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[feeutfo]

Thinking of painting it black, always wanted black, but the right one never came up, will be a professional job. 

HPI, notifies of a colour change. Will it devalue the car? guessing so, not that it's worth a great deal anyway. Can I expect a pull from the police if dvla not notified, or even if they are?

Bound to be signs of original lighter colour in boot and engine bay etc, which would put me off as a buyer
 :-/

[joshwyatt]

Chris, see if you can find your V5C. Section 7 is where you fill in the bit about colour change. Section 7.29.
I know you've got someone who's done work for you in the past, but the guy I use is excellent and cheap for paint work...so if you need a quote or anything just let me know 

[cem_devecioglu]

will always be dirty no matter how frequently you clean :-/

[Delete_this_after]

Unless your getting, boot, door shuts, under bonnet and everything done don't bother, I'd walk away, straight away. It'll put people off because it'll be on HPI and they'll wonder whether it's been in a smack and been painted a different colour. ANPR probably wouldn' bother, but they may do, and it's not worth the risk.

Leave it as it is, show me some pictures if you want to sell it 

[Delete_this_after]

Josh PM on route mate 

[TheBoy]

Whats wrong with Silver?  I do accept that 'oyster' does sound a bit wanky, and looks every bit as gay as 'champayne'

[spud1990]

if you tell dvla the old bill cant do anythin,

[Delete_this_after]

if you tell dvla the old bill cant do anythin,

But HPI will put people off.

[TheBoy]

I would have thought people are free to paint their cars whatever colour?

[Delete_this_after]

I would have thought people are free to paint their cars whatever colour?

Yes, but HPI will know of a colour change if DVLA are told, if people see something flag up on HPI 70% of people will walk away. It's the law you have to tell the DVLA too.

[tidla]

if its a 59 plate car i can understand the concern.as stated, the only other downside is the bits you cannot paint will always show the original colour.

[joshwyatt]

Chirs, knowing your car fairly well...if you sold it without the Irmscher stuff but kept the CID in there, I would try and sell it for £2995, you could always try £3250. I saw one similiar to yours, but with 120,000 miles sell for £2050 at auction needing some work to the bodywork and the emission light was on.

I'm not overly keen on the Oyster colour, and think your car would look much better in black...but I'd be hesitant in doing it, it is a lot of work.
But, it's a car you know well, and it already is LPG'd so I see the point in keeping it and changing the colour.

[Delete_this_after]

if its a 59 plate car i can understand the concern.as stated, the only other downside is the bits you cannot paint will always show the original colour.

Any car I'd buy be it 30 years old or 3 months old, I'd expect a matching colour and nothing on HPI  But that is just my personal preference.

[Broomies Mate]

Say the car is worth £3k.  When you come to sell it, you'll only be selling to someone who WANTS an Omega.  They wont be bothered about the colour change.  Theyll be more interested in the vital stuff.

I'd still advise you against it, as you'll open the bonnet one day and still see the Oyster.  Unless you are going to pay silly money to have the thing painted from the ground upwards, dont bother.

Mine is the most terrible of colours (Gay Champagne) and I wouldn't even consider changing the colour.

Depends on your taste, but have you considered two-toning the car?  Something like a deep blue beneath the moldings would give it individuality and break up the mundane colour.

[damon80]

Is anyone else humming the Stones song in their head, or is it just me...?   

If you're planning on keeping it, I'd say go for the respray.  If you're as car-proud as I am, I'd take up Josh's offer (a good sprayer is hard to come across, and if he gets Josh's seal of approval, that's more than good enough for me given the amount of metal he shifts!)

As for the queries around HPI flagging up colour-changes - we have to face facts that Omega's are not new cars, and prices are in bargain-basement territory, so potential buyers are a) unlikely to bother with an HPI check, and b) not likely to be that bothered if it's been resprayed to a high-standard.

But I would take plenty of date-stamped pictures before-hand to prove that the respray/colour change wasn't as a result of accident-damage or anything malicious