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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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As you know my car got vandalized a few weeks ago. So now I have to paint my car again and I was thinking of taking it to a place called Maaco. Do any of you know of this place or have gotten you car painted by them.

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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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decent paint job. you get what you pay for. it really depends on who does your painting at macco.

kinda like a mechanic. if the mechanic doesnt know what they are doing your car wont run right.
if the body man doesnt know what they are doing, you paint is gonna be messed up. you will get what you pay for...

if you want a good street looking car, go macco, for show, dont go macco
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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there alright, i just got my ford back from them a week ago, it had some little bubbles over the car but when the paint settles u can wet sand them smooth which is wat i was going to do there were a few runs but nothing bad
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 02:39 PM
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Does anybody know about the Macco in San Jose? How good?


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Does anybody know of a good autobody in the bay area that does nice paint jobs for cheap?
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 02:40 PM
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youngbuckfab- How much did you pay for you paint job?
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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the paint job itself was 225 and i had to pay an extra 150 cause the primer was sanded down to smooth
check it out https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=22951
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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They have an upgrade paint that's like 400. That is the one to get. My buddy got it not to bad w/ body work it was like 500 or so.
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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My brother had his 86 Mustang painted at macco it turned out pretty good but liek that said up there you get what you paid for. I said do it yourself with some spray paint primer, and clear coat and what not. Then if its fucked up you can only hit yourself in the face.
Old Jun 24, 2004 | 11:30 PM
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Ive done a couple cars a la rattle can, and as long as you take the time to prep correctly, and dont skimp on the quality of paint, pretty decent results are possible.

Plus if you catch runs, you can take care of it quickly and easily, versus Maaco.
Old Jun 25, 2004 | 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by youngbuckfab
the paint job itself was 225 and i had to pay an extra 150 cause the primer was sanded down to smooth
check it out https://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/...threadid=22951
sounds like they ripped you. Primer too smooth? Don't they usually just paint over your exsisting paint?

But none the less, the car is looking real good. Even my asian *** can appreciate that, good job!



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