Once they cut the check to you it's your money, you could use it to go to Vegas, pay a paint less repair guy a couple hundred to pop the dents out and pocket the rest or use the money toward a complete job.
If you want to consider the value, most people would agree having the car the original color adds to value, does it add what you are going to spend on it or surpass it over what you have? That's the question.
There's also a big debate over base clear vs single stage, given the variables in mixtures I think getting the color in general correct is more likely to add to the appearance than the type of paint used, but some do feel two stage looks different from the original finish all things equal an that single stage looks closer.
Unfortunate incident Hardtop fell on top of Speedster.
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Re: Unfortunate incident Hardtop fell on top of Speedster.
As a long time body shop owner, I prefer the idea of single stage at least for solid colors. Any modern paint will tend to look much too good. And most of us, me included, would have a very hard time telling if a car is single or two-stage
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62 Cabriolet
56 VW
02 IS 300
04 Sienna