paint quality?

[kcoelhoe30]

http://forum.norcale30.com/showthread.php?t=10535

Heres my experience with maaco, PPG enviro paint. 3 base coats and 2 clear coats for $1800. I did the disassembly, they prepped, primed and painted the car in 3 days. Paint is holding up really well.

Factory matched sterling silver.

All maacos are indepently owned but are franchised for capital resources. I researched this one for 3 months before committing. I interviewed previous customers on yelp who owned classic porrsches and american muscle.

-Blame my typos on my fat fingers & Droid Charge

im probably going to ddo some more research

[kcoelhoe30]

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[EtirtyEssFity]

I can paint it for you and help you get a price on paint. You would have to find a shop that would rent there booth for a day so I can spray it. If you want a black satin job I have done a few in my garage that have come on pretty nice. Where in NJ are you located?

[etxxz]

i like how many people shop by money.

1st things first. what is your goal? you want to have a show car? you want the paint to last 2,4,10 years?

I Maaco'd my first car. in 2004, chips in the hood only started showing like 2yrs after, and this is probably normal of any paint job. No flaking from pressure washing. No fading. Last i saw it was in feb 2010 and it looked like a new paint job still. That's 6years out of something like $680?

I'm about to throw them my e30 (track car) and i wish to spend under $400 and that's including some body work here and there.

When my acura was hit, i took it to the dealer, they painted half of the car for like $3k and it looked worse than the $700 job cause it was shaded. I had to give it back, they "blended it" looked bad. Eventually they had to painted it all and it looked good i guess. My little brother drives the car now.

So there's paint jobs and paint jobs. Usually comes down to materials and amount of prep work. Spraying and buffing is nothing to these people. There's many levels of wetsanding after.

In my experience, clear coats hide spraying imperfections VERY VERY well so u spend what gives you peace of mind. Look at the shop's work. Look at the type of cars they work on. Look at the shop itself. That tells you a lot about their work more so than the price. Similarly, there's maacos and then there's maacos.

Maaco, here i come!

[Dozyproductions]

In my experience, clear coats hide spraying imperfections VERY VERY well so u spend what gives you peace of mind. Look at the shop's work. Look at the type of cars they work on. Look at the shop itself. That tells you a lot about their work more so than the price. Similarly, there's maacos and then there's maacos.

Maaco, here i come!

That's why you have sunlight or florescent lights to tell you the quality of a job. I agree with everything else though, even the cleanliness of the shop can give you a heads up on the finished product.

[30THIRTY]

I vote ppg deltron. it is really good stuff lays really nice you need 2 quarts if you arent doing jambs, under hood or trunk. If you use a paint like omni it will take 3. They are all different and an experienced painter will be able to tell you what they like to use. You will need 3 quarts of deltron 2021 clear. Do not skimp on the clear... Whoever said clear can hide imperfections is absolutely wrong it will accentuate everything--that is why it is so important to prep and do things right.

The major reason that I say use ppg is that if anything ever happens to your car and it needs to be repaired matching will not be a problem. That is what I did.

Got to tcp global and check out their prices.

I spent on the deltron paint, clear reducer, and hardener about $500 and that was at shop pricing.

I think I was well over $1k in materials for my car just on the paint end. I am luck to have access to a body shop that my friend owns so it was pretty reasonable for everything-- Make friends!!!!

The other thing that people never talk about when they give advice about painting cars because they just dont know is you are going to spend quite a bit just getting the car back together in misc parts. How many clips are you going to break? What parts arent worth putting back on with your nice new paint job? etc... I spent about a grand just on trim, moldings, grills and what not.

If you want it to actually look good maaco is not the way to go. If your budget doesn't permit I would think twice about doing a half assed job. I have seen some freshly painted cars that look worse than before.

Do your homework, call around and ask tons of questions. If a shop doesnt want to answer questions for you they dont want your business. PM me if you have any questions I just got done going through all of this a couple of weeks ago. Mine was a semi high budget build but I know what I would do different for next time to keep the cost down haha