MAACO?
10-16-2006, 06:48 AM
#21
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RE: MAACO?
ORIGINAL: ltrayne84
^^^^that looks pretty good^^^^
i got mine painted at maaco about 3 months ago and im very happy w/ it. i went w/ their highest quality paint which is basecoat clearcoat and all together it ended up costing be $2200. they also took care of all the little dings and dents very nicely
10-16-2006, 11:29 AM
#22
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RE: MAACO?
if you want to see a good maaco paint job do asearch for the macco mustang its acustom saleen it was at the woodward criuse per the macco guy saleen liked the car so much it was diplayed w/all the saleen at 10ish and woodward. i live in tn. but do my best to get to detroit during the cruise been to 5 now and will not miss one again ,my wife and i bought a condo in suburban detroit so we'd have a place to stay (about 6 miles from the cruise)
10-16-2006, 11:44 AM
#23
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RE: MAACO?
It depends on the paint job that you get... if you get a MAACO special for a few hundred dollars its going to come out like sh*t, overspray, etc. you name it. BUT I have seen good paintjobs come from MAACO if you pay the price for them.
When I first got my 88 it had a MAACO job from a year before and the paint was already chipping off the sideskirts, etc. And I spent a whole day with a razor blade scrapping off all of the overspray on the quarter windows, rear window, headlights, tires, mirrors, tailights, etc. That was one of those $250 dollar macco specials. But think about it, would you spend hours tapping off someones car for $250 dollars?!? HELL NO! You get what you pay for... But if I were to spend 2K on a paintjob it wouldnt be from MAACO though lol
When I first got my 88 it had a MAACO job from a year before and the paint was already chipping off the sideskirts, etc. And I spent a whole day with a razor blade scrapping off all of the overspray on the quarter windows, rear window, headlights, tires, mirrors, tailights, etc. That was one of those $250 dollar macco specials. But think about it, would you spend hours tapping off someones car for $250 dollars?!? HELL NO! You get what you pay for... But if I were to spend 2K on a paintjob it wouldnt be from MAACO though lol
10-16-2006, 06:53 PM
#27
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RE: MAACO?
Macco uses enamel paint which is why they're so cheap. Junk. My Mustang had it on it (currently in the bodyshop.. Should be starting to get painted tomorrow! 
Black on scarlet... hopefully will look sexy) and I made the body shop sand it all off. This is probably gonna be a 10 000 job for them, lots of it being because of the Maaco job on it. They also just filled a few rust holes with bondo, which I wasn't happy about. They didn't even sand down the rust. When the bodyshop found the rust, there was still the brown around the holes, meaning it wasn't sanded properly, there was still rust. I made the body shop also weld those shut.
After seeing what was underneath this paint, I will never, ever take my car to Maaco.
Black on scarlet... hopefully will look sexy) and I made the body shop sand it all off. This is probably gonna be a 10 000 job for them, lots of it being because of the Maaco job on it. They also just filled a few rust holes with bondo, which I wasn't happy about. They didn't even sand down the rust. When the bodyshop found the rust, there was still the brown around the holes, meaning it wasn't sanded properly, there was still rust. I made the body shop also weld those shut.After seeing what was underneath this paint, I will never, ever take my car to Maaco.
10-16-2006, 08:41 PM
#28
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RE: MAACO?
http://www.maaco.com/medusa_mustang.aspx this is the web site mentioned in my earlier post
10-16-2006, 09:32 PM
#29
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RE: MAACO?
ORIGINAL: mustangfxbdy
the person who had the car before me used them to paint my car and lets just say i wax my baby more then you probably wash yours to keep it shiny... one of my close friends who went to school for auto body and paint and is very good at it is going to paint mine back white the factory color on my car. once i get my cowl hood and cobra rear bumper. probably by spring.... ive already got the ppg oxford white and clear.
trust me dont use them
the person who had the car before me used them to paint my car and lets just say i wax my baby more then you probably wash yours to keep it shiny... one of my close friends who went to school for auto body and paint and is very good at it is going to paint mine back white the factory color on my car. once i get my cowl hood and cobra rear bumper. probably by spring.... ive already got the ppg oxford white and clear.
trust me dont use them