Originally posted by DanKid

Originally posted by TurbchargdSpydr Hey whats wrong with macco/??lol honestly if you pay them well and pay the guy on the side, there paint isn't bad at all....look at my sig pics of the black 2gnt...that was a $600 macco paint job...

Been there done that. Wait at least 2 or 3 years and let me know what it looks like. Maaco uses crap materials and the painters there put no time into prep work. The car comes out looking nice but after a few months/years of being exposed to the elements, the clear coat starts to peel, paint starts to fade, and your bumpers will start to chip and flake due to their lack of using any flex agents.

It's all in the prep/finish work. If you do the prep and finish work yourself and pay a little extra for extra coats of clear to polish the crap out of then you can get a decent result from Maaco. Basically you have to bring them a shell that's already had the glass and trim removed and all the prep work done, then expect to spend just as much time finishing and sealing the paint to keep it nice.

Of course by the time you've done all that you could have saved up for a good paint job somewhere else.

Another option is to paint it yourself. The Duplicolor paintshop paints seem to be pretty decent quality IMO, and with the proper prep/finish you can end up with a good looking car for cheaper than Maaco.