The thing that bugs me about Maaco and One-Day Paint & Body is that you have
to use their paint/colors. If you want the original color on a car and they
do not have it, they will not do the job if you supply the paint. i tried
to get them to do it and it was a big NO WAY!
On 4/22/08, Brian St. Jacques <bstjacques@atrua.com> wrote:
>
> You can get Maaco do just about whatever you are willing to pay for. The
> better you want the car, the more expensive it is going to be. Assuming
> you do not have major body work to take care of, they have everything
> pretty much wrapped up in to packages - like what paint you want, trim
> removal, different levels of prep and masking, color sanding & buffing.
> I had a BMW painted there and we basically went for the whole enchilada,
> the best of everything they had to offer. The car also required a couple
> of ding repairs, and the paint on the hood, roof and trunk had to be
> stripped to the metal. Ended up with a very nice, smooth black paint
> job (not concourse or anything) for around $4K. A quote from a "real"
> body shop was in the $6-7K range. I think I would have ended up with
> about the same quality of appearance, time will tell how well it will
> hold up.
>
> Brian
>
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> Subject: [Roadsters] Fw: OK Ebay trash and painting thoughts
>
> FYI don't know about MAACO, but 1day P&B will not warranty the paint if
> you do your own prep work.
> The mission viejo shop did do a pretty go job though.
>
> Steve
> 70' 1600 garage queen
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