What Makes A Decent Paint Job?
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05-06-2003, 10:21 AM
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Originally posted by 96SE5Spd
Who you take it to to get it painted.
Who you take it to to get it painted.
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.
05-06-2003, 10:26 AM
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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.....
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.....
05-06-2003, 11:48 AM
#6
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.
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.
05-06-2003, 12:06 PM
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Originally posted by pMB
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.
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.
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05-06-2003, 12:12 PM
#9
Originally posted by njmaxseltd
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.
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.
You're just jealous that he only paid 650 for his paint job.
05-06-2003, 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by njmaxseltd
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.
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.
05-06-2003, 01:32 PM
#12
[i]Originally posted by njmaxseltd
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. [/B]
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. [/B]
05-06-2003, 01:47 PM
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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?
05-06-2003, 02:38 PM
#15
Originally posted by 95GreekMaxSE
i was planning on goin to macco cause im broke... what do you mean by tape lines???
i was planning on goin to macco cause im broke... what do you mean by tape lines???
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.
05-06-2003, 04:33 PM
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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.
05-06-2003, 05:03 PM
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Originally posted by JMAXIMA
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.
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 ?
05-06-2003, 05:39 PM
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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....
05-06-2003, 05:50 PM
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Originally posted by Eric95se
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....
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....
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