I know, what was I thinking of even wasting my time going down there? Anyway, I risked checking it out cuz I've heard that if you detrim/prep the car, etc, that you can actually get a "decent" job for about a grand. Well, I went to the one off Kearny Villa Road in San Diego and the guy looked at my car and quoted me <U>$3500</U> [and that's only a 5 year warranty], and that wasn't even the engine bay.

His original phone estimate was $2500, and since Maaco is supposed to be cheap, I figured that was all-inclusive, but apparently it's an extra $250 for jambs, extra $150 for the underside of the hood, $400 to wetsand/buff the car, and they have to sand my roof down to the bare metal because the paint is faded.

Hah, he also told me it's extra to paint the front core support because it's "black from the factory" and I'm like, "uhh... it's black because my car's black..." I'm done ranting about how much of a moron this guy is. I almost laughed when he quoted me cuz I can get the job done for $3k w/ a lifetime warranty somewhere else.

 

lol maaco by my house charges 400 with jabs

 

This was basecoat/clearcoat [Sherwin Williams crap] and pulling the 3 back windows. But still.... 3500?

 

if you want to spend over 500, dont go to maaco

 

juss go to earl schieb. Shiet i had my sol painted there for like 500-600 bills and that shiet turned out hella nice

 

man thats a lot for that maaco, i always thought under a grand.

 

mob works

 

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Yeah, I thought he was gonna say like around a grand on the phone, and when he said 2500 I figured they must have a big market for cars like mine then and that everything's included in the cost, but I guess I was incorrect.

 

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true that

 

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Yup, that's my alternative. I don't know how to get back to San Diego afterwards though and I don't like LA enough to stay in a box for 2 weeks.

 

^^^you have a friend follow you up and take you back....you buy him gas and in and out...done. good luck with the paint

 

werd.

 

Isnt that how much M.O.B. Works cost?

 

for 3500 i can get a full colorchange including engine bay and a bl0w job on the corner.

 

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Thats just for a general spray or something cheap. But if you want a complete spray, under hood, door jambs and **** like that, expect to toss out some serious bills. My friend went to a local shop and asked how much for a respray if he did the prep work, he was quoted at 3500, and thats with a show quality clear to it. Dont go to maaco, ever, my friend took his lude there and they sprayed EVERYTHING

 

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my friend took his lude there and they sprayed EVERYTHING </TD></TR></TABLE>
...lotta overspray?

 

just do it yourself like i did....so you can get all the details completely worked out heheh u cant avoid the dust though, my garage was way too big to wrap in plastic and all that crap

 

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...lotta overspray?</TD></TR></TABLE>

keyholes, there was clear dripping off his wing, other random ****.

 

Why would you even waste your time with Maaco. ******' jokers.

 

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I'm retarded, I admit.

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I'd love to do it myself, but my I'd probably ruin it and my garage is barely big enough to fit an Accord.

 

that place sucks, i actually DID laugh in his face when i was quoted...

 

check out Benny's Autobody on University. $1300/Awesome job

 

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Thats insane for Maaco.
But Sherwin Williams is good paint.
Thats all they used at a Chevorlet dealership to touch up their cars.Cant be to much crap.

 

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Thats a pretty expensive bl0wjob then..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Playmaker619 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check out Benny's Autobody on University. $1300/Awesome job</TD></TR></TABLE>
pix? [edit:] and/or phone number?