many dark red/burgundy colored paints can be. So, if a paint shop could properly duplicate that color, I thought that would be a truly stunning and unique car, a 1 of a kind, lava red 50 years GT! The only question is could it be done for a reasonable price and still look good?
Lastly, I've read about vinyl wraps for cars, and it seems like an affordable option, but I doubt I can get a good match for either ruby red or lave red. Plus, I haven't seen a wrapped car in person, so I don't know if the finished product looks as good as factory paint. Does it have the same shine? Do the metallic colors glow in the light like the factory metallic paints? Or do you look at it for 5 seconds and just know it's vinyl?
Opinions? What would you do?
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plus I hadn't considered that a color change could impact the trade value down the road.
