I wouldn't believe him without inspection about the reason for repaint. Don't trust Carfax, it is a good start and a helpful tool when buying a car, but not too accurate, especially when it comes to accidents. I run hundreds of carfax's and they hardly ever show accidents, but when I inspect the car, it has accidents. Just be cautious of Carfax. It is more useful for determining where the car is from and major things like Salvage, TMU, etc but I still wouldn't put too much weight on it. $29,500 firm?! I would run fast from that car. He's fooling no one but himself at that price. Regardless the reason, the car has a total repaint. Those mods are worth little, if anything. New clutch and tranny are good, I suppose, but it shouldn't have needed a new tranny if it was driven and serviced correctly. Two owner doesn't mean much either, and surely doesn't justify his price.