Custom paint colors? Resale?

[moose-hunter]

Yesterday, my "new" boat, without even a full season on her yet, took more than a little bit of dock rash thanks to drunk "Mr. Impatient" at the access. No dents or dings, but a few REALLY nice, down to the tin, gouges. Can you see those in black paint?

This got me to thinking...

For 2011 and 2012, my model is offered in white, red, blue and black. What if I wanted something different? Nothing shocking like lime green or blaze orange. But something"tasteful" other than the factory offered colors?

How do you think this would affect the overall value (resale) of the boat?

[1860Angler]

I don't think it would hurt, might even help. I get sick of the same colored tin boats all the time. The sparkly boats can all do custom colors and they don't seem to have a hard time selling.

[ohiojmj]

Buy a bottle of matching (easy with black) touch up paint with a narrow brush and be done with it. We all fret over the first bad rash.

[Hot Runr Guy]

Moose,
instead of a re-paint, what about a wrap from the splash rail on up? If the future owner doesn't like it, it can be peeled off.

HRG

[moose-hunter]

Thanks for the responses folks!!

A wrap looks kind of cool... IF I decided to keep the boat. In my quest for a possible boat painter, I found a sweet deal on a new one. Ya, I know.... Another new boat and this one is less than a year old??!! What can I say... I'm addicted to fishing.