T Rick

K so ill i heard or read up is that maaco sucks. So...... Imma finally figure it out.

I have done all the boddy work(took about 2 weeks)

Here are some pics over time.

The total cost is $419 w/ clear coat and door jams not done (I have a friend)

THESE ARE PHONE PICS SO NOT THAT GREAT OF QUALITY!!!!!!!!!!!












Painted the Valve color with that wrinkle paint


2 Weeks of hard work


My Buddy Drank a little too much!!!


I Had to have some Fun







Got the 96 spec 4 lug itr rims sand blasted






Picked up some HID Projectors









Now car is in the paint booth. I took it in on Friday(May, 16 2008) and its supposed to be done (May, 20 2008) in the morning i can pick it up.
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O!!!! and the color is the s2k laguna blue. </U>


AND THE WAIT IS ON!!!!!







I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM FOR ANYBODY

Modified by T Rick at 2:00 PM 5/19/2008


Modified by T Rick at 5:40 PM 5/20/2008

FlatBrokeHatch

I've seen a TON of excellent Maaco jobs. You chose a great color...can't wait to see it.

delslo93

In to see some results...I've always wondered what a Maaco paint job would look like if you took the time to prep it.

colsanders

dang, that thing looked good before you decided to paint it. that color red was awesome

Desired_Speeds

in for results

YellowPhoenix095

The car looked real clean in the first pic... How much did you end up paying?

MR_Se7en

so you dont like the results?

did you tip the painter?
i have heard that doing so helps with the outcome.

happycorey

Hahahaha I love the whole work up until the end, where you don't recommend them to anyone. The pictures make it look pretty good.

ludachrisvt

i'm def wondering whats wrong ...

slowpokecivic

iTrader: (1)

probably a lot of overspray/orange peel that we can not see from the pics...

RepTheWest

BUMP for the salem area haha..looks decent for a maaco but that has to look weird with red door jams and blue doors

FlatBrokeHatch

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Haha. So what exactly happened?

SoCal EJ1

Looks like you missed a handful of dings around the car.

T Rick

The paint had runs on my driver door and my passenger side fender. the oversprayed on almost everything. the didnt wash the car before they painted so i have chunks of crap in the paint. In the rear quarter panel there is a damn hair in my paint WTF. The painted my exhaust blue and i was standing there staring at it and he asked me if i wanted him to black it out and i said you can do that you have time and he said ya so he went in the shop and grapped a can of black spray and painted my exhaust!!!!!

But you get what you pay for!!!

then i get my car back and it runs like crud well it turns out my ecu is shot so now shoppin for an ecu!

$420

91redteg

damn that sux

MR_Se7en

go to a auto shop and get some 2000,2500 and 3000 grit sand paper and just wet sand alot of that **** out.

because its a single stage paint it shouldnt be that big of a deal.

keep us updated.

FlatBrokeHatch

That's pretty crummy of them. Like someone said earlier...I've heard if you tip the painter...they do a better job.

MR_Se7en

any updates?

JDM honey

sucks, i actually thought it was going to turn out good.

i guess the old saying is right, you get what you pay for.

American.Graffiti

iTrader: (7)

More updates!

integraXTC

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i guess the old saying is right, you get what you pay for. </TD></TR></TABLE>

werd!

Eighty-Nyne

Damn, if it wasn't clearcoated I would say just get some 3000 grit sandpaper and wet sand. It's what they use for windshields I believe.

I kinda want to see it with all the stuff back on.

MR_Se7en

since he got the cheaper of the macco jobs it should just be a single stage, i.e. no clear.


i know he said with clear but i doubt he actually got it. but who knows.

phatboycrxhf

so the blue is the new color ? or is the red the new color ? the blue looks good and so does the red .did i miss something here ? lol

anyways great job dude i wants me a EG soon .....

T Rick

Yes i did get a clear coat.

and ya im fixing the stuff abd i will be selling soon