Took My Car To Maaco
05-12-2014 | 09:26 AM
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my insurance paid for the repairs the last time i went to maaco josh, it was supposedly 1,200.00 to fix/repaint my roof, replace side mirror. complete bull$hit, they're horrible, always have been unless you know one of the guys that do the actual work. just looking at the shots he took with all the cars in the same shop covered in white dust tells me they still have'nt changed. i hope for his sake they actually sand down the body and put the proper amount of paint layers, base, color, clear.
05-12-2014 | 10:04 AM
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yah man honestly that wait time is ridiculous, take it somewhere else. they're painting a car, not installing/tuning a custom turbo set up.
Like what are they doing 3 minutes of work on it per day? 5 minutes at most?
Like what are they doing 3 minutes of work on it per day? 5 minutes at most?
05-12-2014 | 10:13 AM
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they're stringing him along and playing games. that's what i hated about them. i would definitely snag that car on friday too if i were you.
05-12-2014 | 12:25 PM
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It seems that way. I had it with these dishonest people. Been using my mom's Cavalier for a month now, it isn't the same.
05-12-2014 | 12:26 PM
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05-12-2014 | 04:53 PM
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I didn't pay them a cent. Manager is giving me Tuesday and Wednesday as the paint date. I told them to paint it blue out of anger when they said that they aren't painting the door jams.
05-12-2014 | 05:25 PM
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the middle sample looks the best imo. the closest to your stock color. ask them how many coats of primer/base and clear they're applying and see if they have a paint depth gun. it lets you know how many coats of paint were applied. 
05-12-2014 | 06:01 PM
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middle sample sounds good. make sure they put enough coats. I Know it sucks to drive the cavalier but heck it'll be fun on the day when u pick up your car. sometimes ya gotta be patience.. even though its been a month and almost a half. they gotta step up.
05-12-2014 | 06:19 PM
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Manager said it's a base then clear coat job. Yeah I figured the middle one but this car was in an accident before I had it and the shop that rebuilt it didn't paint the car exactly the same all over. There's dull paint then there's metalic.
05-12-2014 | 06:20 PM
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Lol. Only good thing about the Cavalier is I'm saving gas money.
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05-12-2014 | 08:33 PM
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for headlights? I gotta do the 96 to 97 rear end and front end swap before I do that.
gonna cost me $500+ for doing both , Trunks from 97-99 are around 100-150, then I gotta paint it to match.. pearl white, so 200+ there, and then the bumper is 100 then 200+ to paint bumper. Then I can add the clear taillights, and clear signals. And finally I have the Black/White Look Im wanting to achieve. then next Body work is to be done.
gonna cost me $500+ for doing both , Trunks from 97-99 are around 100-150, then I gotta paint it to match.. pearl white, so 200+ there, and then the bumper is 100 then 200+ to paint bumper. Then I can add the clear taillights, and clear signals. And finally I have the Black/White Look Im wanting to achieve. then next Body work is to be done.
Hope it comes out good in the end.
05-13-2014 | 04:11 AM
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for headlights? I gotta do the 96 to 97 rear end and front end swap before I do that.
gonna cost me $500+ for doing both , Trunks from 97-99 are around 100-150, then I gotta paint it to match.. pearl white, so 200+ there, and then the bumper is 100 then 200+ to paint bumper. Then I can add the clear taillights, and clear signals. And finally I have the Black/White Look Im wanting to achieve. then next Body work is to be done.
gonna cost me $500+ for doing both , Trunks from 97-99 are around 100-150, then I gotta paint it to match.. pearl white, so 200+ there, and then the bumper is 100 then 200+ to paint bumper. Then I can add the clear taillights, and clear signals. And finally I have the Black/White Look Im wanting to achieve. then next Body work is to be done.
I was gonna get a 97 that was a late model 96. Lol. Car had everything a 96-95 had but somehow the dealer kept saying it was a 97.
05-13-2014 | 03:32 PM
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05-13-2014 | 05:10 PM
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i hope they plan on sanding down the weld spots, otherwise it's gonna look like bird poo. 
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05-13-2014 | 05:25 PM
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05-15-2014 | 05:18 PM
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the more i see, the more i cringe 
is that your wheel under the car, face down?? yikes 
i'll tell you what, if they can bondo over all those welds and make it look good, i'll never say another bad thing about maaco. (but we all know better )
is that your wheel under the car, face down?? yikes i'll tell you what, if they can bondo over all those welds and make it look good, i'll never say another bad thing about maaco. (but we all know better )
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05-15-2014 | 06:11 PM
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05-15-2014 | 06:13 PM
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I hope so dude. I noticed the tire too but I'm not mad that rim is bent. Had to get angry with them and what do you know they got straight to working on the car. I show up everyday after work now.
05-15-2014 | 06:22 PM
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05-15-2014 | 07:13 PM
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whaat cut price in half? what is the total price now? Well i guess thats what u get for being patience, cant hate that though. Highest paint, price in half? what else can get better than that.
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05-15-2014 | 07:25 PM
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05-16-2014 | 01:48 AM
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05-16-2014 | 01:54 AM
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