Respray advice - what should I replace?
 

I am planning on repainting my car another color and I need advice from the veterans on what I should be replacing during this exercise. I plan on getting new windshield molding/seals, sunroof seals, other bits and pieces, but I am not an expert and I can't foresee what I will also need/should to replace.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Is the current color that bad? you need to strip the car to to a color change right. Anything else will hurt the value.

Surfing from iPhone so can't see your profile. Depending on the year/model, also think about exterior mirror base gaskets and the tiny little plastic plugs for mount screws.
Door handle base gaskets, windshield squirter gaskets, or possibly complete units.
The fender divider welting at the cowl. Get the "skinny" ones if your car is pre '87.
Headlight to fender seals
The welting that goes between front and rear bumper filler pieces next to the accordians. Those are usually cooked in the rear and shrink.

The list will probably snowball as well. Things will "fall apart" when you dis assemble the car. Others may look "ok" now but you will realize they're faded/tired when you go to reinstall on your freshly painted car.

Cooper

Lenses and headlights?
 

Great time to refresh lenses like front turn signals side markers, fog lights etc. else fresh paint with faded / cracked lenses will look silly. Look at your black trim too. It can be relatively cheap do these things and it will make an nice difference. I had some paintwork done on front of my car and took the shop a box of lenses, sugar scoop headlight door trim etc to install when putting everything back together. The painter looked at me and said 'i get it. No problem'. I think i even had them put on new windshield washer nozzles (cheap) when reassembling. A new porsche crest on the front really finished off fresh paint- again, cheap. Little details that add up.

Also, if you still have sugar scoops and want to go to painted h4 or h5 headlights/rings now is the time.

Buy as much replacement rubber as you can afford. With a new paint job, especially a color change, the existing pieces will look bad. Bumper smile, glass seals, mirror bases, door handle rubber, etc etc etc -- it will definitely snowball. Also, if you are doing a color change you'll be taking out all of your door seals, the rubber door sill...
- Matt

This is going to be one of those "while you're in there" projects$$$ As previously noted, if your doing a color change, or even a good paint job, the car should come totally apart. Then you when you start taking things apart, things break, get lost, or otherwise get noticed you need to replace. You will also find that you want to replace things because the old part wont look right with the new paint. Good luck and have fun.

Are you doing a "sand and spray" or stripping the car to bare metal? A color change is a huge job to do properly.

i would remove all rubber that touches or covers paint and replace with new.