I took work off and drove down to Maaco to get a quote for a respray on my car. Its been nearly 20 years since it was originally painted and its got patchiness all over and some nicks and scratches.
I pulled up to the shop and went inside. I had heard that this location was known for its quality service and customer courtesy. I spoke to a guy inside and he came out to make some notes for the car. I had some dents in the hood from my little brother crawling on it :evil: . There were a few door dings that weren't noticeable at all, my rear valance was pushed in and I had some rust in my front quarterpanels.
As the guy was note taking, I asked him what he did and he said he was the painter. "how long have you been doing this?" he responded about ten years. That put me a little at ease.
Went inside for the quote. Same color - bronzit of course. When its clean, its just as nice as any other color and you know its true even though you like to flame it. Here's how the cost was broken down...
Signature Service with Prep Plus and Universal Sealer :$800.00
Re-pinstripe exterior: $40.00
Bodywork: Hood, 3 hours @ $44.00/hr.
Valance, 3 hours @ $44.00/hr
New Fenders, $105.00 apiece
Paint: $840.00
Materials: $110.00
Parts: $210.00
Body Labor: $440.00
Sublet: $15.00
Gross Sales: $1615.00
Tax: $153.43
Total: $1768.43
I plan on doing all the body work with a friend of mine and another guy who is doing the work on my friends Camaro. He actually works at the Maaco I went to. The fenders I can get rust free from a junkyard. That eliminates $650.00 from the total.
Paint job is now just $965.00 plus tax.
The Signature paint job is the highest quality service that they do. The owner of the shop stopped me as I was leaving and showed me his car which was painted a year ago with that same service amd it looked incredible. It was a silver metallic coat and it looked perfect everywhere. I'm confident that if I do get this service it would look great.
The Signature service is a Base coat using DuPont paint, followed by two coats of semi-paint semi-clear, followed by two coats of clearcoat. So I'm getting 5 layers of paint instead of one.
I pulled up to the shop and went inside. I had heard that this location was known for its quality service and customer courtesy. I spoke to a guy inside and he came out to make some notes for the car. I had some dents in the hood from my little brother crawling on it :evil: . There were a few door dings that weren't noticeable at all, my rear valance was pushed in and I had some rust in my front quarterpanels.
As the guy was note taking, I asked him what he did and he said he was the painter. "how long have you been doing this?" he responded about ten years. That put me a little at ease.
Went inside for the quote. Same color - bronzit of course. When its clean, its just as nice as any other color and you know its true even though you like to flame it. Here's how the cost was broken down...
Signature Service with Prep Plus and Universal Sealer :$800.00
Re-pinstripe exterior: $40.00
Bodywork: Hood, 3 hours @ $44.00/hr.
Valance, 3 hours @ $44.00/hr
New Fenders, $105.00 apiece
Paint: $840.00
Materials: $110.00
Parts: $210.00
Body Labor: $440.00
Sublet: $15.00
Gross Sales: $1615.00
Tax: $153.43
Total: $1768.43
I plan on doing all the body work with a friend of mine and another guy who is doing the work on my friends Camaro. He actually works at the Maaco I went to. The fenders I can get rust free from a junkyard. That eliminates $650.00 from the total.
Paint job is now just $965.00 plus tax.
The Signature paint job is the highest quality service that they do. The owner of the shop stopped me as I was leaving and showed me his car which was painted a year ago with that same service amd it looked incredible. It was a silver metallic coat and it looked perfect everywhere. I'm confident that if I do get this service it would look great.
The Signature service is a Base coat using DuPont paint, followed by two coats of semi-paint semi-clear, followed by two coats of clearcoat. So I'm getting 5 layers of paint instead of one.
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