hmmm..did some one say Maaco?

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 01:44 AM

Has anyone had there mustang painted at maaco, i need a paint job because mine is starting to s*** on me. What do u think? so they do good work. Where did u get ur car painted? How much did it cost?

-Raini

Mach 1 · 06-25-2002, 03:54 AM

stay away, they do lousy work for a cheap price. If thats what your looking for, they may be for you, but you get what you pay for in bodywork.

Maroon 5.0 LX · 06-25-2002, 07:36 AM

Stay away, it'll look good for a while, then start losing it's luster, and you're right back where you are now.

Hethj7 · 06-25-2002, 09:53 AM

I have differing opinions on this. I would stay away if I was going to pay for a paint job, but currently my Stang is at a Maaco. My unlce who installs windshelds is trading them out work, so they are painting my car free.

They have several levels of paint jobs. The better ones are much more expensive and actually may be good paint jobs ( I don't know this for sure). The cheap ones I would say are just for freshening up a car's look before selling.

I am still working out details as to what level of paint job my car will receive. Hopefully something better, but I am going into this kind of expecting the paint to last only a couple of years. That is fine though, as I will be out of school then and can start a complete rebuild of my car.

I will try to post pics after my car is finished.

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 11:40 AM

anyone else had there car painted there? I heard both good and bad i am wondering if it depends on the maaco u take it to. There are like 4 by my house with in a 10 mile radius. I think i may just hang around by one and see how many satisified customers there are.

7up · 06-25-2002, 11:47 AM

I had my old FJ40 Land Cruiser painted there. I got the cheapest paint job they had and that is exactly what I got in return. They had paint on my tires on the windshield wipers and on my bumpers which weren't supposed to be painted. After all that I think it was stilll worth the $200 I paid for it. My Land Cruiser looked like crap before and the paint really helped it out.

Sonics2042 · 06-25-2002, 11:48 AM

I would rather have a blind, retarded monkey paint my car with oil paints than to take it to maaco. Every person I know who has gotten their car painted there has had problems. With one of my friends has his car painted black, only to have popping and peeling start within a week!

Better NOT get maaco. (don't think it matters, but these were all in the seattle area).

-DoranW

Smokedawg · 06-25-2002, 11:59 AM

If you do the body work, sanding and taping up yourself it would be fine. They do a half-***'d job doing both.

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 12:10 PM

that is what i heard, it is the prepping that their bad at. I heard that they just rub ur car down with some paint removers. Then spray it i really want to see a car that has been painted by them and then see what it looks like 2years later

Smokedawg · 06-25-2002, 12:14 PM

From personal experience our household has had 2 cars painted there. The 1st was a 83 Camaro, it was painted and a week later it had paint bubbles bigger than a half-dollar coin and they did go back and fix those.
The second was a 1988 Chevy 1/2 pickup. Around the fenderwells in the back were rusting so we paid to have them cut out and replaced and then painted the truck. A year later the rust was back through in the exact same spot. The truck had to be repainted about 2 years later and my father and I replaced the rear tirewells and painted it ourselves and its been 2+ years and not a bit of rust.

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 12:17 PM

how is the quality?

Smokedawg · 06-25-2002, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by drtbiker
how is the quality?

quality of paint? bodywork? prep?

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 12:24 PM

how is the quality?

Radon · 06-25-2002, 12:26 PM

You get what you pay for. If you want a $200 paint job at Maaco, that's what you're going to get. I had Maaco paint mine with their highest grade paint and prep work, and I really don't have a complaint. They painted the engine bay, door jambs, replaced the windshield, pulled dents, prepped my hood and what not.

From the other shop's that I gathered quotes from, Maaco easily had the best customer service.

Before

After

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 12:42 PM

the quality of the paint

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 12:50 PM

Radon-
how much did u pay total for that Paint job?

explicitone · 06-25-2002, 01:04 PM

A old buddy of mine had his car painted at maaco and he got the most expen. paint packages and it had runs and over spray out the a@@ and he had to have a body shop wet sand and buff the car out and now the paint looks great but he had them do 3 coats of clear coat

Mach 1 · 06-25-2002, 07:49 PM

Let me put it this way....Good quality primer costs around $50.00/quart, and good quality paint cost a lot more.

If you were to buy good quality paint and primer for your car yourself (just paint and primer, no other supplies) you could easily spend $400.00 just on the paint....now Maaco is going to paint your whole car for $300.00?

news flash..they are using extremely cheap low quality paint.

Hethj7 · 06-25-2002, 08:10 PM

Man, I am worrying about my stang after hearing all these horror stories

. Once again, they would not be my choice, but lets remember quality could vary greatly between Maaco dealerships. I know their cheap stuff is junk, as there is a very low amount of solids in the paint.

Hopefully I come out alright on the whole deal. I would hate to have my car come back looking worse than when I took it in.

drtbiker · 06-25-2002, 11:38 PM

so where did everyone else get there car painted? How much did it cost?

06-25-2002, 01:44 AM	#1
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	hmmm..did some one say Maaco? Has anyone had there mustang painted at maaco, i need a paint job because mine is starting to s*** on me. What do u think? so they do good work. Where did u get ur car painted? How much did it cost? -Raini __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 03:54 AM	#2
Mach 1 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,866	stay away, they do lousy work for a cheap price. If thats what your looking for, they may be for you, but you get what you pay for in bodywork. __________________ 2002 GT 1993 GT (SOLD) '93 Mustang GT RHC member #142

06-25-2002, 07:36 AM	#3
Maroon 5.0 LX Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 471	Stay away, it'll look good for a while, then start losing it's luster, and you're right back where you are now. __________________ '89 LX 5.0 - 5 speed. Original Owner '94 E-150 4.9 Hi-Top Conversion Van '06 Mustang V-6, 5 speed

06-25-2002, 09:53 AM	#4
Hethj7 Mizzou Tigers Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: weston, MO United States Posts: 1,455	I have differing opinions on this. I would stay away if I was going to pay for a paint job, but currently my Stang is at a Maaco. My unlce who installs windshelds is trading them out work, so they are painting my car free. They have several levels of paint jobs. The better ones are much more expensive and actually may be good paint jobs ( I don't know this for sure). The cheap ones I would say are just for freshening up a car's look before selling. I am still working out details as to what level of paint job my car will receive. Hopefully something better, but I am going into this kind of expecting the paint to last only a couple of years. That is fine though, as I will be out of school then and can start a complete rebuild of my car. I will try to post pics after my car is finished. __________________ 2006 Mustang GT 1990 LX GT-40 motor 262 horsepower, 307ft-lbs (sold but forever loved) 1998 Contour SVT Rice Haters Club Member #244

06-25-2002, 11:40 AM	#5
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	anyone else had there car painted there? I heard both good and bad i am wondering if it depends on the maaco u take it to. There are like 4 by my house with in a 10 mile radius. I think i may just hang around by one and see how many satisified customers there are. __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 11:47 AM	#6
7up Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Greeley, Colorado Posts: 321	I had my old FJ40 Land Cruiser painted there. I got the cheapest paint job they had and that is exactly what I got in return. They had paint on my tires on the windshield wipers and on my bumpers which weren't supposed to be painted. After all that I think it was stilll worth the $200 I paid for it. My Land Cruiser looked like crap before and the paint really helped it out. __________________ 91 lx convertible, Vortech a-trim, 2.87 blower pulley. 30lb injectors, 80 mm mass air, 255 fuel pump, flowmaster cat back, bbk long tubes and h pipe 299.3 hp, 355.5 tq(before h-pipe, headers) Ricer Hater's Club-member #16

06-25-2002, 11:48 AM	#7
Sonics2042 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 381	I would rather have a blind, retarded monkey paint my car with oil paints than to take it to maaco. Every person I know who has gotten their car painted there has had problems. With one of my friends has his car painted black, only to have popping and peeling start within a week! Better NOT get maaco. (don't think it matters, but these were all in the seattle area). -DoranW __________________ What I have: 1990 Red Mustang 5.0 LX: [BBK X-Pipe]-[MAC Cat-Back Exhaust] [MAC Cold Air Intake]-[BBK Equal Shorties] [3.55 Gears]-[Cobra Intake Manifold (Upper and Lower] [E-303 Cam]-[Granetelli Mass Air Flow Sensor] [Front and rear sway bars]-[New black carpet and seats.] [Adjustable Fuel Regulator]-[T5 Conversion w/ K. Cobra Clutch/Hurst STS] [Cobra Throttle Body]-[130A Alt. Conversion] Thinking about: Aftermarket Heads! Vortech A-Trim

06-25-2002, 11:59 AM	#8
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	If you do the body work, sanding and taping up yourself it would be fine. They do a half-***'d job doing both. __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

06-25-2002, 12:10 PM	#9
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	that is what i heard, it is the prepping that their bad at. I heard that they just rub ur car down with some paint removers. Then spray it i really want to see a car that has been painted by them and then see what it looks like 2years later __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 12:14 PM	#10
Smokedawg Tires Fear Me... Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 867	From personal experience our household has had 2 cars painted there. The 1st was a 83 Camaro, it was painted and a week later it had paint bubbles bigger than a half-dollar coin and they did go back and fix those. The second was a 1988 Chevy 1/2 pickup. Around the fenderwells in the back were rusting so we paid to have them cut out and replaced and then painted the truck. A year later the rust was back through in the exact same spot. The truck had to be repainted about 2 years later and my father and I replaced the rear tirewells and painted it ourselves and its been 2+ years and not a bit of rust. __________________ 1990 Mustang GT- 347 Stroker-Tremec 3550-Compucar Nitrous, AFR, Systemax Intake, AFM, 30lbers, 70MM TB, 76mm MAF, full suspension and lots more 1995 Chevy S-10 406 SBC, Dual tunnel ram, Dart heads, Nitrous, full tub, 4-link, adjustable drag shocks, coil-overs, 9in rearend, 4.56 gears...etc

06-25-2002, 12:17 PM	#11
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	how is the quality? __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 12:24 PM	#13
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	how is the quality? __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 12:26 PM	#14
Radon Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 68	You get what you pay for. If you want a $200 paint job at Maaco, that's what you're going to get. I had Maaco paint mine with their highest grade paint and prep work, and I really don't have a complaint. They painted the engine bay, door jambs, replaced the windshield, pulled dents, prepped my hood and what not. From the other shop's that I gathered quotes from, Maaco easily had the best customer service. Before After __________________ '87 Performance Red Notch Carb'd 306 w/ nitrous

06-25-2002, 12:42 PM	#15
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	the quality of the paint __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 12:50 PM	#16
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	Radon- how much did u pay total for that Paint job? __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

06-25-2002, 01:04 PM	#17
explicitone Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: racine ,wi Posts: 691	A old buddy of mine had his car painted at maaco and he got the most expen. paint packages and it had runs and over spray out the a@@ and he had to have a body shop wet sand and buff the car out and now the paint looks great but he had them do 3 coats of clear coat __________________ RUN IT STAIGHT AND RUN IT HARD ________ Novi 2000 60' 1.46 1/4 10.67 mph 126.5 _________

06-25-2002, 07:49 PM	#18
Mach 1 Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,866	Let me put it this way....Good quality primer costs around $50.00/quart, and good quality paint cost a lot more. If you were to buy good quality paint and primer for your car yourself (just paint and primer, no other supplies) you could easily spend $400.00 just on the paint....now Maaco is going to paint your whole car for $300.00? news flash..they are using extremely cheap low quality paint. __________________ 2002 GT 1993 GT (SOLD) '93 Mustang GT RHC member #142

06-25-2002, 08:10 PM	#19
Hethj7 Mizzou Tigers Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: weston, MO United States Posts: 1,455	Man, I am worrying about my stang after hearing all these horror stories . Once again, they would not be my choice, but lets remember quality could vary greatly between Maaco dealerships. I know their cheap stuff is junk, as there is a very low amount of solids in the paint. Hopefully I come out alright on the whole deal. I would hate to have my car come back looking worse than when I took it in. __________________ 2006 Mustang GT 1990 LX GT-40 motor 262 horsepower, 307ft-lbs (sold but forever loved) 1998 Contour SVT Rice Haters Club Member #244

06-25-2002, 11:38 PM	#20
drtbiker Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Mt. Prospect,IL Posts: 474	so where did everyone else get there car painted? How much did it cost? __________________ 87-ford-mustang-SOLD! mods: 3:73's, off road h-pipe, b303 cam in gt- 40 motor w/ Power Plus intake, edelbrock 70mm tb & egr spacer, 72mm C&L, bbk long tubes, tremec tranny, centerforce dual friction clutch, upr and lwr CA's 255lph FP and soon more to come.... when i have money again SOME ADVICE Don't do burn outs in reverse it is very expensive New times with dead hook on dr's 13.27@103 with 2.0 60 foots w/100lb system Fastest time to date: 12.8@113

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