macco's paint
 

does anybody have any experience with macco
do they do bad jobs
do not want to get jerked
because somebody would get hurt and it will not be me

Do not waste your money. Only go to maaco if you plan on selling the car...

That is true Maco sux. They are exaclty what you pay for. SO you pay them very little you get very little back. Be careful and choose wisely when it comes to a body shop for painting. Find one that is well known and reputiable.

Bruce

I have also heard that macco paint is not good. We have one here in town and nobody I know would go there. Try to stay away from Oneaday paint shops if you have one where you are.

It's not the paint thats not good, it's the workmanship.

Improper preperation of the surface - they just paint right over anything.
Moldings are taped, not removed - that leaves a paint edge which peals easily.

It looks OK when you pick it up, closer examination reveals the cheap job and a year later you've got problems. Thats why they don't offer lifetime warranties like my shop does. I offer 5 year/nation wide and lifetime to the original owner on the finish. :D

This is very true, one of my good friends works in a body shop anbd has for years and he said that a great paint job can take more then a week or two depending on the color and graphics if they are painted in. Also prep can take 2 to 3 days with sanding, masking and other minor details, and all of these things are not done at Macco. Ive seen there best and its not good at all. YOu could do better with a few cans of krylon. Check out this months SCC. Flat black is in :igor&donk:

Bruce

Flat black is always in... Macco and the othe one day shops paint your whole car and then they scrape the paint off your windows with razor blades.

I had my 3rd Gen painted at macco Black. It looked pretty good for the first month until it started fading but I sold it before it looked to bad. Basically don't go to Macco unless you plan on selling it.

I know I like flat black I was considering it my self but you dont like the way Macco does business. Hey they make millions of dollars a year take dumb azzes to the cleaners on crapy paint jobs. Its annoying that they can get away with this.

Bruce

DONT GO TO MAACO....you will be very unhappy with results. It might appear great at first, but in the end you will get what you pay for......CRAP!!!!

Yeah macco isn't a good place to go. I had a Jeep and was selling it to by my Max and I had it painted there it looked good but was overspray city on the undercarriage. I prepped the whole thing myself so all they had to do was primer and paint so that may have helped a little. But it is what you pay for. I would just save for a good paint job.

from what i understand, they are cheap because they only apply like 1-2 coatings over the paint instead of like 7 coatings, which would make it a good paint job.
i have heard maaco only lasts about a year and the clear coat starts fadding really bad. save up and get a real paint job, more worth it.

Yeah basically my first car was a maaco job and after like 2-3 years that thing had no clear coat and basically was peeling all around all of the edges. This was on a 1985 olds where there is a lot of moldings etc that without being taken off led to a ton of chipping and peeling from the edges.

stay away from teh macco

Most 1 a day paint shops use horrible materials & do not use the proper grit sandpapers to achieve a quality finish. usually they just scuff the surface with 320grit & call it a day.
Usually these cheap paint jobs are (single stage). This means that no clear coat is applied. If you do opt for the upgraded 2 stage paint then you will get a clear coat. However since the materials maaco uses are junk (not Dupont, not Sigens, not PPG, not Transtar, not Nason, etc) the clearcoat is going to yellow very quickly. The yellowing factor is how clear coats are rated. The slower the yellowing process the better it resist the enviroment (sun). The faster it yellows to quicker the enviroment damages the paint.

Macco :thumbsdow :nono: :slant: :banghead:

I did macco to my car and it was the worst mistake I ever did!. I had to get the car repainted with the sh*t job they did. DO NOT DO IT!. Not even to sell it. Anyone with a brain can see a Macco job from a block away. It destroys what and any resale value is left on the car. I saw a White max that was painted by Macco with a for sell sign in the window. The job was horrible and if I was in the market for another max I would have passed on it even if it was in mint condition Mechanicely. Don't do it. You might as will key, **** and sh$t on your car. I learned my lesson the $$$$ way.

did u go to the maaco in hollywood, on dixie hwy close to pembroke road. i went there and to be honest they looked decent. i saw the way they were prepping the cars and everything looked very professional. i dunno, i might not risk goin there to get my car painted

all i know is that it cost 2000 dollars just to paint the front of my car but it looks like a mirror ive gotten so many comploments on it and the driver side of my car was painted beofre i bought it and it looks like **** man dont risk it i seriously would love my car way more if it was painted right on that side im still waiting for some retard to hit me on the driver side hard enough to make a decent dent so my insurance will cover it lol

Maaco craapo!

go with maaco if you plan on selling a ride.

im in brooklyn ny as well maxs4life, i went to a maaco out here because i had a little scratch on my hood, and the fa990t seemed real cool and friendly and tried to charge me $388 to paint the hood over. jsut used some touch up paint, but if someone finds a decent paint spot in nyc somewhere post it please.....and if its gonna cost over 2k im just gonna buy a used supercharger, to hell with it....