Maaco Paint Jobs Any Good?

[ERIKbronx]

When the winter season finishes im gonna get my car painted, I was thinking about maaco, they want a $1,000us dollars to do everything, same color, rust jobs and all. Are they any good, any stories?



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[G-Forces]

I guess it would depend on what kind of talent they have there. I know for sure I wouldn't trust the $2xx paint specials they have there.

[radicalG20]

With paint jobs, you get what you pay for. I wouldn't trust any paint job from maaco.

[kenchan]

a good paint job like full custom color costs about $7000-$10,000+...so you can kinda guess what a $2000 crap job is gonna look. youll see chips around the trims, drip marks around the panels, etc. if I was gonna get a $2000 paint job, it would probably be enough to paint one fender panel and maybe 2 doors.

[ERIKbronx]

I said I have an Infinity G20 1992, not a Cobra!!!!!!
I don't want custom color...


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[nis.k.a.]

The price depends on where you live. A $ goes farther in Arizona than say Washington. Up here, 2000 will get you a decent paint job. As far as Maaco, don't trust them company wide. NO NO NO, Maaco SUCKS.

[radicalG20]

he's right, it does depend on where you live, but it depends more on the shop itself. Ask the shop to see some of their work. Are they proud to show you what they've done? When it comes to paint, a good, quality shop makes all the difference in the world. I have over $10K in my body work and current paintjob, and before that I had a different custom paint job that cost around $2500 (it's wasn't a full color change, just repainted stock pearl white w/ some graphics) (not at a maaco, either) The quality wasn't quite there, and it kept bugging me, so I decided to go all out. So I'm telling you, if you spend 2 grand now, you'll regret it later and end up spending much more to correct the problem.
Just my 2cents...

[2002G20Racer]

I heard Maaco sucks. But I dont have any personal experences with them.

[primera_gte]

yup, ask around. don't be afraid to go to a car show and if you see a paint job you like

ask these questions
1. where did you get that done?
2. how much?
3. are you satisfied?

look closely at the jobs. some places don't sand to metal so you can see chips. ask to see the insides like the door sill.

fyi. get to know someone who's connected to a reputable body shop. you can get hooked up. some places won't charge you as much if you were referred by a buddy of the shop.

[jayntguru]

Paint is all in the prep work. Maaco probably doesn't do good prep work, but if you do it yourself that's different. Laying some paint down is fairly easy so long as you use a decent gun, enough coats, and some quality paint.

[str8maxn]

I have had 3 cars painted at Macco.. For the money its not bad. I had the following cars painted:

1980 Toy Corolla Went from brown to Toyota Grean met. They did a good job for $400.


1989 Toy Tercel Gold pearl Job came out nice for $450.

1988 Buick Regal Dark Blue job also came out nice for $400.

My sister also had her car painted my Macco.

Over all, For the money, they do a good job. Not sure if it is the same for NY but in CA they are good.

But $1000 seems high for Macco, Shop around.

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[primera_gte]

maaco, one day paint, and earl scheib all offer different ranges of paint jobs.

99.95 is just a spray over

i'm sure they'll even have a 1000+ option.

painting is a bit more difficult than just spraying coats of paint. baking, dust,

if you want a good job and to save yourself some $ strip most of the car yourself before you have someone paint it.

[radicalG20]

Not too many know this, but one of the cars in the fast and the furious was painted by maaco. It is only shown briefly in the shop up on jackstands. It is the baby blue eclipse with bubble vinal graphics, its shown and then vin and his girlfriend are shown making out beside it.

Despite this, I still wouldn't go to maaco......

[ViEt-G20]

well i had a friend get his car painted there and it didnt look so bad. i think it was the 199 deal and overall the only thing wrong was when u got up real close and you could see spots that werent painted. i mean little spots but from a normal glance you couldnt see anything wrong with it. and if something was wrong, you always got the LIFETIME WARRANTY!

[p_r_i_m_e_r_a]

MACCO....be very careful!

I had a friend take his car there, and they didn't even mask off 75% of his ride.
When it was done, his radiator was yellow, along with overspray all over his engine compartment.