*UPDATE*
Just got my car back and this is how it looks!!
*Edit* Not Maaco paint job anymore.





Sorry for that bad pics. Not a professional photographer.
Let me know what u guys think.





Modified by jdmekB18C at 9:30 PM 9/17/2005

 

they will spray it down, scuff it up and tack cloth it. But if it sits for a day, they wont tack it again.

i wouldnt worry, obviously you cant be that worried about getting a good paint job since you took it to macco in the 1st place.

 

yeah i know it's macco. just want them to do at least somewhat decent job.

 

They did my brothers car. Came out alright, but we had to mask off the entire car ourself. Afterwords, we had to take all the over spray off the windows, touch up fender wells and under the hood with flat black etc. If you just roll up there and give them your car with no prep or masking at all, your going to have alot of work to do afterwords is all I'll say

 

for 500$ I got a great paint job from 1 day paint,although they painted it the wrong shade of green it was still great lol.

 

which one did you bring it to? Each one is different.

 

yeah i didn't prep it myself before takin it in.

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I heard 1 day paint did a good job, but we don't have one up here.

 

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There's on up here where i live. They painted my boyz car and it came out good. But then again, all they did was paint it the same color.

 

Did you tell them to mask off the bumper vents, grill..all the stuff that you wanted to keep black? if you didn't. They'll just paint right over it..

 

post pics after u get it...

 

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No bro i didn't. There was a girl there instead of that man. So i couldn't tell her anything.

 

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I will if I know how to post pics.

 

I thought about taking my car to the local Macco here in North Portland...

I went there for a quote and the guy told me that there would be lots of imperfections, overspray etc... and it would cost $1000!

Why would I pay $1000 for a paint job that they already told me is going to suck?

Plus there was burn out marks all over the road in front of the shop

I might try a different location. I've heard it's all about the location, some shops are good, some bad... also, it might help to slip the guy who will be painting the car a benjamin and ask him to give it a little extra effort...

 

how much did you pay for the macco paint job and what exactly do you have to do before taking it in...did you have to buy the paint or what...thinking about take my car there in need of a paint job

 

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just use photobucket or something like that.

 

How it looked when I dropped it off at 1 day paint/an autobody



How it looked when I picked it up



an how it looked 2 weeks after 1 day paint since I was sick of being green

 

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I did absolutely nothin. I have no time at all to do anything. Just took my car in and left. I paid $500. That includes takin out all the imperfections.

 

sweet 1sikgti

what color r u goin for next?

 

whenever it's out of the shop post some pix...i wanna see how it comes out

 

Your grill will be all white, so will your muffler, mud flaps should you have them and probably some of your window trim..

Grill for sure though.

 

good luck buddy. I'm in debate to do this too just cuz my paint on my car is just WAY old and faded. I think I might just have them paint it Harvard Blue Pearl again. I love that color anyways. But I would do all the body work and masking when I turn it in.

 

good luck man, with no prep its gonna turn out pretty bad u'll end up repainting alot of stuff but then again maybe not but most likely

 

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I will.

 

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He traded that car for a teg with a CRVTEC swap. That thing was quick as **** too. Then he sold that to buy a truck. I think that is his 26th car now.

Oh yeah, 1day paint shops = A previous owner had one done and I have orange peel, paint chips, and some over spray.