Eventually I will be getting a new boat. I am very anal about certain things, one of them being motor color working with the boat color. I am a Yamaha guy so it will come grey and will be looking into getting it repainted to match my boat colors.
Has anyone had this done? Ball park costs and any other info related to having this done would be good to know. Thanks, Mark
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Eventually I will be getting a new boat. I am very anal about certain things, one of them being motor color working with the boat color. I am a Yamaha guy so it will come grey and will be looking into getting it repainted to match my boat colors.
Has anyone had this done? Ball park costs and any other info related to having this done would be good to know. Thanks, Mark
Are you talking painting the entire thing right down to the skeg?
I have heard and seen guys paint their t-8’s to match a Rude or Merc main motor. So I know it can be done. Just not sure of the whole motor.
FDR
Yup, everything but the prop (considering it is stainless).
Time to get a silver boat.
They had a custom painted Yamaha on the back of a pontoon at the boat show. It looked very good. The sales guy said the paint on the boat and motor was $11,800. This doesn’t help you much, but I wanted to let you know that it did look really sharp. They even had “Yamaha” lightly ghosted into the paint job. Are you thinking black with a large Lindy logo on the side?
About 2 years ago I was quoted a price of $600 by the dealer to have my new T8 sent out to be painted black and new Yamaha decals placed. They said to do it before the motor was used due to concerns of oil and other contaminants leading to a less than perfect result. From what I understood, the entire motor would be painted black.
I think it would be much less is it was brought right to a body shop instead of going through the dealer. Doing the prep work yourself would also save some money. I think this is also something that could be done in your garage. You are handy enough. Just buy a cheap cup gun and make sure everything is taped off right. 
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They had a custom painted Yamaha on the back of a pontoon at the boat show. It looked very good. The sales guy said the paint on the boat and motor was $11,800. This doesn’t help you much, but I wanted to let you know that it did look really sharp. They even had “Yamaha” lightly ghosted into the paint job. Are you thinking black with a large Lindy logo on the side?
Sounds like some big time custom work, I really like the ghosting but im sure even that would be out of the $ range. I was thinking the boats base color, maybe the accent stripes too and decals. Maybe some flecks too if I go with a fleck hull over a flat color gel coat hull.
$600 for a kicker, was that dismantled or just sprayed over the parts while assembled?
We have painted! a bunch any were from 400 to a grand. It all bepends on what needs to be removed stickers. Ect.and if there any repairs cracks scratches etc.
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$600 for a kicker, was that dismantled or just sprayed over the parts while assembled?
I don’t know how they were going to do it, but the motor was already mounted on the boat. I figured for $600 I could live with mismatched motors.
I’m not sure that the initial cost of the paint will be the only cost associated with doing this.
No matter how good it looks, when it comes time to sell your boat there will be people who are put off by a custom painted motor so you may take a loss on the boat’s selling price and/or have a harder time selling it.
Maybe consider a gray metalflake stripe on the boat that compliments the yamaha gray.
Good luck.
Dan
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No matter how good it looks, when it comes time to sell your boat there will be people who are put off by a custom painted motor so you may take a loss on the boat’s selling price and/or have a harder time selling it.
That was my thought as well and if I was in the market, it would be a big turn off for me… I’d just move on. I really think it would limit your pool of buyers. Or maybe thats not a concern.
You could always have the cowling wrapped. Or buy an extra cowling and have that painted, put the other one back on when you sell.
A silver yami looks sweet on any boat. Save the $$$ and buy yourself some accessories for your new boat. 1198’s for the bow and the console 
I wonder if a wrap wouldn’t be a more practical route?
If you are going to paint it it would be a good idea to do it right away before any oil or contaminants get on the surface. Doing some of the prep work yourself would probably cut down on the money, use a heat gun to get off the decals and a red scotch brite to ruff up the surface. I would not recommend doing it yourself unless you know what you are doing. I am guessing between $400 and $700 for a shop to do it.
Painted an ’07 T8 to match the HO. Contacted a autobody guy that worked for a mid sized dealer in Rochester where they owned the computerized camera to select a perfect color mix. He informed me later the sanding to rough the paint out was a pain in the azz, then taped EVERYTHING I didn’t want painted, followed by primer and 2 or 3 coats of color coordinated paint. I was wowed by the durability. FIshed the FLW Tour that summer so it took it’s fair share of abuse and hardly one scratch. I don’t dare list the price as it was ridiculously inexpensive… If interested I could see if he’s still pulling side jobs. I know he’s busy with young ‘uns so not sure he has time. Let me know…
Nice to see someone else liking their fishing toys looking good…
Kurt
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