Well first see how much they are paying to have it repaired. So I would go around getting quotes. If it's a decent amount then take a check and go to a reputable shop to get a color change with that check.

 

The body shop its at estimated $1200 for the repair and to blend the paint in. I have told both my and his insurance that i want the whole car resprayed and both seem to be ok with that. Not sure though if that means they will cover it or not though. Still waiting to sort out some issues cus the guy keeps changing his story trying to get out of being at fault. The evidence is pretty clear though. I was siting still when he backed out of a parking spot into me while i was in the drive through line.

 

Depends on the shop doing the work and how well they do the work.

Within reason and that's up to the insurance companies to determine. They're not likely to do much beyond fix and blend if your car is 10 years old no matter what condition it was in before the accident. Good luck with it.

That's what a diminished value claim is for.

 

Keep pushing for an entire respray if you can. Let your insurance company battle for you in that regard. However, more than likely, they will determine that they can finish and repaint the area that was damaged to satisfaction. A really good shop will have no problem doing this. I had my passenger side fender and front bumper/lip repainted and it looks great, even with the rest of the car paint being over 7 years old. Take your time to find a great shop regardless of an entire repaint being possible. As for the color change, that will have to come out of your pocket as I am sure the insurance company will only pay for the original color. It shouldn't cost you much to change colors directly with the body shop. Do realize that this will also lower the value of your car as that color is not as popular (but hopefully you never plan on getting rid of the S).

 

They (the other person's insurance) wont pay do an entire respray.

Considering the car is white it will make it easier to do a tint match and the body shop will do that to the best of their ability. If it were one of the metallics or red (tinted clearcoat) it would be a lot more difficult. When it's all said and done, if the shop is good, you wont be able to tell.

You also wont have a branded title. Your title will be clean because it wasnt enough damage to total the car to mark it salvage.
I was t-boned in the front fender/door ($3k worth of damage) and had to have it blended across the whole side. Looks 99% fine and my car is silver, you can only tell a little on the back quarter panel where it comes up to the trunk because the metallic flake pattern is a bit different which catches the light differently. Everywhere else (hood, door, bumper, etc) is a perfect match. My title is also not branded

 

A full respray, in my opinion, hurts the car's resale value more than a well-documented, minor accident like yours. I'm fairly sure you won't be happy with a respray either, unless you find a top-notch body shop. It's somewhat of a hassle to spray a car properly (removing all trim, etc) and most shops won't bother (especially if they're just doing an insurance job), so you'll end up with lots of orange peel, rough edges around the weatherstripping, and a host of other defects.

I'd personally just let them do a blend job. Unless the shop is inept, it's unlikely there will be a paint mismatch, since your car has clearcoat and the white most likely hasn't faded.

 

A good shop will not blend, they will simply paint the entire panel to an exact match to the trunk and bumper lines. You will be lucky if you can get them to repaint the entire car when only one panel was damaged. It will not hurt resale unless the accident was reported.

 

Most all of what I am about to say has already been mentioned here, but I just wanted to reiterate a few things. A minor accident like this will not affect your title and you will still have a "clean" title. If no police report was filed, this accident will not likely show up on any vehicle history report that a potential buyer may run... although it would be dishonest to say it has not been in any accidents if somebody were to ask. Many people would rather have a car with original paint that has been professionally reapaired on one panel than a car that has been resprayed a different color with paint that doesn't match under the hood/trunk/etc. I would just have that particular body panel resprayed the original color. Be sure to save the pictures of before/after body work to show to potential buyers if it ever comes up in the future.

 

Theres rock chips on the front bumper as well as the carbon fiber hood has faded. So since half the car needs repainted im thinking its better to just respray the car into like new condition anyways

 

sucks never a good result with issues like this ...wish u well in getting it done right !!