has anyone got a paint job from macco? I am thinking about getting the signature or supreme from there. i went to a lot of places and they asked 3grand or more for a complete paintjob and more me that is way too much. so is it worth it to like spend 1500 at maaco for the supreme or signature. thanx in advance

 

try sanding your car your self....save a couple of hundred dollars.....if you do all the prep work all you need to pay for is primer paint and labor.

 

how much would it be if i dont prep it myself cuz like i hardley have anytime these days, and i hear all these mixed things about maaco...but it sounds like that best choice for me at the moment

 

nice buddy, i see your rocking the auto , i think if you window shop some more it would be better, because i heard some weird stuff about macco too.

 

thanx man yea maaco sounds iffy

 

please as a fellow integra owner please don't put your car thru that paint job my cousin got his truck painted there and i think i have seen rattlecan jobs that have looked better as my .02 would be not to take it there

 

you'd save atleast 300 bucks doing the prep work your self..thats anywhere you go...

 

my brother got his ford ranger painted at maaco, and it was a decent job, from a distance. if you get close you can see why its so cheap. i suggest saving and getting it done somewhere else. id rather paint my car myself..

 

Only go to a Maaco that you've heard good first hand results from. Do that, and prep the car yourself.

 

my brother got his car painted there like 5 years ago did not turn out bad...

ignore the rice. he did not have honda-tech to teach him beter

 

yeah, thats not half bad

 

has anyone heard anything about auto explosion at gardena, ca? i heard they do good work, but i dunno how much it would cost

 

I've thought about Maaco, I'm gonna look around for some different body shops first though. I am going to do all the prep work myself though.

 

I think Maaco is like tattoo shops some are good some are bad you just have to look at their work and decide from there. I've seen good and bad Maaco paint jobs.

 

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Exactly, It's not Maaco in general, it's the shops. I'm sure maaco has some budgets per car to go by but it's mostly prep and final work that determines the best paint job.

 

Just remember you get what you pay for.

 

If I were you, I'd go to a Maaco in your area and look at the cars comming out of there. Check out the parking lot. That may give you a better idea of what kind of job they are capable of doing.

 

the owner of my 95 had a paint job from maaco aweek before i traded him my truck for it. well to make a long story short i have only had the car a month and all the paint is now chipping off.....

 

The thing about maaco is they are franchised, so each one will have different quality of work. So go to different maacos and ask to see examples of their work, and decide if you like it, but as in anything else, your gonna get what you pay for, i got a maaco job and was very unsatisfied.

As far as the prep work, make sure you know what your doing, b/c a good prep job is the most important part of a paintjob, some higher end shops wont paint unless they prep.

 

maaco!
polyeurathane base... full clear... all jambs/hatch/underhood/gas cap 800 out the door with warranty (that i just cashed in on but have yet to wash my car)


This is the new paint job but it was raining when i got it out the shop and has been raining ever since so i dont have any good pictures...


Modified by blaxican05 at 11:07 PM 2/5/2006

 

^ Freaking sexxxxxyy

 

damn maaco isn't lookin that bad anymore...looks like imma get me a 800 paint job this summer! :-D

 

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That doesnt look to bad at all, my car is in dire need of a paint job, but hey who am I kidding, I'll end up doing something else to the motor instead of getting it painted and pulling the dent in my bumper. Oh well eventually.