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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 12:36 AM
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Located in Bay Area

I want to repaint my car i think its painted really bad "Rattle Canned Over Sprays/Drips" i am looking to paint my car either EBP, FBP or NHBP any ideas what i should do thanks any shops around bay area that paints alright for that budget?
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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http://maaco.com/
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 03:14 PM
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If you're going to go to Maaco, stay away from the metallic paints. stay with a solid color. The cheaper maaco jobs lack a certain amount of luster, and metallics look really crappy as a result.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonathan_ED3
If you're going to go to Maaco, stay away from the metallic paints. stay with a solid color. The cheaper maaco jobs lack a certain amount of luster, and metallics look really crappy as a result.
how about FBP ?
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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To be perfectly honest, I've never seen a black coming out of maaco that looked presentable unless it was one of their $2k BC/CC "real" paintjobs.

Red and White, and regular old Blue look decent - other than that, you are pushing it with the "ambassador" paint job.

Keep in mind, Maaco's are franchised, so every once in a while you will find a Maaco that does AWESOME work for a very cheap price. They are few and far between, though.
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Old Mar 18, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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damn this is going to be tough Lol
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 12:04 PM
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tractor paint..
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 12:54 PM
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if you got rattle canned paint on it right now your going to need to strip all that off
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Bump it for the OP, I also have the same question but my budget is plus $200 more =$500
Would dark forest looking green come out good from Maaco? idk just wondering thanks.
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