Baron

I want to get the $800? job with the 4-year warranty for $400...when's the next sale? Thanks...

Jim85IROC

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Within a year, all their paint jobs are 1/2 off. :sillylol:

Baron

Punk yankee...I should have known, living in Auburn, MA for 13 years...

Come on, anybody know? I am NOT going to spend the $2800 my local body shop wanted for my $1500 89 RS...that is IGNORANT. Besides...4-year warranty with the $800 1/2 off Maaco job...anything goes wrong within 4 years, they fix it for free. Say the day after the warranty expires, all the paint falls off. I have it painted again, same deal. I could do that, and theoretically have perfect paint, for 28 YEARS for the same price as the one good paint job from my body shop...

I keep forgetting that I'm the ONE white trash f-body driver. Everyone else makes six figures and their crap doesn't stink. :P

camaro6spd

HEY **** YOU!!! I live in NJ and I am getting a MAACO job.....when is their next sale....when the ads come out for it.....just wait and see. Yeah I show you six figures.......right up your red necked ***.

Kj Rockz

Hear's Earl's, for that price, you could have a paint job that would last 48 years.

Sounds like a good deal to me

1991tealRSt-topGuy

two years and not a chip.........your point?

Jim85IROC

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Then you're damned lucky. I'm sure that every franchise has its diamond in the rough, but in general, as with everything else, you get what you pay for.

StocRoc

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sorry, have to agree w/ Jim on this one

Kandied91z

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why is it when someone makes a comment(a bad one) about macco someone takes offense............

there is obviously a reason why so many people are against them, why get upset when someone trys to warn you. what's the point in paying money for something that isn't worth what your paying for. sure there are luck cases where some guy got a "decent" job for under a grand......but what 1 every 500 cars. 800 job won't come close to the 2800 job.

i can understand the want for a new paint job, but if you can't afford to do it right why do it? true if you bought the car for under 2,000 then you don't care about fixing it respectible and just want to drive it otherwise this wouldn't be a consideration, but then why are you wanting to paint it?

just because some of us work our asses off to get the best for our cars does that make us six figure yuppies? if you think $2800 is to expensive for a paintjob then you don't get out much. there is a huge difference from the half *** paint job your wanting to get and the paint jobs you'll see coming out of some of these body shops for three times maccos amount.

but nevermind us "six figure people", you should do whatever makes you happy...... there's nothing wrong with driving a 3rdgen that needs paint. keep in mindl it's the people like yourself who put macco paintjobs on our cars that gives them the whitetrash half-*** image.

Ovrclck350

Haven't had a problem w/ my paint job. Honestly just call and ask them. Tell them that you plan on bringing your car in and you're just waiting. They may tell you to go ahead and bring it in. I think that they're allowed to have that sale anytime they wish.

1991tealRSt-topGuy

maybe because i'm a hardworking 18 year old whose daddy doesnt own a body shop, but would still like something half way decent to drive..........sorry that i'm not a rich, conceited snot yet.......wait.......I never plan on being a rich, conceited snot.............plus i actually drive my cars.........they've never been entered into a car show, nor will they ever be

the phrase "you get what you pay for" is about as old as my family tree...........its a cliche thats beat to death, and in this day and age, there are some deals that are inexpensive and you receive quality......so for those of us who want to sound as old as the Puzino family tree......................

plus, as for doing our cars wrong, who cares, there was such a massive amount made that they won't be ultra-collectible in our lifetime......look, take a 1977 corvette or 1977 camaro, both are 25 years old, i can go right to the auto shopper magazine and walk away with either one for $6000 (even less for the camaro)

WHY you ask??? go look at how many were made.....
also realize that these were the slowest of any vettes and camaros ever made....................sounds kinda like the cars i drive.........

as for the $5000 paintjob, when i get done with school and get my 67 vette or 69 camaro, thats when i can justify spending $5000 on a paintjob

just want to make sure we're all on the same wavelength here

food for thought

Baron

I've got much better things to do than rehash this debate YET AGAIN, so here goes: the bottom line.

My car is chipping and beginning to rust, so it needs a paintjob. Aesthetic reasons, certainly, but also longevity reasons. I can probably scrape together about $750. If I get a 4-year warranty on a $400 paint job, then it will look just as good as the $2800 for the first four years, guaranteed. If not, I'll bring it back and have them do it again. Not a problem.

Yeah, yeah, we all need to do "the best for our cars"...sorry, but I can think of MANY other things to do with $2800 then just a paint job. Maybe it's just a mindset...but it hardly seems worth it. $2800 is 2/3 of the way to an engine swap, NOT to mention what one could do with that OUTSIDE of the automotive world, should it be discovered that in fact there is anything outside the automotive world. It seems to me that overly fancy paintjobs don't greatly enhance the driving pleasure of a car; on the contrary, their purpose is mostly to impress others. I don't need to impress people with my car's appearance.

If you got an expensive, quality paintjob from a body shop, that's great. I'm a senior in college, and simply can't afford that, and am not sure that I would spend that money on a paintjob if I had it. $100 a year for warrantied work is simply a deal. End of story. I'm done - no more posts about this issue ever.

Overclock, thanks for the tip...I'll call today. You're the man.

1991tealRSt-topGuy

go for it Baron

cobrakiller1989

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that $400 paint job will never look as good as a $2800 paint job. not even for the first 4 minutes. if your car isnt worth the paint job to you at the time, then i say go for it, get the maaco or whatever to hold you over. but dont get the idea that it will ever look as good as a real paintjob. and as far as the "do your own prep work and with will turn out perfect stuff"

Kandied91z

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if you didn't want to "rehash" this debate, why did you by putting people down for posting their opinions. you obviously have a car that isn't worth much to you and your just looking for a quick fix right! that's all you had to say knowing fullwell people are going to warn you.

so your don't care enough to put a decent paint job on your cars......... that's fine, no one said you couldn't paint your car at macco. all were saying is don't expect to have something that looks nice and respectible, which i always thought was the whole reason for getting a paintjob; but the few of you have proved me wrong.

you had better hold on to that warranty as you will need it, warranty or not you should save yourself some money; tape off all the parts you don't want painted and spray paint the car. it will look better then it does now, probably anyway, and save you even more money.

it's perfectly fine that some of you hard working 18 year olds don't want to spend what others spend on their cars, until you begin to whine and bitch that your paint is peeling........i just think it's funny that when it's time for resale the same 18 year olds think they can get just as much for their macco paint jobs as the rest of us harworking people who really put some effort into our cars.

this forum is here for opinions good and bad, do what you like; just don't post a thread a month from now complaining that your paint isn't what you had hoped for.

RogyMYcock12345

look at me mememememe

camaro6spd

1) MAACO can paint, they cannot do body work
2) We got the lumina painted there as a test, $200 paint job....looks lgood to me.
3) ANYTHING will look better then rusting and chipping body/paint. Like he said some of us have other higns we need our money for, not all of us can spend all our cas on the car, you have to think about it from that point of view
4) People don't make negative comments, they TRASH Maaco, if they just stated the fact they there are not the best paint jobs then i would not care because i know that.
I care for my car, enought to get paint on it, unlike some people, who figure they will wait untill they save up 5000 in 10 years and then get it painted but by then the body is rusted away and the is another red neck 3rd gen running around furthering our bad rep, just like my spelling.

dmair5_0

Kandied91z, c'mon man.
Don't be so ignorant. If the guy can't afford to put on a $3000 paint job like you then what is wrong with wanting to make his car look better than it does now??? If the paint is faded, there is some rust, and some paint is peeling, the Maaco job will look MUCH better than it did before. What is wrong with that??? Why do you get to be so high and mighty???? And another thing don't say "if you don't care enough to blah blah blah OUR cars", it is HIS car and can do whatever he damn well pleases with it, you have no stake in HIS car. So just say you don't like Maaco and advise him against it and leave it at that. I'm sure he'll note your opinion, but don't start ripping into someone for asking a question.

1991tealRSt-topGuy

DEBATE CLUB!!!!!!!!

everyone says my car looks nice and when i tell them i got it painted at maaco 2 years ago, they cant beleive

so (as long as you go to a good maaco) EXPECT TO HAVE A NICE CAR THAT PEOPLE WILL RESPECT

CAMp3RO

sorry i have to take sides here, but thats what happening anyway. I'm a 19 college student with very limited funds. My camaro is my only vehicle, so i do expect the typical wear and tear on the paint from driving (pebbles, dirt, etc). I paid $2400 for my car. I cannot, along some others here, justify or come up with $2000+ for a showroom paintjob. for you who takers these car out occassionally to cruise, fine. however, a few of you missed the point. we DO care enough to make our cars look good. we dont want rust showing and we would like our cars to look as good as possible. saving for a $2k+ paintjob is not an option and by that time comes, the car may be in even worse shape. we all know maaco has is bad points, thats why we try to eliminate any chance of them doing them (prep yourself). granted, one of these jobs wont be as gorgeous as a showroom or show car, but it still look a hell of a lot better than a rusted out, multi colored one. we all love these cars, we all want ours to look nice, we just all have different priorities and cash flows.

Jim85IROC

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The reason that most of us thrash on maaco is because we've seen their handywork. Since they're individually owned, some are better than others, but the ones that I've seen are pure crap and if I had limited funds (we've all been there at one time or another), I'd choose to not have it painted before I chose a maaco paint job, because whatever that paint job cost, I'd pay double that to have the crap removed when I had it painted right the next time.

Limited funds or not, I prefer to do nothing at all instead of do something half-assed. It's just the way I am. It's why I'm watching tv on a 25 year old console until I can afford the $5,500 HDTV set I want. Of course, it'll be 25 more years before that happens. I drove the IROC around looking like a POS for over a year before I painted it. I could have slapped a half-assed paint job on it right away, but I wanted it done right, and I didn't feel like stripping the **** paint back off the car.

It's all a matter of opinion, and we all know that our own opinion is right.

dmair5_0

Well put both of you. But you are fortunate to be able to afford a nice paint job after 1 year, some just wont be able to afford it no matter how long they wait, things always seem to come up. If that is the case, then getting a maaco paint job isn't the friggin apocolypse.

88Roc350TPI

I think I'm gonna trash on the $2800 paint jobs and let MAACO be for a bit. I've seen some of the stuff that comes out of the shops around me that charge the premium prices and I wouldn't take my wheelbarrow there to be painted. All you get in a standard body shop is a "Higher than thou" owner, and a bunch of bozo's getting paid $6/hr and a fancy building. They can rip out collision jobs left and right and most of em are pretty good to the typical unconsious car owner. What's to bolting on a fender? I truely don't see why it's so difficult to duplicate what the factory did on cars when you have the equipment to do it with. Most shops should have that. Once in a while you will find one that they really do care about the stuff they turn out, and they are often CHEAPER than the places that are doing the half a$$ed work!!!! If you see the OWNER of the shop out there putting his whole into making every job come out right, that's the place to take it. If he sits in an office, move to the next one. The spraying of the paint is the EASIEST part of the whole process, so I don't see how MAACO could f**k that up much if you prep it right and pay the price for them to use the better materials (good base/clear instead of kindergarten finger paint)

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

camaro6spd

^ditto, i can say the same for shops around here. I took the black camaro to many places and only one acutally offerd to put it up on the lift and look at it for free, the other just stuck their head under it and said no. It could also be that these guys didn't know that much and could not tell but I doubt that. I am gonna ask to see what they want for paint before I see MAACO but i am almost positive i will have to use MAACO.

Kandied91z

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dmair5_0 where do you get off stating such ****? you have no more say in this thread than i do an you want to come off trying to act like i'm puting everyone down? just because i take pride in the cars i build and save my money i'm considered a yuppie, i probably make the least of all of you, i just know how to save. i wish my paintjob only cost me $3000 your the ignorant one.......

did you even read the first few posts, baron asked a question and when opinions were given he didn't get what he wanted so he comes out calling people names. i never claimed that i am high an mighty with my paintjob, i was just puting it straight. if you think i consider myself better than others on here you have another thing coming, who do you think you are..........

i'm just tired of everyone's negativity when a simple opinion is stated. macco's reputation is that of a hack shack, everyone knows it and that's why the few of us who know state it so. it was a given that baron should have expected, no reason to be a ***** to them.

i'm simply stating that i, like most, think that it's better to save a little an get a paint job that will last. if you don't want to hear these types of opinions from the rest of us too bad.......it is an open forum.

personally, i don't think a macco job will look better than paint peeling and so on. there's nothing wrong with someone wanting to go that route so long as they accept the fact that it's probably won't be of the best quality. i just think it's funny when some get fooled into thinking they're getting some great deal on a nice paintjob.

just because someone points out the fact that the paint won't be of the best quality, there's no reason to jump down ones throat. but that's me, i would rather have my car looking like the paints peeling then drive around with a bad macco or earl shieb paintjob.

sure there are a few instances where someone got a nice paintjob from them, they are a body shop afterall and it can vary on the painter as well as the body man. typically, they don't have the best trained people; more or less anyone with garage experience and that's why they have the reputation they do.

did you even really read my post, i said if you don't care enough to put a decent paint job on your car then it's fine to go macco's route........so what i stand by it. i wasn't ripping into baron i just think that if you don't care to save up and put a decent paintjob on the car, your going the cheap route; what's your point, it's true isn't it!. otherwise you would save up and do it right.

baron i never claimed to have a stake in your car, personally i don't give a damn what you do with it. i just don't want someone to think they're going to get anything even remotely worth what they are paying for. if you were to go read a few books and buy the supplies you could do the same thing for under 200 bucks. but, do what you like.......

cobrakiller1989

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if your trying to save money or be on a tight budget, why dont you just go to home depot and get some spray paint and do it your self...thats what maaco is gonna do...



OK, on a serious note, im sure that there has been a few decent paint jobs that have came out of there, but not many. i have seen their handywork. you will have over spray on most of the car. their masking is horrible. all of your black trim and stuff will get pain on it. I wish you the best of luck with the maaco that you choose, but when its done, dont say we didnt tell you so.

1991tealRSt-topGuy

ok Kandy, would you mind atleat telling me where i can get a $1000 paint job like you mentioned?? i went to a bunch of shops around here
one quote the guy didnt even want to tell me how much it was going to cost......................

for a street car who goes to race every once in a while Maaco is ok

now if you wanna be like Mr. Kandy and show your car, you better double think maaco.........................


thats the best advice i can give

from here on out i am out of this discussion because i dont approve of the flaming down on members who dont want to pay $5000 for a paint job

its their car, its thier money, as long as their cars not gonna look like rice, LET THEM DO IT