Paint to Sample Program (à la Porsche)

[bboypuertoroc]

Wouldn't care. I'd rather have the option than not having it.

 

[Lin626]

 

[relyt]

I don't know why a single person would vote no for this. It doesn't affect YOUR color choice, but it affects everyone else that would WANT the choice.

I'm all for it. Watkins Glen Grey metallic would look fcking great.

It would dramatically slow production. If you want a custom color there is nothing stopping you from getting it painted whatever color you want after delivery, but I don't want production to be slower than it needs to be so I can get my car when I want it.

 

[bboypuertoroc]

It would dramatically slow production. If you want a custom color there is nothing stopping you from getting it painted whatever color you want after delivery, but I don't want production to be slower than it needs to be so I can get my car when I want it.

Would it?

I'd rather have the color from the factory, with factory warranty.

 

[relyt]

Would it?

I'd rather have the color from the factory, with factory warranty.

How could it not slow production if they're mixing special paint for everything? Nissan isn't set up for that. Have you been to a modern auto manufacturing plant?

 

[jdm-rhd]

i'd love to have the option for custom colors. i can see how things could go wrong for nissan if they did offer it.

can you imagine having a customer order a color only to reject it because it didn't look like the exact shade as it did on their computer monitor?

or they love a certain color and in real life it just doesn't look as good on the car as it did on another.

perfect example: years ago i owned a 2000 ws-6. previous owner, who also owned a body shop painted it dodge viper snake-skin green.

to me it looked amazing, but when i saw the same color on a mkiv supra, my favorite car, it didn't look right.

i'm on a couple guitar forums and i've seen several times where someone had a shop custom build a guitar only to go on social media tearing the shop owner a new one because it didn't match the colors they saw on their monitors...

 

[bboypuertoroc]

How could it not slow production if they're mixing special paint for everything? Nissan isn't set up for that. Have you been to a modern auto manufacturing plant?

If it WAS an option, I would imagine Nissan would plan for that. The only cars that would be held up would be those that were getting custom paint, and I'd also imagine there being a disclaimer that getting custom paint would add x amount of weeks to their order. All non-custom orders would continue on as normal.

Do you think people ordering cars from the factory are holding up production of all the non-custom orders anywhere else? Nope.

 

[West Aussie]

I don’t see it as a big issue, offer it for those who want it as long as it doesn’t impact on the price for those who don’t, although if there was a big uptake it could indirectly affect the price of the standard paint.

Although the same could be said of the reverse…want a different colour? Just wrap it. It will protect the original paint work, you will get the colour you want, will probs be cheaper and sure as heck it would be faster

 

[bboypuertoroc]

I don’t see it as a big issue, offer it for those who want it as long as it doesn’t impact on the price for those who don’t, although if there was a big uptake it could indirectly affect the price of the standard paint.

Although the same could be said of the reverse…want a different colour? Just wrap it. It will protect the original paint work, you will get the colour you want, will probs be cheaper and sure as heck it would be faster

Yeah but wrap is a temporary fix to a permanent solution. I want a color that would take me 15 years to get to the point that I want to wrap it.

 

[DevonK]

I would fork out for this....

 

[fliplover]

I would definitely wait and pay extra for this!

 

[jdm-rhd]

I would fork out for this....

I would definitely wait and pay extra for this!

both are amazing...i would get the jade. i could see these easily being colors for a future special ed.

 

[Lin626]

Another turquoise Z!

 

[therumblewagon]

Another turquoise Z!

Divine.

Dare I say it...I kind of wanna see it with the black roof?

 

[indio22]

Auto makers are always looking to score money on added options. Yet seem to be leaving money on the table, in terms of paint colors.

If not custom colors, at least they should widen the number of colors offered, pulling from their color pallet that year. Call the extra colors "premium" and upcharge.

The argument I've heard against is, the spray booths only have X number of paint sprayers. Well, make a booth with more sprayers! I compared some vehicles from the 1970s, to the same vehicle today, and noticed some of the 70's vehicles offered a larger color selection. It's 2022 why are we going backwards in terms of color selection?