What would you be willing to pay for a paint color?

[robothero]

The other thing I find frustrating is when certain colors are locked to certain trim levels.

This would irritate me greatly, especially since this is a direct to consumer model it's not like the colors are truly locked behind dealer availability.

And if there's nothing I really like I'll probably go for a 0$ color and take it to a paint shop!

 

[BeerParty]

My suggestion for Scout - try and get a custom paint shop set up in the supplier park. Offer the Scouts in a few standard paint colors for typical buyers and provide a link to the paint shop's price sheet. Or get a custom wrap shop in the supplier park for those folks that want even more options.

 

[cyure]

My suggestion for Scout - try and get a custom paint shop set up in the supplier park. Offer the Scouts in a few standard paint colors for typical buyers and provide a link to the paint shop's price sheet. Or get a custom wrap shop in the supplier park for those folks that want even more options.

Also add graphics to the supplier park. All the different stripes I see in the Scout Encyclopedia would be awesome!

 

[speedrye]

I'd rather Scout not offer any boring colors at all, and have what would normally be the lower-tier of upgraded colors as the standard option for no charge. Do a nice pearl, creamy white as your base white. Do a richer metallic black, etc. Actually, I'm okay doing away with the generic black, white, silver and dark gray altogether. Just don't do a boring palette that look like all of the other manufacturers.

 

[cyure]

I'd rather Scout not offer any boring colors at all, and have what would normally be the lower-tier of upgraded colors as the standard option for no charge. Do a nice pearl, creamy white as your base white. Do a richer metallic black, etc. Actually, I'm okay doing away with the generic black, white, silver and dark gray altogether. Just don't do a boring palette that look like all of the other manufacturers.
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There are people who want white, black and grey. I think all blacked out SUVs look sick as @Colton_Scout80 likes to say. My issue is by the time I buy my Scout my Wrangler will be 15. I’m ready for a color.

I really think they can offer those three core colors and the have colors that represent all the colors of the rainbow.

 

[MaddMatt]

Very situationally specific for me - As a stand alone option, my limit is $0 unless I truly hate the "base" colors.

But I have to weigh it against the cost of all the other options I'm going to want vs. my overall budget. I don't know what my overall budget is going to be in 2027/28 but if I get all the other "real" stuff i want, and there's a color I really like still within my budget, then, yeah, I'll pay it. I'm only going to do this once, and plan to drive it 10+ years, so might as well get what I want.

So, at this point I don't know

 

[J Alynn]

I'd rather Scout not offer any boring colors at all, and have what would normally be the lower-tier of upgraded colors as the standard option for no charge. Do a nice pearl, creamy white as your base white. Do a richer metallic black, etc. Actually, I'm okay doing away with the generic black, white, silver and dark gray altogether. Just don't do a boring palette that look like all of the other manufacturers.
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I’m back to charging more for B/W/S and G and let those people pay more for a change

 

[J Alynn]

There are people who want white, black and grey. I think all blacked out SUVs look sick as @Colton_Scout80 likes to say. My issue is by the time I buy my Scout my Wrangler will be 15. I’m ready for a color.

I really think they can offer those three core colors and the have colors that represent all the colors of the rainbow.

Blackout is my dream but too much cleaning required

 

[J Alynn]

Very situationally specific for me - As a stand alone option, my limit is $0 unless I truly hate the "base" colors.

But I have to weigh it against the cost of all the other options I'm going to want vs. my overall budget. I don't know what my overall budget is going to be in 2027/28 but if I get all the other "real" stuff i want, and there's a color I really like still within my budget, then, yeah, I'll pay it. I'm only going to do this once, and plan to drive it 10+ years, so might as well get what I want.

So, at this point I don't know

Sounds like a plan. Thinking very similarly

 

[MountainDad]

I paid $1500 for Silicon Silver on my first model year Discovery, which I custom ordered from the factory. The quality was immaculate - not a hint of orange peel. It was worth it at the time - the color was stunning when brand new, and still shines up nicely when polished and waxed, but it's not as nice as it was. It's still rare, though. Now, 9 years in, it has some trail pinstripes and a few small door dings - nothing some elbow grease can't take out (for the light trail scratches).

The key is that the paint must be durable, and it must hold its luster, for it to be worth paying extra for. What I *would* pay for doing it all again, had it been available from the factory, is a self-healing wrap. The Defender has this as an option.

 

[Warbirds]

Also add graphics to the supplier park. All the different stripes I see in the Scout Encyclopedia would be awesome!

In the automotive world, they are trying to roll a car off the production line every 30 minutes or so.

This is a fun idea but REALLY hard to implement.

 

[cyure]

In the automotive world, they are trying to roll a car off the production line every 30 minutes or so.

This is a fun idea but REALLY hard to implement.

Yes, that’s why it would go to the accessories shop that SM is building and be done there with other accessories that aren’t installed by the factory.

 

[J Alynn]

In the automotive world, they are trying to roll a car off the production line every 30 minutes or so.

This is a fun idea but REALLY hard to implement.

Yes and know. If they have an accessories shop to roll in for graphics that solves one item and modern day paint robots can spray a blue scout, next orange and the following white. They may batch color runs together for color change outs but the tech is there to paint 30 cars in a row different colors up to whatever number of colors the plant chooses to have set up