I don't ever repaint anything with historical value or rarity. On other machines, if it is a common model and pretty trashed I will repaint it. For example- I have 5 red eyes. One has maybe 10% of the decals left, mainly behind the pillar. The name has been erased by pin pricks. That one will end up some other color, and I have an excited grandma coming to get it this spring. She wants an indestructible hand crank for when the gk visit.