Anyone have work done at Maaco?

[sullione]

Just curious as to the quality of their work. The offered me their second best paint job and body work (two good-sized dents) for $809. I'm looking to get a decent paint job for not too much money.

[Amit]

A guy on my street got his 96 Eclipse painted there a couple weeks ago because he wanted to sell it and it turned out great except for one spot but he said Maaco has some kinda warantee, I think he said within a year they fix any paint issues for free.

[sullione]

Yeah, they told me about their warranty. I'd like to hold onto my car a little longer but she needs so work...ie a paint job and some tranny issues (duty solenoid b). I want to get these things taken care of with as little cost to me as possible.

[azn2nr]

earl sheib if you got em

[stipro]

The only "con" I have about Maaco is they are not great at prep work. Thier painters are proffesionals so the paint look great. But they do a rather "quick" job of prepping and it stands out like a sore thumbs after a week or so.

I will try to post some pics of what I mean.

I may be worth your while to do the prepping yourself.

[evolutionmovement]

Prep is the hard part so it makes sense that's where they'd cheap out to get those prices down. They are all independently owned, though, so go by customer recommendations for anything serious.

Steve

[sullione]

thanks guys but the truth is I don't know anything about prepping or painting. There is an Earl Schieb shop here in Vegas so I'll get an estimate from them also.

[professor]

the best thing you can do for yourself is to remove the non-essential parts of the car, that need to be painted around. Otherwise, they will do a quick tape job around them. A good professional paint job would require the removal of these parts. A cheap paint job tends to fail at these edges

so...

take it into your own hands. Remove trim strips, lights, grille, badges, anything that attaches to the painted body. For the lights, detach all but the essentials or leave one screw and take the rest off when you get into the parking lot at Maaco. Try not to get pulled over on the way. Not only will you get a better result, but the guys in the shop will appreciate making their job easier, and probably do a better job as a result.

You can really save if you do the paint prep, but if you haven't done that type of thing before, don't start now.

[tris91ricer]

See, I don't think I'd take too much off the car. If I had that kind of work done (which I will soon, anyhow.) I'd be pulling the black trim pieces off, and having them paint those in addition to the rest of the car, and probably the top black portion, just to even things oot.

[LaureltheQueen]

ugh. don't do that.

remove everything that you can from the car, and make sure to specify that they need to block out the wheel wells. There was a girl at my high school that got her car maacoed, and they didnt tape up her wheelwells. she had to get new wheels/tires to "fix" their mistake