Planning To Change The Color Of Skoda RS Or Should I??

jkdas · 5th March 2010, 11:13

Save the money for something else. RS doesn't need a hot color to catch people's attention. Give it a nice polish

aargee · 5th March 2010, 11:34

Adding my 2 cents of thought - what about the color mentioned in the RC book? It might become troublesome at some point; just imagine this, if you travel out of the state & some cop tries to extort money in the name of NOC & sees that your vehicle color & the color mentioned in the RC is different, be prepared to treat him well.

IMO, silver is one of the best color that I love to own; whatever be my next car/bike, it will be silver.

n_mouli · 5th March 2010, 11:51

Also heard that if you change the color of the car without updating in RC & Insurance, Insurance guys may create trouble if perchance you have to make a claim! So beware.

akas_chauhan · 5th March 2010, 11:57

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Originally Posted by shreyasma

Hmm..

Think as a buyer. If you have gone to buy a car and then find out its completely repainted. How much will you beleive that the car wasnt painted after an accident?

Why will somebody paint his car in different color than the original after accident if the owner has plan to sell his car in near future?

HAFI · 7th March 2010, 16:29

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Originally Posted by GTO

Silver is the easiest colour to maintain, I can tell you this from experience (owned two silver cars in the past). Plus, changing the colour will require a complete strip down of the car. Factory paint + build have unmatched quality.

Silver RS' with nice wheels, tints & smoked lights look super hot. My recommendation : No change in colour.

Yeaa i too feel right about that .Stripping down the car is a bad idea as the factory fitted built can never remade.

What i would like to know is that can we have the same gloss in silver color via polishing like other colors have?

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Originally Posted by absynthguzzler

When someone has the itch to have things look different , i always tell them to go from the ground up. First spend on low cost quality thrills and slowly work your way to the expensive choices.

Maybe a respray of the wheels to a different shade and that compliment the Silver Body to start with ? This would probably change yours and others' perpective who look at the car.

But i think jet black on silver looks good right?..i had silver wheels before i changed it to dark Gray.

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Originally Posted by jkdas

Save the money for something else. RS doesn't need a hot color to catch people's attention. Give it a nice polish

yeah that's what i would do first if i am not going for a paint job

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Originally Posted by aargee

Adding my 2 cents of thought - what about the color mentioned in the RC book? It might become troublesome at some point; just imagine this, if you travel out of the state & some cop tries to extort money in the name of NOC & sees that your vehicle color & the color mentioned in the RC is different, be prepared to treat him well.

IMO, silver is one of the best color that I love to own; whatever be my next car/bike, it will be silver.

yeah...now i am getting a little confident about silver color.thank you.

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Originally Posted by n_mouli

Also heard that if you change the color of the car without updating in RC & Insurance, Insurance guys may create trouble if perchance you have to make a claim! So beware.

no that wont happen.I have a modified zen.we just need to update the photograph taken if there is any change in the exterior looks of the vehicle.

procircuit_234 · 7th March 2010, 16:35

car looks good.i think there is no need of paintjob atleast right now.

evo · 26th June 2010, 18:57

I got my RS repainted, you can check my garage if you wish. In terms of strip down and refit, it wasnt much of an issue except the Skoda A.S.S`s (JIA AUTO in this case) now well documented habit of stealing parts.

They didnt sand off the earlier colour, so it had some issues. They finally did that too and repainted the car fully again.

Some details on Skoda A.S.S threads too.

dhanushs · 27th June 2010, 01:12

Yeah, repainting the car would severely affect the resale. But then I too would love an RS to be in RED, YELLOW or BLACK

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IMO, As of now your car looks fine in silver, doing some minor mods like smoking lights, changing wheels, or even throwing in some 'light' classy vinyls would bring out the sportiness in the RS.

VOiLA · 27th June 2010, 01:43

Carbon fiber roof :P

dhanushs · 27th June 2010, 04:28

and carbon fiber hoods?, with air dam??.. :P . It would really satisfy the "sporty clothing urge" of the RS.

5th March 2010, 11:13	#16
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	Save the money for something else. RS doesn't need a hot color to catch people's attention. Give it a nice polish
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5th March 2010, 11:34	#17
aargee Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN Posts: 6,233 Thanked: 9,616 Times	Adding my 2 cents of thought - what about the color mentioned in the RC book? It might become troublesome at some point; just imagine this, if you travel out of the state & some cop tries to extort money in the name of NOC & sees that your vehicle color & the color mentioned in the RC is different, be prepared to treat him well. IMO, silver is one of the best color that I love to own; whatever be my next car/bike, it will be silver.
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5th March 2010, 11:51	#18
n_mouli BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sudum Chennai Posts: 78 Thanked: 4 Times View My Garage	Also heard that if you change the color of the car without updating in RC & Insurance, Insurance guys may create trouble if perchance you have to make a claim! So beware.
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procircuit_234 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: mumbai Posts: 223 Thanked: 16 Times	car looks good.i think there is no need of paintjob atleast right now.
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26th June 2010, 18:57	#22
evo BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kolkata/Shillong Posts: 780 Thanked: 158 Times View My Garage	I got my RS repainted, you can check my garage if you wish. In terms of strip down and refit, it wasnt much of an issue except the Skoda A.S.S`s (JIA AUTO in this case) now well documented habit of stealing parts. They didnt sand off the earlier colour, so it had some issues. They finally did that too and repainted the car fully again. Some details on Skoda A.S.S threads too.
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27th June 2010, 01:12	#23
dhanushs Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 4,280 Thanked: 10,171 Times	Yeah, repainting the car would severely affect the resale. But then I too would love an RS to be in RED, YELLOW or BLACK . IMO, As of now your car looks fine in silver, doing some minor mods like smoking lights, changing wheels, or even throwing in some 'light' classy vinyls would bring out the sportiness in the RS.
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27th June 2010, 01:43	#24
VOiLA BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hmmmm.... Posts: 102 Thanked: 0 Times	Carbon fiber roof :P
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dhanushs Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 4,280 Thanked: 10,171 Times	and carbon fiber hoods?, with air dam??.. :P . It would really satisfy the "sporty clothing urge" of the RS. Last edited by dhanushs : 27th June 2010 at 04:30.
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