hey there guys, I was just wondering what makes a decent paint job on a car. quality of paint? number of layers? what else? thx

 

anything at all would be good

 

Who you take it to to get it painted.

 

BINGO!

It's all in the prep work and a nice clean spray booth.

A good paint job will involve taking off every single piece of trim and molding on your car. The grill, every single light, emblem, door handles, lock cylinders..... and the list goes on and on.

Next comes good prep work of your old paint and then the masking so you have no tape lines and overspray in your jams.

Expect to pay upwards of 2 - 3 thousand bucks to have your car refinished so it looks like it just came off the showroom floor.

It's all labor, the paint & material cost is minimal.

 

Yeah...... Great prep work is one of the biggest things in a paintjob..... Also having high quality paint and a tech who knows the ins and outs of good work......

One word of advice is to NEVER EVER take your car to a place like Macco...... Spend the extra cash and have it done right the first time.....

 

Maaco does pretty decent job.

I had the cheapest paint they had and it stands up good.
Spend $650 in Maaco, and the paint quality will equal the body shop paint job.

These body shops use the same paint, same mechanics, and same procedure...and charge 3X times or more.

 

Maaxo is a chop shop. They don't remove anything, they just mask it all off. Sure the paint looks good, wait about 2 years till all the tape lines start to peal. The clear coat will start to peal first, then the base coat will start to fade.

Sure Maaco uses the same paint as most high end shops. There are only a few automotive paint mfg's to choose from.

We can spot Maaco work just by looking at any trim piece or gasket on your car. You can clearly see the paint/tape lines.
Paint lines WILL FAIL and your paint WILL PEAL OFF starting at the lines.

That is a fact. You get what you pay for. Maaco runs their operation like an assembly line. One guy tapes up your car, the next guy paints it, then it's out the door with fresh shinny paint on it. Ask them for a lifetime guarantee.

We guarantee our paint work for as long as you own your vehicle, most body shops do as well, because when it's done right, it will last the life of your car.

 

I think Maaco's warranty is 30 seconds or 30 feet...... which ever comes first..... lol
on Maaco

 

Admit it...

You're just jealous that he only paid 650 for his paint job.

 

 

at maaco you get what u pay for. yeah they do cheap paint jobs but they also do half *** work. i am an auto body tech so i have idea what i'm talking about. also you can get really good paint jobs from maaco but you also have to pay a good amount of $$$. with paint jobs you get what you pay for.

 

What do you mean by "We" ? You know a shop?

 

Ive been offered for $500 bux for a full super black paint job done in 1 day by a PRIVATE mechanic shop. not sure if he gonna remove the bumpers and all that stuff but sounded like he will do a good job. now is it 500 bux cuz he wont do a good job or its 500 bux cuz its private mechanic, not a company like maaco?

 

i was planning on goin to macco cause im broke... what do you mean by tape lines???

 

If you "mask" everything (i.e. Use masking tape to mask off windows, etc...) then there is going to be a line where the new paint and old paint meet where the edge of the paint is.

If you do it right, the trim piece is removed temporarily and there is a transission from the new paint to the old paint that happens in the recesses of the removed trim pieces...

Another words... it is a cleaner job.

If there are masking/paint lines, then eventually they will start to peal.

 

im sorry but what is maaco?

 

maaco is a cheap chain of auto body/paint shops. unless you can convince them to remove your moldings and trim, your paint will start to peal and fade. my friend had his camaro painted by them and less than 2 years later it looked as bad as it did before the paint job. when i took my car to the body shop yesterday, i had the guy go over everything he was going to do... (ie take off the trim on the door, windows, take out the door handle assembly, etc...). like mentioned before, the prep work that goes into it make all the difference in the world.

 

do they do body work ?

 

Yeah they do body work, I had maaco cut and weld two rusty spots on the back fenders of my Accord, they did a good job grinding them down so you couldn't see it but I agree that the paint job was pretty poor. They forgot to mask a part of the taillight so it had black paint on it....

 

maaco will do awesome paint jobs but it will be just as expensive as getting done at any other body shop. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR WITH PAINT JOBS!!!! STOP KICKING A DEAD HORSE