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[66StangGuy]

was looking to repaint my 66 mustang. The two places i was looking at was 1 day paint and macco. iv heard some bad things about macco but that might have ben at just that location. anyway. if anyone recently had their car painted and is satisfied with it please post where it was painted and price if possable...thanks.

[mustangman65_79]

Bad things about macco- yes.

I'm going to go there to get one too. But only do it if your not too worried about your paint job. If u want a nice one, pay up, or look else where.

[carboy]

try and do most of the basic body work yourself. like the sanding and stuff. i used aircraft paint stripper on mine all over and am going to put it in a body shop next week. i was able to save lots of money by doing this first. remember you get what you pay for with a paint job. the quote for mine is around $800

[David Fulford]

Maccos are privately owned franchises. I think you will hear horror storries about every paint shop in town. It all depends on who painted your car and how many beers they had the night before. Macco did a good job on my car. Try to do some of the work yourself. It will pay off in the end. And if you screw it up, get it fixed when you take it somewhere.

[induction]

I agree with you David, after doing all the prep work & 95% of the masking I too went with Macco . The quality of the paint is very good, although we had a small problem with overspray at the interior like fingerprints in the seat( probly when the jambs were being painted) but overall there were no drips , runs or missed areas. Make shure you remove the driprail & window trim b4 you paint. Just remember the details because they wont , But thats another story.

[Frankenstang65]

I'm in total agreement with what has been said so far, I've worked in a body shop for the last two years and have seen a lot cars with maaco (and other similar companies) paint jobs on them looking to have them re-done. As has been said, the real problem lies in the prep work. The painters there are pretty good at laying on even coats with no runs, but that outside finish only lasts for so long when exposed to the elements. Maaco doesn't spend a lot of time sanding down the old finish and getting everything really clean. Two years later you have a paint job that is begining to develop blisters and bubbles here and there and I have even seen peeling in several cases.

I took my car down to bare metal (my old paint job was a maaco...it was cracking all over the place, and brittle enough to chip off with a putty knife)before I painted it. This may not be necessary if your car has a decent finish right now...just make sure that it is clean and well sanded before you drop it off...this will add some life. If you have any serious body work to be done (like rust related repairs) I'd take it to a different body shop to have that part of it done. Some of these econo paint places tend to hurry though those types of repairs, not good. Hope that helps.