looking to paint my car
#1
looking to paint my car
I am not sure really where to post this so i posted it here. I have a sonic blue mustang that i am going to put a saleen body kit on. I am looking to paint the whole car. I was looking at maaco because one of my buddies said that they have stepped up their game so i was thinking about getting a quote. Has anyone gotten a paint job from them lately?
#2
Maaco is just a advertising and product supply franchise, the quality of the work depends 100% on the people currently running and working at a particular shop.
We had my wife's old RAV4 painted a few years ago at the Maaco here in Saint Augustine FL and it was a pretty decent job.
Having used Maaco, Earl Scheib, and other franchise shops over the years, here are some hints:
All of the above will get you a good cheap paint job. It will not be a custom job but it will cost 1/4 to 1/2 what a custom paint shop would charge.
We had my wife's old RAV4 painted a few years ago at the Maaco here in Saint Augustine FL and it was a pretty decent job.
Having used Maaco, Earl Scheib, and other franchise shops over the years, here are some hints:
- Masked all the rubber around the windows, and anything else that needs special attention, yourself--any of the franchise paint shops will do a crappy job of that;
- Remove any trim that can be removed--badges, windshield cowl, etc.--they will not do this and will instead do a crappy job of masking them;
- Remove the rear wing if you have one and have them paint it separately--they will leave it on and the finish under it and around the posts will suck;
- When you get the car to their shop remove the headlight and taillight housings, and the 3rd brake light--as above, they will not do this and will poorly mask them;
- Again once at their shop, mask the grill yourself--they will do a crappy job;
- Jump up and down and rant and rave that you will no pay them if your wheels or tires have over-spray on them, be real nasty about this or they will;
- Be prepared to buy a rattle can of undercoating to spray the wheel wells, and any place else on the undercarriage that did get over-sprayed;
- Get their Signature urethane paint/clear coat system. The low-end one coat enamel is pure crap, the Presidential package is OK if you just want to make a crappy car look better, the Supreme system is pretty good, but the Signature package is as good as you could get anywhere without going to aircraft quality coatings--IF the shooter is good;
All of the above will get you a good cheap paint job. It will not be a custom job but it will cost 1/4 to 1/2 what a custom paint shop would charge.
Last edited by cliffyk; 11-07-2010 at 11:27 AM.
#4
Thanks for the advice. Well i also asked die to the fact that i tend to see corvettes and mustangs and other sports cars that people tend to give a crap about at a maaco shop near me i asked myself why go there with a car like that? Well i will go there and see what they got.
#7
the ones here have different "stages" of paintjobs based on $, i've seen a cheap paintjob and it was horrible, didn't remove any lights or even side markers, just taped some stuff up and still got oversprayed pretty bad.