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Casketbearer · Post by **Casketbearer** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:38 pm

well, the shop that painted my cf hood and trunk did a maaco quility job and blamed it on the cf. Anyone know of a reputable paint shop in the dc/ va/ md area?
thanks

boom314 · Post by **boom314** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:46 pm

isnt maaco a good place to get a car painted? idk cus i never had to get a car painted but i thought they were good. why would you want your cf hood and trunk painted? i thought the point of cf was to have the cf look. that sucks for ya man. sry

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:56 pm

No!! Don't go to Maaco!! I use to detail at a Maaco in Reno and the quality of the painting and the body work was horrible! I was constantly going to the manager about horrible paint jobs, since I was the last person that saw that car before the customer it was my job to make sure it looked perfect. The manager basically would say, if they bring it back we'll deal with it.

Maybe it was just that shop, but I would never take my car to a Maaco. Just my .02.

boom314 · Post by **boom314** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:05 pm

well thats great to know. i wont take my neon to maaco when i get a body kit, or any car i own for that matter. thanks for the heads up.

Neonix · Post by **Neonix** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:08 pm

Anytime.

Casketbearer · Post by **Casketbearer** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:23 pm

The trunk and hood were damaged, so i painted some of it and left some cf showing.
Ah Maaco and Earl Swaab: homes of the 50-50 paint job

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:28 pm

some people paint cf trunks and hood to keep the car stock looking but get the benefits of it being lighter....SLEEPERS...they are the best

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 9:43 pm

Casketbearer wrote:Earl Swaab

"Leave the windows down and they'll do the interior for free!"

I remember my dad telling me about them.

eVilcreations · Post by **eVilcreations** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 10:06 pm

CF Gel coat is almost exactly the same as clear coat on paint.....as long as they prep it right(the same way they would prep paint).....the paint should have no problems due to it being CF.......

Josh

boom314 · Post by **boom314** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:26 pm

the earl scheib place here does a nice job on the cars they paint, at least they look really nice sitting in the fenced in parkin lot

DJ CptnCrnch · Post by **DJ CptnCrnch** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:37 am

uggg Maaco is the wrost place to get a car painted...the one up in Cleveland is horrible, i would never take my car there....i woudl rather pay the higher price for the dealership to paint my car, then for maaco to do it

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 8:17 am

DJ CptnCrnch wrote:uggg Maaco is the wrost place to get a car painted...the one up in Cleveland is horrible, i would never take my car there....i woudl rather pay the higher price for the dealership to paint my car, then for maaco to do it

Hmm.. Yet another person that doesn't like peeling paint. Weird. What's getting into people these days?!

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:19 pm

AHH MAACO

that sucks about your stuff, i hope you get it fixed, my suggestion would be to ask around and find out a nice popular (in a good way) shop to get your stuff painted from now on. when i had my car and everything done, i got like 4 quotes from other places and the second i started talking to the shop that painted my car, i knew it was the place. they have had some very nice recoginzable cars come out of their shop and now mine is added to the list.

i dont know what your budget is, but trust me, its worth it to pay a little bit more than you want to get good quality that lasts forever. touchups are gonna end up costing you more than the first time it was painted in the long run if you go cheap.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:21 pm

i heard it was a 5/50 paint job......good from 5 feet away or at 50 mph

Casketbearer · Post by **Casketbearer** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:28 pm

more like 50/50...

Stonebender · Post by **Stonebender** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:32 pm

No, you mean it only looks good if you have 20/20 vision: 20 feet away at 20 mph.