NEAT PIECE OF FHP Two Tone PAINT INFO

[FHP#1118]

Taken from a 1999 "justification review" report on the cost efectiveness of the florida highway patrol Talk of going to a one color car, I guess it never happended but it is a cool piece of info. See the full report at

http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/reports/pdf/9887rpt.pdf

Changing to a Single Standard FHP Car Color
Would Save the State $219,820 Annually
While black and cream patrol cars are an FHP tradition, the twotone
paint on these vehicles costs taxpayers thousands of dollars
every year. The custom paint job inflates the purchase price of
each car and deflates its resale value. The patrol could drive cars
distinguishable as FHP vehicles and save approximately $219,820
annually by changing its vehicle color scheme.
As shown in Exhibit 3-3, the patrol spends $657 per car to
custom paint and apply decals to approximately 290 marked
patrol vehicles every year. After the useful life of the cars (about
five years) they are sold at government sales. Prior to sale, the
patrol defaces the cars so that they cannot be misconstrued as
official law enforcement vehicles. The defaced, two-tone paint
deflates each car's resale value by approximately $400.
Exhibit 3-3
Using Standard Color Cars Would Save $219,820 Annually
Two-Tone Car vs Car in One Standard Color Savings
Custom two-tone paint
and decals $ 657
Standard color with
decals includes labor $ 300 $ 357
Resale preparation
costs (deface and
remove decals) 101
Resale preparation
costs (remove
decals) 100 1
Resale loss due to
defaced vehicles 400
Resale loss due to
defaced vehicles 0 400
Total Cost Per Car $ 1,158 Total Cost Per Car $ 400 $ 758
Total for 290 Cars $335,820 Total for 290 Cars $116,000 $219,820
Source: Department of Management Services contract prices, prices paid by other law
enforcement agencies, and OPPAGA analysis.
Other law enforcement agencies have realized cost savings by
purchasing cars painted in one manufacturer standard color and
applying agency-identifying decals. For example, the Capitol
Police, law enforcement officers in the Department of
Transportation's Motor Carrier Compliance Program, and some
15 For the General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999-2000, the savings would occur
in general appropriations item number 1683E.
Two-tone cars cost
more to buy and sell

[WSP-SSP]

they should find a guy in jail that can paint cars and have him do the cream part for free, saving even more tax dollars and actually earning his or her stay in the jail at the tax payers expense!

[28HopUp]

Neat reading. I remember our local county department going from a two-tone paint job to white with decals on the basis of reduced costs. Right afterwards, the city of Wilmington, who had white cars with similar decals at the time, decided to go back to black & whites to avoid confusion with the county cars.

[FHP#1118]

NYPD did the same thing many years ago they used to get their cars and trucks in a special order fleet blue thru chevy ford and dodge. They did a report of how much the fleet color was costing the city and switched over to solid white with the blue vinyl stripes in the old NYPD blue color.

[5pt0Joe]

makes me want a FHP now!

[jarhed123]

Originally Posted by 5pt0Joe

makes me want a FHP now!

That is a 1999 report and the sunshine committee tries to implement that almost every year but the HP will not change their colors. Only wishful thinking.

[Mustang Matt]

I spoke with a trooper at a show not too long ago that said they were thinking of going to a vinyl wrap. The cars could then be sold in black and eliminate the repainting costs. It would also get cars off the road with the black and cream paint underneath. Guess what we were discussing.

[Vintageracer]

The technology to "wrap" cars with the newest Avery Dennison brand wrap material is incredible! Print whatever your mind can design and it can be applied to a car. The wrap material now has a 5 year warranty and is much easier to remove now due to a technolgy change.

This stuff is not longer just a sticker! This is now a much better way to go than paint. Damage a car, fix the body and replace the section of the wrap that is bad.

Expect to see more of this technology for police use IF the agency's want to keep their "colors" and designs in the future. Removal of the wrap is much easier and will not deface the car. With a complete wrap you can buy whatever color car you want. With a partial wrap you still only need to be a single color car.

Instead of ordering a black & White, wrap the black part of the car and apply your livery logos and your done. Keep the livery logos on the wrap and your can very easily take a car out of service or repair damage.

This newest technology is really neat!