Thread: honest opinion on maaco

shouldn't need to if the panels are not on the car, just lay down color and feather the edges so you don't get thick lines of paint around them

i should rattle can it lol

probably be the same quality as maaco lol...

well what would it entail to paint the hood and stuff

Maccos can be a hit or miss I hear some who have good experience there when either they did the prep or prep was needed. Personally I had them paint my SE lip and back extension as well a gauge pillar a few years ago. I think I paid $100 total they did a fantastic job still looks good to this day. Now would have then paint my car...no but for little **** I wouldn't mind.

so would you say yay or nay on a hood and sd lip

I would look elsewhere first and if worse comes to worth do the prep yourself and have Macco spray it.

go for it, maaco has 3 or 4 "levels" of paint. Their top level will cost you 4-5k, prime/base/clear. Their stage 1 is a gloss coat, no clear. It also depends on who is doing the work, like any other place if the guy takes pride in his work, it will be A+. If its a guy looking for a paycheck, ya you get what you pay for. I think crystal lake or the mchenry one does a decent job from what i have researched in the past.

well there is only a 15 min difference between the two. i was thinking about raymonds chevy body shop id get a quote from along with plantinum collision in grayslake

try R&M in round lake off of 134. Iv seen them turn out some fancy ****. I got a quote from them on my other car and it wasnt as high as the other fancy places.

which road is 134

Maaco, is like AAmco (thanks for that, name creativity) They're franchised, so each shop is going to be different quality of work/workers/service than the other. Read reviews in your area. Some people rave about it, others would rather use a rattle can and probably get better results. That said, like others said...you do get what you pay for. Unless you have one of the crappy Maacos.

One of the things I do is become buddies with a body shop. Cash is always king and they don't usually mind a small job of .. "if I drop off the hood and other part". Cause they just prop it up..spray and bake it when a car is in the booth.

Maaco = junk.

I couldn't even buy quality materials for the price they charge for a paint job. They use cheap ass low quality paint, and do terrible work.

If you don't want to do it yourself, ask around. I am sure there is someone who does paint and body on the side who can do it cheap.

I wanna know if you guys paid for the $5,000 paint job or the single stage no prime no clear just a gloss "paint" 20cent one.

It doesn't matter. Maaco still sucks.

It does matter, maaco is KNOWN for cheap paint jobs. So usually when you GO THERE your looking for a quick paint job. Hey freshly painted $3,000obo! Boom 6 months later is a pos. $500 single stage is a big cry from their top of the line prime/base/clear $5k job.