As with anything, you get what you pay for. If you expect a shop to do a
bang-up paint job for $200, well you've got another think coming. The deal
for a good (relatively) job from these hacks is to do all of the prep
yourself, leave nothing to chance, and hope they pay attention to your
wishes. Even when you do all of the prep, it doesn't mean that they'll paint
everything you want, and not the things you don't (you know, lights,
windows, chrome,etc.). If you want a first rate job, PAY FOR IT, it's worth
every penny.
Provided of course that's what you can afford, for the rest of us, we paint
our own, and do all the prep work ourselves, and live with the consequences
(results)
Mark Haynes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Metallian6@aol.com [SMTP:Metallian6@aol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 4:35 AM
> To: curtiseads@geocities.com; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: new mg
>
>
> In a message dated 5/13/99 3:09:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> curtiseads@geocities.com writes:
>
> << Oh yeah - I'm considering having the Spit painted. Are there any good
> national chains, or can somebody reccomend a place in the Denver area? >>
>
> Hi Curtis. I can tell you one place not to take your Spit. Macco. I think
> that's how you spell it. They are a national chain. I made the mistake of
> taking my Trans Am there one year ago and they did a terrible job. They
> didn't take the old paint off, didn't even rough it up, left all the rust,
>
> paint is bubbling and peeling everywhere. There were runs in it. Oh yeah
> the
> paint started peeling two weeks after I got it back. Didn't take it back
> for
> two reasons. 1: I moved to Wisconsin. 2: I swore they would never touch
> another one of my cars again. They have cheap prices and they do cheap
> work.
>
> James
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