GCAdidas13 10+ year member
heh.
NOT based on the badmouthing that you get from people that buy their $200-$300 paintjob and have bad experiences!
lets hear it!
lets hear it!
and yet you still voted "no" on the poll? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gifThe Maaco by my house does paint jobs for a few show cars, and I was up there getting an estimate one day and they had a beautiful '64 or so Impala up there that they had recently painted. Now, granted it was for a show and probably cost out the ass, it showed that they can do some amazing works with paint if they want to. It was light blue in the front, to an almost black in the back (very dark blue.) And it had pin striping all down the side, and a small flame job outline the hood and front fenders. It looked great....
Dont exactly know what show it was for, the woman just told me that they sponsor a few show cars and do their paint jobs for them, as well as pay for interior work.
and yet you still voted "no" on the poll? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif
thats just asking for problems... especially if youve never done it before.no do it urslef
i went to school for auto body a long time ago. the painting is the easy part. its the prep that is tedious and very labor intensive. it should be 1000 for the prep and 200+ paint cost for the shooting of the color. you can use the best paint but if the prep work is bad the whole thing will be shitty. the only way id trust them is if you removed all lights, grill, doorjamb trim,etc, and masked the car yourself. so all you have to do is flatbed the car to them and have it shot. short of a run or two you might stand a chance with them this way.. But remember you will have to get the surface prep package, which is an addition $200 or so for sanding and priming. More if you want it sanded down to bare metal.