Arthas

I got my car painted at 1 day paint for $400. Can I post pics?

Arthas

You can let them prep it, but it wont come out great.

team703

Macco job, prepped myself, painted jaguar racing green metallic, 3 years ago.

a97b18b

team703..what maaco and how much was it?

Fo-Do Fanatic

WTF color is DAP?

Dam itz Lou

For NYers...

How is the Maaco on northern blvd ?

I just got my first car in September and didn't know much about cars then. Im learning slowly. I have little dents and some of the paint is chipping. The guy who had it before me look like he sprayed over some spots also.

What exactly do you guys mean when you say prep it yourself ? What would I need ?

I have a 98 civic coupe btw.

team703

Got it done in manassas. I paid 300, but i paid the painter 200 on the side to fix a quarter panel dent, remove rear wing and fill in the holes( he welded them, no bondo) Also had him remove all lights and primer before paint. They had my car for 5 days and can't say i was dissappointed, more shocked than anything. Alot of people didn't believe it was macco, but 3 years later it is starting to show macco lol.

team703

I just wetsanded down the whole car till most of the crappy primer was gone and car felt real smooth

spray2020

I have a question for you guys about prepping, and also have advice for others about prepping.

my situation:
prepping an old lexus before taking it to them. used 2 part spray can epoxy primer (awesome by the way) to fix all the dents.

problem: ran out of the epoxy primer (ordered it online) and still have some imperfections on the plastic bumpers. I am scared to use spray can duplicolor primer from an auto store- will that primer hold up when they are painting it, or will it be prone to bubble and crack?

OR

should I just leave those areas unprimed (just fillered and sanded) and let them finish it?

another question:
Should I pay maaco to sand the car again, and spray primer sealer over the whole car before they paint it? Or should I have them paint right on top of the sanded paint, and epoxy primered areas?

advice for those without a paint gun/compressor (like me):
get this 2 part epoxy primer spray can- its great and waterproof- and VERY durable.
http://www.repaintsupply.com/pd_2_part.cfm

Dam itz Lou

That's it ? Don't have to take take anything out like lights, etc?

a97b18b

damn 500 bucks. I got a lot of dents tho so I'm sure the price would go up. I'm sure I could take off my fenders and try those myself. The only major problem would be driver door..there's like 12 tiny dings. The rest of the car only few tiny ones here and there.

Can Maaco get the exact same color of your car? Or would I have to buy the paint?

spray2020

here is my moms old lexus that I prepped before taking it to maaco.

sanded with 220 grit all over- stripped home depot paint from bumpers (sucked), fixed all the dents (epoxy primer), had a body shop weld in a new part of the rear quarter panel.

alot was removed (chrome trim from bumpers and cladding), front grill, corner lights, tail lights (after we got to maaco I took them out), center liscence plate filler piece, trim around the windows, rear trunk emblem and lock (trunk held down with zip tie on the way to maaco..lol)

we got the supreme paint job, with surface prep for $660.

taken to one of the better maacos in the philly area.

will be painted black- ill post photos when we get it back.

a97b18b

someone in the Nova area want to teach me how to do body work? If you got a project you should let me help ya out

fcjohnny

What grit sandpaper should I sand my car down with before I bring it to them?also should I remove my headlights tailights and sidemarkers when I drop it off or do they do a good job masking it off?

team703

Nope, they removed all the lights and covered my exhaust and everything to prevent overspray.

They have a lot of books with color codes. They can do any color you want. I painted my door jambs black and anywhere else the original purple was showing. And they wouldn't paint my car until i bought a new hood because i had alot of dents in it and the manager didn't want my car to look like **** with a dented up hood.

team703

Where in Nova <--- pm me, i plan on redoing my car and getting it painted the 350z purple where it looks black but a dark purple.

crapanese

320 should be sufficient

Sumslapper

more like 500. they lay the paint THIN. Everything shows

crapanese

actually, thats what the shop uses is 320, and the paint isnt laid "thin" they put down sealer, then 2 coats of color, and 2 coats of clear just like everywhere else. if anything it would be to the discretion of the painter himself. if every little "thing" shows then you either used to aggressive sand paper, or you just didnt feather edge well enough.

Dam itz Lou

Went to the Maaco at northern blvd in NY.

Dude told me $900 with the body work. Didnt tell me what package it was but it had a 2 yr warranty. I told em I'd think about it. Im going to the one on jamaica ave soon and see what they tell me.

spray2020

the only thing worth having them do the bodywork is that they can be blamed if the dings show-

versus you doing it yourself- if stuff can still be seen that is your fault.

s13hero

Late reply, but DAP=Dark Amethyst Pearl

Dam itz Lou

I was thinking to paint the color like the dark grey on the 04-08 TL's. The guy showed me a book and it looks like the charcoal color but I want to be sure. Should I just go with the color code ?

Another question is I just got my first car a while back so im just getting to know stuff about cars. What are some things to ask about the paint job to bargain with the guy ?

KhmerdudeSiR

Im getting my car painted sometime this week, planning to spend 600 or 700, i had a lot of friends that got paint jobs there for super cheap and it turned out decent, so i know 700 or so will make it look a little better than decent lol so heres my car, im planning to do my own prep work but im getting my qp worked on a bit. il post updated pics as soon as i get it back, im planning on doing it white

z6htch

4 months later and still holdin' up great for those haters out there.