hey guys i was looking at the paint jobs u guys took to maaco they look real good from what i have heard in the past they were kidnof a cheap company that didnt care bout the persons cars and stuff. soanyways i want to get my bird painted soon its black so i know black is hard to pain will they do a good job? i ahve two dents that either need to be filled in or pulled and my car got keyed last fall so anyways what price range did u guys pay? is urethane better then clear coat or dont they do either? what other tips could u guys give me as in should i tape the markers off take them out tape the tail lights up or the windows or do they do that stuff? also would it be cheaper or worth it for me to sand it all down for htem or what? thanks for the help!!

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I think that everyone would be better off doing their own work that they can do with ANY paint shop. I've noticed owners always take care of their cars better than others. As for me, I let them do EVERYTHING, because I didn't have time. I had a small nasty (I repeat NASTY) dent in the top of my fender, and you can't tell it was EVER there. I wish I coulda gone with basecoat/clearcoat, but I was a little pressed for money, so I went with the integrated. Not that the others any better, I just believe maybe in the long run, it'd hold up better. About the black, my friend (his parents own the Maaco tho) had his Stang painted black there, and it looked GREAT. He actually completely changed the color, and you couldn't find a white spot (original color) on that car unless you maybe lifted the carpet.

One more thing, and I don't know how right I am about this, but I believe if you roll up w/ a clean interior and exterior, it'll show you actually CARE about your car, and they might pay a little more care to it. That's just me tho, I'm funny like that.

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Bye the way, they had my car for 4 days counting the body work.

Oh, and watch out for those nasty road rocks after you get it, those REALLY SUCK.

 

ok thanks man for the help.. so inother words they will tape the windows and stuff off like that for me so i dont have to? to do it? and i will probably trailor it back covered if possible when i pickit up that way nothing gets on it when i get it home and let it cure a little 4 days isnt cured paint right? and i live on a****ty dirt road not much but 1/8th mile at least and there is alot of dust so in the garage she will go for a few weeks lol. so anymore help is appreciated as well as all the help i have gotten thanks

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1988 firebird ws6 formula350tpi msd 6al box blaster 3 coil accel 8.8 race wires hooker shorty headers hooker cat back system pro shift light a pillar gauge pod and water temp and air/fuel ratio gauges autometer oil pressure gauge b&m mega console shifter, march underdrive pullies, tpis airfoil cvr high torque starter (love it)
best 1/4 mile run of 14.44@ 96.53
this run is before the new exhaust system

 

They told me 90 days and it's FULLY cured. I can't wax it or power wash it for that long either. And about the windows, yah, they do that. They did have a little overspray where my blinkers are, so I'd go ahead and block that off to be safe...

 

All I can say is that every Maaco is different. I changed the color of my car from red (to many red cars) to the Royal blue pearl metallic. Inside the doors, and engine compartment, I painted myself with flat black. A lot of the new car are like that. It looks real good too and was a lot cheaper than having them paint all those areas. I did have them paint the hatch area blue though. BTW, I had to take it back for them to fix a couple of drips but all and all for $500 it was great. I could have it repainted four times for what everybody else wanted to charge! Yes, black is very hard to get to look right and shows up every imperfection in the body and paint. I was going to get mine painted black, but was talked out of it. Good luck! They also did an excellent good on my body work. come to find out someone had wreck my car before I bought it and they had to redo that work.

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hey thanks guys!!!