I recently just bought a 2006 2.4 ss obviously considering the age my paint is old. Couple dings here and there nothing too serious doesn't bug me a whole lot. Eventually I'll be looking to either get it wrapped or repainted (the car is yellow) any price estimates as to what I'm looking at for a paint job or a wrap and would like to know which one I should go with

 

2-3k for a wrap (not filling dents). Likely 5-8k for a proper paint job with body panel repair and removing doors and glass

 

Wrap verses a decent paint job will be cheaper. But a decent paint job will last you a lot longer than wrap. Don't know that I would spend the money on either for a sport sedan as all Cobalt's aren't worth a whole lot. Unless you plan on keeping the car for quite some time.

 

The thing is I an on keeping the car I'm never going to sell it I plan on lnf swapping it when my le5 goes so I really want to take the time to make my car nice now the wrap is cheaper but how long would a good wrap last?

 

I've heard it looks nice for 2-3yrs and that's about it. Swapping a lnf in your car takes quite a bit of work from what I've heard. You would be better off throwing a supercharger on or a turbo with lower boost.

 

But I don't think stock internals will handle it plus the lnf is direct injected and I'm seriously considering the wrap

 

Go do some research. People have this down to a science.

Just plasti dip it.

And I really doubt you'll keep a beat up non SS long term.

It's not worth wrapping unless you can do it yourself.

 

a proper wrap is almost as much as a proper paint job. if you have dings, dents, even paint chips, they all have to be fixed before its wrapped or they will all show through.

 

Oh yeah that is true. Thanks for the help!

 

Yeah I would go paint job to fix all issues then maybe even doing a wrap to protect that paint. I'm planning on painting my car soon hopefully