david01130

I did all the body work on my 66 and they charged me $1600. That was the third teer paint job which doesnt include a clear coat. but they did sand the whole thing, primer, and prep for paint. It came out good.

2 kwik

sometimes you can find a decent painter at a MACCO as far as paint your probably right

david01130

If you tell them what paint to buy and the paint code its no different from any other shop.

JD1969

WHy do all that and then pay them to do the easy part? Body work and prep are 99% of the job. People think they can do body work and have Maaco spray it and look good. If you can prime it you can spray it. Besides then you only have yourself to blame when it looks bad.

2 kwik

so for 1600 they block sanded the car?

jays89gt

ya i seen that but just wanted to let him know that a good paint job aint cheap.my total was over $4000 but i let him put his name on it under the hood to get his name out there he has done 9 mustangs mine will be the 10 and a couple of them have won some car shows i will post pics when i can get everyone togther.and he uses house of colors paint

david01130

painting is definitly not the easy part. So much involved.
For $1600 they charged like $600 of that to sand the top layer of primer off since I used rattle can primer which is ****ty.
This is what I got for $1600

2 kwik

good ****

JD1969

Are you a painter?....Did'nt think so, but I am and I can tell you that spraying the car is WAY easier than doing the body work, there is way more involved in doing a real paint job than you realize, unless your just going for a cheapie scuff and shoot.

david01130

I am saying that all of us dont have the materials and skill to do a good paint job. but we can do a decent amount of body work. Its not that hard and not that expensive to fill small dents with bondo. And different macco shops have different stilled painters. Not all are ****ty and not all are good. It all depends on the individual painter's skills. And you can get them to use good paint if you tell them to.