Maaco Painted Stripes
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From: Orlando FL
Actually, the smart thing to do would be, to buy the good quality paint yourself and ask Earl to shoot your stripes with that.
Their painter won't mind using good stuff...
Now, as for taping skills... all bets are off!
Their painter won't mind using good stuff...
Now, as for taping skills... all bets are off!
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From: Sterling Heights, MI
HaHa. I remember when Earl Schibe did his own TV commercials and said he would paint a car for 39.95 (that was a long time ago). He had a lousy rep like Macco does. I thought they were out of business so I looked them up and sure enough they are still screwing up cars.
I did have an old car repainted by Macco and it was not an improvement. It had every flaw known to occur on repainted cars.
Don't do it.
I did have an old car repainted by Macco and it was not an improvement. It had every flaw known to occur on repainted cars.
Don't do it.
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From: Gainesville, FL
Preparation, workmanship, professionalism, that's what. You'll get a nice layer of clear coat with dirt in it. I had a car painted by Maaco once and they told me they couldn't paint it without getting stuff in the paint. It was riddled with bits of **** in the paint.
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if your trying to save some money, go with vinyl...... I bought cheap 35.00 7 year oracal to experiment on my car before painting stripes on. I never installed stripes better yet any kind of vinyl yet i was able to tackle the task in a weekend. Was not the easiest thing, but i loved it so much i said eff busting a grand on stripes when my vinyl makes me happy and i can replace it whenever i want for around 40 bucks and a weekend.it has been on my car for almost 7 months now and no problems.... Why paint unless your gonna go for top quality? Im pretty sure you will be happy with vinyl
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Will places actually let you do that, buy your own paint ?
