Anyone got there car painted at Macco?

phs17 · Post by **phs17** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:20 am

i wanna kno roughly how much there paint jobs are?

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Tue May 11, 2010 3:33 am

here ya go

http://www.maaco.com/paint-overall.aspx

and it also depends on if you do all your prep or not,

Post by **racer12306** » Tue May 11, 2010 8:14 am

You should definitely call a local shop.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue May 11, 2010 9:10 am

By the time you get paint/materials that are quality, it will not be any cheaper than a regular body shop.

It took less than a year for the paint to oxidize and begin rusting when she took her car to Maaco. Might depend on the shop too, but that one convinced me to never go there.

I would rather suck it up, and make payments on my CC than get a crappy paint job. And I am super anal about being in debt. It is one of the few things that truly bugs me. I just have to convince myself which is the lesser of two evils.

NOS2006 · Post by **NOS2006** » Tue May 25, 2010 1:34 am

I've always been told that if you go to Maaco, do all the prep work yourself and it'll come out pretty good.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Tue May 25, 2010 3:11 am

I wouldn't risk it... But Joe (teamlivid) just got his car repainted at Maaco..

viewtopic.php?t=28999&start=360

$1500

nicksdad06 · Post by **nicksdad06** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:20 pm

dude if u plan on goin to the maaco on north point blvd dont its nothing but kids just out of high school . i took my old car there and 2 weeks later paint started to peel then it was a hassle to get it redone with there warranty.

phs17 · Post by **phs17** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:21 pm

nicksdad06 wrote:dude if u plan on goin to the maaco on north point blvd dont its nothing but kids just out of high school . i took my old car there and 2 weeks later paint started to peel then it was a hassle to get it redone with there warranty.

thats where i was gonna take it

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:22 pm

Maaco = one of the worst places to get your shit painted

This is one of those EXTREME cases of "you get what you pay for"

nicksdad06 · Post by **nicksdad06** » Tue May 25, 2010 10:25 pm

if anything dude go to earl schieb on eastern ave

twk62390 · Post by **twk62390** » Thu May 27, 2010 9:36 pm

i had my car painted by a guy that worked at macco. and id say don't do it. once a car gets a bad paint job, you end up taking it to the place you should have the first time, and it cost ALOT more than it would have. and i also have a buddy that got a car painted at macco and after a year it chipped off

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Thu May 27, 2010 9:54 pm

viewtopic.php?t=22227&highlight=first+waxing+++sides

macco painted baby!

old neon<3

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sun May 30, 2010 11:10 am

NOS2006 wrote:I've always been told that if you go to Maaco, do all the prep work yourself and it'll come out pretty good.

This is what I have heard.
If the prep work is done wrong, the paint will, too.

If you're not prepared to do ALL - that means EVERYTHING- of the prep work yourself (all sanding, removing / masking trim, etc.)... don't expect it to come out right.

That being said, you might as well go to a 'regular' body shop, at that point, and have them spray it.....

Oh, and Paint (itself) is EXPENSIVE nowadays.
Just the materials themselves.... really expensive, not like it was 15-20 year ago.

Makes me wonder, where Maaco gets their paint from, to keep it so cheap....

- Nick

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun May 30, 2010 11:56 am

Also....

*Their. God LORD this title is driving me crazy.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Sun May 30, 2010 3:18 pm

FAC3L3SS wrote:Also....

*Their. God LORD this title is driving me crazy.

God LORD. Kinda sounds like GOOD LORD!

bernaserra · Post by **bernaserra** » Sun May 30, 2010 5:30 pm

Thats funny, alot of my local paint shops are running alot of deals in this area I've seen $999 $799 even a $699 deal. With most of them being pretty reputable. As far as Maaco goes, I've seen people get decent results as long as they prep the car in advance.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun May 30, 2010 6:15 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
FAC3L3SS wrote:Also....

*Their. God LORD this title is driving me crazy.
God LORD. Kinda sounds like GOOD LORD!

We're much moar religious up here. I say the name in vain as much as possible.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sun May 30, 2010 7:35 pm

teamlivid just had his car painted at maaco for $1500. Krackstar had his orange car painted at maaco too. Good enough for a show car, good enough for me.

bernaserra · Post by **bernaserra** » Mon May 31, 2010 6:50 pm

This is the myspace for my local maaco, has plenty of pics of the work they do. Hopefully it helps.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... =432372901

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Mon May 31, 2010 7:12 pm

bernaserra wrote:This is the myspace for my local maaco, has plenty of pics of the work they do. Hopefully it helps.

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... =432372901

Seeing those pictures, I wouldn't take my car there..

doyle09 · Post by **doyle09** » Mon May 31, 2010 7:19 pm

This pic is exactly why i wouldn't, the caption on the pic is "look at the detail in the jamb!"

A money with a roll of tape could have made that jamb look better. its crooked as hell

bernaserra · Post by **bernaserra** » Tue Jun 01, 2010 3:59 pm

Haha I figured they would help. I went ahead and emailed them yesterday and those jobs they have up are in the 800-1500 range.

2001Neon_LX · Post by **2001Neon_LX** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:59 pm

A buddy of mine got his cavalier resprayed about a year and a half ago at maaco, and it was fisheyed and had orange peel. Now his fenders, the front edge of the hood and bottoms of the doors are peeling and rust is bubbling through where there wasn't rust before.

vielecustoms · Post by **vielecustoms** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 8:15 am

the previous owner of my old supra had it done at macco. the shit was so thin you could see the blue from the original paint job through the white. and it was hazy, no gloss at all in places.. and it was peeling within a few weeks. I could have rattle canned or rolled it with better results.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:31 am

You pay for what you get.