i just got a quote of $957.98 for its Platinum Package w/ Lifetime Warranty
*200 for the panels to be repaired or 400 both each sides to be shaved
door jams. repaired side moldings included


and is 100% Urethane Paint Reliable? heres the Package im getting
http://www.earlscheib.com/pro4.php

LMK. ANY OPINIONS IDEAS SUGGESTIONS THANKS!

 

No!

I've had 3 cars painted there and they come out half *** - everytime. On my last visit, they didnt paint my mirrors. Their excuse was that the mirrors were black and they thought I wanted them to stay black. Apparently they didnt notice that I masked off the mirror and sanded the housing.

If you're not picky about paint and do not want a OEM like finish, go there. Otherwise, look elsewhere. Preferrably a bodyshop that is not a franchise.

 

can you tell the differences from each package? coz guy said its the platinum their best one that im going to get.

 

Either or they don't prep it, they'll sand the car and spray it, leaving over spray etc. Might as well go to 1day or macco

 

They are BARELY decent for the money......if you have the time to go down there and be dissapointed and make them redo it.

I would strongly reccomend you do all the prep work yourself and remove as much as you can that you don't want paint on

I got mine done just over a year ago(same package....was called Pro 4 at the time) took them 3 times of redoing it but it really doesn't look too bad. and they now offer wetsanding so as long as they do a decent job at spraying it can look really nice now.

Personally, I'd wait till that package goes on sale...I did and got it with some additional body work for about 800 out the door

my story on the 3 times:
1st time, no body work was done, runs in the paint, dead bugs everywhere and ridiculously heavy orangepeel

2nd time most of the body work was done but still had several noticeable runs(no dead bugs and very little orangepeel)

FINALLY: all body got done and only mediocre orange peel, not too much overspray on seals = happy enough

only real complaints would be poor quality masking(didn't mask some areas or had gaps between pieces of tape on glass) and finishing car prep done when they said it was ready to be picked up....I came right before closing and my car was still covered in masking tape

later this year I'll be using that protech plan to my advantage but I will be doing a lot more of my own prep than before

 

ya the platinum package is on sale it retails 769 he only charged me 479 for it

on the package it states

Dual Action Machine Sanding for Adhesion & further Cleaning
Hand Sanded for Adhesion & further Cleaning

is it a good idea to still sand my car down a bit?
i have to remove my bumpers, lips and side moldings and have them paint it seperately

but then i dont want to do anything because if they [freak] up theyll blame me for it. and plus it has a LIFETIME warranty. so hopefully the first time is GREAT


Modified by jdmstockeg6 at 12:39 AM 3/22/2008

 

after 2 cars and 2 differnet ES...I think I can safely say "GREAT" and ES don't belong in the same sentence


Other car was the same package but still far from "a great value" basically what you pay for is what you get....go to some real body shops and get some quotes. My friend recently got his 240sx done for 1700 at a local non-chain body shop and that included:
-some fairly major body work(dent pulling...not just bondo)
-blocking the car
-Dupont(I'm pretty sure...I remeber it was a name brand) paint
-Seperate clear
-wetsanding
and something I've never heard of being done before:
-free minor touchups(rock chips and keying basically) for the first month if needed/wanted
and it came out beautiful

 

im going to the one in Hayward heard any good/bad things about them?

 

Earl Scheib

 

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buddy got his car painted a year ago, looked good for the first year, now it looks like stock 15 year old paint

 

Well - looks like Earl Scheib = half ***.

 

well warranty is what im going to lean on if they [freak] up

 

I wouldnt do it... go to maaco more bang for your buck

 

i did that bastard said $1125 just for the body work