92ehatch

***aparently i shoulda put this up earlier, i just used MAACO as a general name for a cheap paintjob. this car might have been painted by maaco, it might not have, i dont know. all i know is it was cheap.***

Ok, so i picked this 92 hatch up about a year ago, it was in really bad condition. I decided i was going to build it up to something nice...not fast, not too flashy. Just save it from its inevidable trip to the junk yard.

After all the work i put into it i finally got to the body shop for some paint.

we just sanded down the old clear with a DA and 320 grit sandpaper and it should act like a sealer so you dont have to prime the whole car. The paint was going to be milano red with a black hood/roof and some other things.

Well, we painted my hood...and my roof. Once the Heat hit it the hood peeled up like a damn overcooked pizza. The reason for this...CHEAP CLEAR COAT!!!

The clear coat that is on the car (metal flake crap) came off like damn window tint. we had the whole hood, new paint and all peeled off in 10 mins. The roof did not peel, but im sure it will very soon.

so now im stripping the clear off the entire car. It sucks because it takes more time. However, this **** is soo easy to peel off its unreal.

here is a video and some pictures (yes you can make fun of my redneck voice i dont care)

so here is whats happning...its a nice little video for you all







***VIDEO***




Chances are, my roof is going to peel, so more than likely i will be stripping that paint off, and just going milano red over the whole car.

BTW the fenders/hood/bumper are all at the shop, they are brand new, the ones on the car are temporary


Modified by 92ehatch at 3:06 AM 3/22/2007

m R g S r

i don't get it.....

maaco painted the car and thats what happened?


you should have sanded off most of the old paint and sealed the car...sealer is cheap!

DSEA2

damn that sucks

92ehatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m R g S r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i don't get it.....

maaco painted the car and thats what happened?


you should have sanded off most of the old paint and sealed the car...sealer is cheap!</TD></TR></TABLE>

you see, i would have done so, but we didnt know the old paintjob was a cheap job. it looked fine.

good thing we just did the hood/roof first, or we would have had to scrape the ENTIRE car and buy another gallon of paint.

be.twenty

doesn't look like there was good prep work to make the paint adhere

92ehatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by be.twenty &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">doesn't look like there was good prep work to make the paint adhere</TD></TR></TABLE>

there obviously wasnt

i just posted this to show you guys why you should get a good job done, at a reputable shop...or do it yourself.

i dont wanna see others go through the same **** i have too go through now. Live and learn i guess.

i wont make this mistake in the future, and hopefully nobody else will

just goes to show you dont know what the person who owned the car before you did to it, so just assume it was shitty

FredoTheChimp

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92ehatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

there obviously wasnt

i just posted this to show you guys why you should get a good job done, at a reputable shop...or do it yourself.

i dont wanna see others go through the same **** i have too go through now. Live and learn i guess.

i wont make this mistake in the future, and hopefully nobody else will

just goes to show you dont know what the person who owned the car before you did to it, so just assume it was shitty </TD></TR></TABLE>

That and maaco is franchised. So just like any other body shop is different, every maaco is more or less different.

EKris

Maaco in my personal experience was good. i had my car painted black in July when i first bought my car down in Florida. I got it done at the Maaco shop in Orlando. but i guess the place ur car was painted half-assed on ur car. and yeah i guess all Maaco shops are different. The car is now still in good condition and paint still looks fresh. so its the place u go to

Mr.OB*GYN_Rhett

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holy faaaawwwwwk

stephen_civic98

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EKris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maaco in my personal experience was good. i had my car painted black in July when i first bought my car down in Florida. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree with you, I had my paint done at maaco in 8-2006

and it's still going good.

(these taken a few days ago)

NIKE SB'd

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Wow that sucks

fventura03

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wow, that sucks man, but all maaco's are different, might be best for everyone to keep away from that one.

Sound Streamin'

Maaco is a place you go if you plan on selling your car the next week. I took my truck there a few years back. It came out looking pretty good, it was cheap, and they fixed most of the rust... but it bubbled in a couple months in places. So I would only go back if I wanted a quick job to sell the car.

KYLE.

94allmotor

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has anybody try any of the maaco near albany ny

mtny

How much did it cost?

waddy41

lol wtf

stephen_civic98

If your asking about my paint job, I think its a stage 1 paint job. 300$ from maaco. I paid 1600$ b/c I had them to do all my bondo work, when they do bondo they give you a 2 year warranty on the paint and bondo.

njn63

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mtny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How much did it cost?</TD></TR></TABLE>

x2. Most people i see that have shitty paint jobs by Maaco buy the base stuff and get it done as cheap as possible. If you pay for it, they'll do all the prep work properly along with using proper materials. This is my experience at least with my local Maaco.

EKris

Pictures Look goood...

[b]here are some of mine when i first bought my car and when i got mine painted and pictures recently taken.







BEFORE I got my Si Lights in

92ehatch

well i guess it does depend on what package you get and other things.

just to clear it up, i dont know if this car had a maaco job or not...it was just real cheap clear

the old base is stuck really well, it doesnt peel off.

there is a possibility that they let the base dry too long before spraying the clear over it.

i just assume that it was done at a place like maaco, somehwere cheap.

and yes ekris that paint loks just fine (and i like the meshies on it)

EKris

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">and yes ekris that paint loks just fine (and i like the meshies on it)</TD></TR></TABLE>

Appreciate it, ThAnkz

EKris

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mtny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How much did it cost?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ohh, and my Paint was 220ish? i paid 1g tho to paint door jams, bay, and to knock out all the dents and such.

CBURKE

I have never in my years of painting see that!!!

njn63

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just to clear it up, i dont know if this car had a maaco job or not...it was just real cheap clear</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92ehatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just assume that it was done at a place like maaco, somehwere cheap.
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So you just blindly talk **** about a company without knowing for sure they were the ones that were at fault?