Hi there,

I believe I saw someone post a question about Maaco paint job, but I couldn't find that thread. I wanted to know if anyone has ever had their car painted at Maaco. All I'm doing is the hood and they're the cheapest I can find. This is my beater car, so I don't want to spend too much money on this car. Can anyone help me please? And please don't kick my **** if this topic has already been discussed.

Thanks.

 

usually, you get what you pay for. so if you pay them well, then you will get a satisfying job done.

click here for a satisfied maaco customer.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=658348

more thread about maaco paint

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=664309

I myself have gone to maaco to paint my hatch. im satisfied at the quality, although it isnt show quality it does the job for me.



good luck

EDIT: go to search and type maaco. you will get pages of maaco related topics. once again, good luck

 

Thank you so much for your help. Your car looks pretty good! Would you mind me asking how much you paid for the entire paint job?

 

eh, the car looks ok lol. i paid 300 for the whole car. If you take care of it, the paint will last well over a year, although it might dull a bit. I suggest you do all the prep work yourself before taking it in. I think you should go to maaco to get your car done. you got any pics?

 

If it's just your beater, get Maaco. I did for my beater civic. Paid 500 for them to take care of the bad oxidation, change color, and 4 or 5 year warranty. As said, it's not show quality, but I was satisfied.

 

dont do it, whatever you do....just keep saving

you dont wanna spend too much, but bringing it to Maaco will be a waste

it will peel over time, chip off, etc....i wasted $600.

trust me, dont do it....i know budget is an issue, but it will just be a big waste later on.

if you feel that you still have to do it, go for it...just lettin ya know now that it will be a waste

 

what about body work. I have a lot of dings and some bubbling occuring at the passanger side tire wheel well. The paint is cracked also at that same place on the door because i hit something. I have oxidation on the roof and trunk but those are being done up in carbon fiber. Everything but the roof, hood, and trunk.

 

My Ex had her car painted there, they did an alright job.

 

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Wow, that's a great price!! I'm only getting the hood done. I'm buying a used 93' hood for $100, but it's white, so I have to get that repainted to match my car colour. You really want to see the rust on my hood? If so, I'll get my brother to take a picture of it. Right now, I have a car bra to cover the disgusting rust spot. It's also close to the latch, so I don't want the hood to fly out. I've heard that happened to someone on the highway.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ECAhatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">dont do it, whatever you do....just keep saving

you dont wanna spend too much, but bringing it to Maaco will be a waste

it will peel over time, chip off, etc....i wasted $600.

trust me, dont do it....i know budget is an issue, but it will just be a big waste later on.

if you feel that you still have to do it, go for it...just lettin ya know now that it will be a waste </TD></TR></TABLE>


I wish I didn't have to repaint the hood. But it's going to become a safety issue because the rust and hole is near the latch and someone had the same thing and their hood flew off on the highway. Luckily no one was hurt.

 

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I'm only getting the hood done and the warranty on the paint is only 1 year.
Does that sound fishy to you??

 

i think my warrenty was for one year too. its only a hood. go to maaco

 

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Ok, good stuff! Thank you.

 

yah if its just your hood take it to macco. There are also a lot of body shops that will usually do it for cheap, and since you only have your hood to do they might do it for cheap. Theres always these guys that stop and see my car and are like hey ill fix your car and paint it for cheap...yet im always like nah im not worried about it. Get a CF one after a year something maybe.

 

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haha..yea those guys are so funny. like im driving, and they see my car has some body damages, and they yell out "Hey, i'll fix that for cheap. pull into the parking lot over there!" im like....erm..no thanks. lol.

 

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Does that sound fishy to you??</TD></TR></TABLE>
Nope. Sounds reasonable since it's JUST the hood and not a whole car.

I got my car done 2 years ago and it still looks good (just dirty because it hasn't been driven or washed in 3 months

Here are my old threads:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=512840
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=625564

 

start ****** searching you dumb f0ck.

 

man one of them did my friends DA when he had it. It was hillarious. His kit was cracked hand the car was a total mess. I don know what he put on it, bondo i think, he sat there in his driveway and fixed it and whatever and drilled holes to pull out the dents and what not. Then put the bondo on and shaved it and sanded it all down. It looked okay, paint obviously didn't match, so he charged him 150, then was like i want a tip. You better give me a big tip for all the work I did. We were like wtf we told you 150 thats it. I don't know how much tip he gave him. Car later got jacked, sold, and caught on fire and we found the shell laying behind inline pro burned up.

 

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now, is that really necessary? seriously...I dont think comments like this contributes at all to this forum. I gave her some tips on my first post, then told her kindly that there was a search function and how to use it. comments like yours do not help any one. you noob.

 

yeah seriously, 75% of the threads in here are repetitive. Chill out yo.

 

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now, is that really necessary? seriously...I dont think comments like this contributes at all to this forum. I gave her some tips on my first post, then told her kindly that there was a search function and how to use it. comments like yours do not help any one. you noob. </TD></TR></TABLE>


Thanks WongFeihung for sticking up for me. If that's how he speaks to a women, then he can.......well you know. I'm too much of a lady to stoop to his level.

 

yeah theres always gonna be people like that in here who go nuts. Dont worry about it. On hondatech you have to have the flame suit on all the time.

 

maaco only warranties there paint for a year cause its single stage! that **** dulls in like 14 months. that **** is garage i was stupid enought to buy a car that was painted by maaco 5 times. it cost me 4k just to get the car looking decent. i had to srtip the entire car to metal and start all over again...

in other words IMO keep saving

 

i maaccoed my ****. its been two years and it looks aight except for the front bumper which has been mauled by rocks and such. i dont care much about the outside so its nice.

 

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sorry mr. ht rogers.