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Anyone ever get their car painted there or know anyone that did and hows it holding up or even heard anything cause im hearing mixed ----...i just wanna give my baby a little life but im on a slight budget and dont have 2 gs to drop on a dope ass paint job thanks

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You get what you pay for. My cousin got her car painted for like $300 at Maaco and you can tell it only cost $300. It seemed to last out in the sun, but it just didn't look good. :-\
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talk to turbo-dan, an he'll tell ya

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My dad taught body work for about 15 years, so now whenever we need bodywork done on our cars, we do it ourselves. If I wanted to paint my whole Civic, it would cost about $250-350 just for the paint and clearcoat, and that's not even expensive paint. Maaco is doing something really shady if they're doing it for $300-400 total, because they're using some lousy paint or something. Remember, they are making a profit every time they do those paint jobs, so their materials must cost around $100 per car... that's scary. I think they're using Krylon in a can.

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Macco doesn't use any sealer-stuff that makes adhision between the metal, primer or old pain and the new paint, even though they should- they say they do, but a friend of mine worked at Macco as a painter some time ago told me that they don't use sealer. And instead of 2-3 coats of base coat and 2-3 coats of clear coat they use 1 coat of shitty ass single stage paint- some deluted shurman wiliams paint-----? I paint to so i know something about it ;D. If you want your paint to last better save up some money and get more or less deasent paint job. Good luck!

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BlueHatch is right, they use a single stage paint which contains the "clear coat" in the paint, so really they only spray a few coats of this crappy paint and thats it. It doesn't hold up well to the sun and especially solvents or road salt. Just as Doc said "You get what you pay for". If your looking for a good paintjob, expect to pay quite a bit, but at least it's quality and will last.

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My 300 dollar job didnt last a year, before it faded, chipped, is flaking in some edges, well, its been over a year now, but still, my rust came back through it, so i dont mind going cheap, i didnt waste a good paint job.

It fades really bad though, i just replaced my washer nozzles for stoci, smaller ones, and the paint underneath is much darker than the rest of the paint. They also do a shitty jon at masking, alot fo my black rubber trim, especially the sunroof area, is has overspray.

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where do they get all those positive letters from on their website-is it legal to make ---- up like that?

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Go to 1 Day Paint if there's one around.

I got my car painted there with dings and dents removal for about $500 in 1996 or so. And the paint is still glossy and shiny when it's washed. Besides the normal wear and tear, rock chips and abuse :P, there's very little paint imperfections.

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I don't mean to generalize :P but anything sherwin-williams is complete garbage. You'd be better off with a ssautochrome turbo manifold. ;D
"Better make it maaco",,,,,better not! ;D

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$300 a year is less than a cell phone cost... With macco you can change the color of your car once a year and the paint will always look fresh...

Not saying they do a good job, but if you pay $2000 for a paint job that lasts 10 years, that's $200 a year ( not to meantion that its going to have damage from road garbage ) for one color that you may not like after 2 years and its most likely going to get scrached or keyed if your an ass whole like me.

$300 a year is a fair price to pay for fresh paint, plus after about 5 years, you'll have a 5 layer paint job, heheh.. ;D

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http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...43_27_full.jpg

cost me 2200 CDN$, but my uncle did it. that pic is 2 years after painting. still glossy.

It should of cost me near 5g for that paint job. Gotta love family members w/ skills like that.

moral of the story. you get what u pay for. A good way to save some money is to do prep work your self. Drive around where the paint shops are in your area and look in the parking lots of the shops for cars that look cherry. go in and get a price with you doing prep work.

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ask your uncle if he wants to go on a road trip ha....im gonna go to maaco and look at the cars that they sprayed if they look decent im gonna take them into consideration but theres also another place like them around here thats not a franchize or whatever that im gonna go look at too

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---- macco! I had my truck painted at macco and it's chipping everywhere. They even missed a bunch of spots in the back of my bed. They also forgot to paint the inside of my tailgate. Those ------- retards did some bodywork to and forgot to do a few spots and tried to tell me I didn't ask them to do those spots. They ------- suck ass nobody should ever go there and the only reason I did is because I wanted my truck one color since the bed didn't match the cab. I could have rattle canned it better.

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.....OR, instead of Macco you could dip your sock in a Latex paint bucket....Seriously thats what it is like they use one type of paint for every aplication, clearcoat extra...

Look into painting it yourself if you are this desperate. You can actually rent paint booths w/decent guns. Decent paint (PPG delstar Acrylic Enamel) shouldnt cost more then 300$ at a paintshop, I can throw a few coats on my CRX with just a few pints.

Go to the local library and check out some books on auto painting, or go to the bookstore. They do a really good job explaining things. Its not hard to do at all, just takes a detail oriented person.

This winter, my cousin and I are going to paint with a 2 stage urathane paint....I cant wait, it'll cost about 600$ in paint, Ask for Urathane at Macco and you might get a funny look

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DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT, go to Maaco to get your car painted unless you want it to look even worst than before the paint. I did one time, the paint never shined, and when I tried to go back because of the supposed 1 year warranty to get it fixed they said it was my fault because I did not take care of the paint properly. ---- THEM, Save some money and try to get a better shop to do it.

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if you dont get the shittiest paint package from them it isnt bad...a friend of mine wanted his silver truck blue, and paid 800 at maaco...turned out beautiful and is still that way two years later...he went in just as they were about to spray and tipped the guy like 50 bucks i think and they did a kick ass job for the retards they usually are (like when they screwed up my dads 300 paint on his van)

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They also painted my friends 93' 5.0 coupe from $800 and did a good job, I didn't even know it had been painted..

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The basic paint is horrible but if you spend 600+ the paint really is that bad. Not great but I have had a couple friends have there cars painted there and they look alright. If you really want something nice save up and spend 1500+. If you just want something to cover up and not really looking for anything great it's not a bad idea.

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I'd do it, 300 a year for paint.... I want my car Silver or some ---- like that. I'm tired of red. I hate red, Always have always will.

Nick.

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Okay I think you guys are forgetting that REPAINTING is completely different from CHANGING THE COLOR. I typed it BOLD since some of you seem to have trouble noticing that if the outside of the car is new Maaco silver and your engine bay and door jams are still factory blue, it will look horrible. $300 is for a basic repaint, hopefully the old color or close enough to it, if you want to change the color it's a whole other labor cost. Spraying the car is a just a fraction of the work, it takes ten times as long to mask the car. If you want to change the paint color and do it right, you technically would have to remove some engine parts, and take off every removable body part and paint it off the car, then replace. You also need to paint the semi-hidden areas like door jams and hatchback edges. So going with Maaco and changing your color every year would not be much of a bargain. Having an exterior that mismatches your engine bay definitely qualifies your car as ricey.

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I dont know where you get your paint cause thats a lot, i worked at a body shop a while back and for a civic it took about 2 quarts of paint and for about 3 quarts of PPG it cost about 90 bucks. So your gettin ripped off PPG is very good paint. Comes out nice. Also does having your engine bay really qaulify you as ricey?????????
Your dumb, Its a lot of ------ work to rip out your whole engine to paint your engine bay. People rarly do that. Unless your going full show! comon give people a brake. You dont know the real value of painting. Its not a day job!

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Yeah my dad and I didn't necessarily get a very good deal on the paint that we buy, since we have to get it retail. It might not be quite that high, I just know it was like $140 in materials to paint the front end after we bought it wrecked.

I know not everyone's car is going for show, but I'm not gonna pretend a $300 paint job can be as nice as a $2000 one just as long as I redspray it every year. I would rather have the nice, glossy, multi-layer paint job that matches the rest of the car than be ashamed to open my hood. It seems kinda counterprocuctive to be proud of your LS-Vtec or Hybrid swap if you pop the hood and people laugh at you. But then again, this is the homemade website where we use PVC for charge piping sometimes... just my $.02

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Forgot to mention, most of you guys could probably borrow a spray gun from a friend and paint your car in your garage and have it turn out better than Maaco, for about the same price. spraying is not that hard, buy a book on it at Barnes & Noble. Just watch that overspray!

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im too lazy to go back up and look. But whoever said GOOD masking is the key they are right. Take your time, mask off the windows and ANY whether seals you can go nuts with the paint and it will look great.

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yeah, I've got a spray gun, compressor and all that, I'm gonna spray my civic this winter (having a winter car is awesome) after I get all the body work done. Still deciding on a color, I'm thinking of that semi-gloss metallic black they use on the Ducati Monster... that would be awesome looking and not to flashy.

I'm just gonna hang old sheets around, mask everything off, and then spray away.

Jung

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PRIMER BLACK BABY!!! I had tendencies to go off road when I had a liscense, so $25 for a box of 12 cans. Key marks, sticks, belt buckle, anything scratches..... open the hatch, pop the top, ppppsssssshhhhhhh, what scratch? I gave up on paint when a large branch fell off a road-side tree on the roof of my old T/A :'( Besides, in the dark, my ride disappears like an African with his eyes closed ;)

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and when you mask your car, remember that clearcoat travels in the air like a beast, and it'll stick to anything. It will go up and under some sheets that you may think are draped well enough to cover stuff, and then you're screwed. Dupont 3812 will take it off if you get to it early enough, just try to mask as good as possible -- it's worth it in the end.

An African with his eyes closed? nice visual :)

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$25, look at my car, and that only cost me $11, for 11 cans. with the tint and my black wheels on, it's pretty stealth, especially when the windows are dirty and don't reflect.

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yeah, maaco over sprays like a bitch!!! my friend got his car painted green and he got more green than he wanted! he got some green overspray on his exhaust, plastics under/around the body and some on the tires themselves!! they do it in 3 days because they rush it. they dont take their time, they just put masking really quick w/o actually making it so paint doesnt overspray on top.....and then they just end up painting you exhaust and everything that is still suppose to be black, a different color.....they suck ass and i would never take my car to get painted there!! no way jose!

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alright i just got back from maaco like 5 min ago and i think im gonna have them paint my car. the guy brought me around the shop and showed me all the types of finishs and there really not that bad at all and they do have urethane paint which is a two stage paint. the guy did look at me funny and asked me what year the car was and why i wanted to spend that much money on the two stage paint which i thought was funny, whatever tho. im waiting for a new front bumper and fenders before i bring it in and after yesterday both sides of my car match because some old guy outside the probation office decided to drive into the side of me, yes i was stopped and the ------- turned right into me and since i dont have a license i did nothing about it. hahaa any one have any recomendations of a white i can get it painted...i was thinking the weightless white on the new evo. i have 2 sets of wheels black 16s and silver 17s and a carbon hood im gonna be switching it up with

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if you are going white, just get the single stage paint
most manufacturers still stick with single stage on solid colors like white, black and red
it's cheaper and if you get good paint, should last about as long

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thats what the guy said too he had one white car there and it had the 2 stage and it looked hot but i got time to think so im in no rush.. good looks tho - thanks

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well, it's a honda right? cant go wrong with "champion white" that's the dream color of my si :'(

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Ok, when I was a junior in high school (1999), I thought that body kits were cool!! I bought a 6 piece mugen fiberglas knock-off for my 1989 CRX. I was already kinda experienced with body work, so I did all the prep work myself, and even molded the back bumper, side skirts, and door caps to the body (bad idea on a daily driver by the way!) Anyway, so after all that work, I took it to Maaco and paid $400 for corvette yellow paint. Everything was a nice shiny yellow when I got it back. Literally, my radiator, my rear bumper support (since the body-kit had two holes in the back piece, my wheels and tires, previously black trim...EVERYTHING!!! First of all, they do a terrible job of masking (c'mon, you can't cover the damn radiator?!!), and second of all they do it so fast that the overspray creeps into the engine bay, behind the wheels etc. So, like what has been said before, you get you're money's worth.
BTW, bodykits may have been cool in the 90's, but 99% of them are gay. DON'T WAIST YOUR MONEY!

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#1 all maaco's are franchises and it depends on the shop it self.

#2 body kits are gay only when they are just for looks, the all mugen body parts are air tunnel tested for aerodynamic improvement.

#3 if your that experienced w/ body work why didn't you research the shop you took it to, before getting it sprayed?

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I bought my car with a poor paint job
the paint was half stripped on the front bumper...they did a bad job at it. and they sprayed the window door rubbers and the sunroof rubber to. >:(
How do I get that paint of?

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you need a really powerful laquer thinner if the overspray has been there a while. Dupont makes many different versions, but I don't now if you're willing to pay for a whole can of it for jus ta few spots.