I wanted a cheap inexpensive paint job for my autocross car. If you have been following my other thread....I have been building a cheap and simple autocross car.

Anyhow, I spent about two full days pulling out dents, fixing dings, sanding old paint, and finally priming the car.

I then took the car to Maaco in Sugarland Texas and got their "EL CHEAPO" paint job.

The car was painted in two day and the total cost to Maaco....$250

I am VERY pleased with the results. Total time involved was about 1 week. Total cost $125 for sandpaper, bondo, primer, etc. + $250 to Maaco= $375 total

 

Very nice. I just might follow your lead when I do the Silver One, an 85 GSL.

 

Ray, go around to your local Maaco's. Look at their work and get to know the guys there. They will do you a nice job and silver is a good "forgiving" paint color.

 

For the money I spent, I've been happy with my MAACO (one step down from their best) paintjob. Couple inclusions I don't like, and I had to make them strip the paint off of my muffler tips, but again, I got what I paid for.

Jim, did your other car ever come back out of paint purgatory?

 

that turned out really nice, perfect for a race car....

 

Black car is still being held hostage...keeps getting closer...I am considering legal actions now.

 

what??? i thought you said it just needed assembly. what else does it need assembled?

 

looks good from a slight distance in small pics, i'd be interested in seeing some closeups in higher res.

 

Im having the same problem. My car has been at the shop for months...

The paint job looks nice. I think it'll stay on just because you did the prep work. I never doubted the paint job maaco did. Its the prep work (or the absence of). When I bought my car it was maacoed and it looked really good. It just didnt last long. The hardest part of painting a car is the prep work anyway isn't it? I think when I get my next 7 I may try doing exactly what you did.

 

That's certainly the way to go if you want to do it cheap. Full prep in the driveway then take it to them. They are notorious for **** prepwork, but that's also why the prices are so low. It turned out nicely.

 

The prep makes all the difference, props to you for the effort!

 

I will get better pictures up soon.

 

I know...I know!! I will go by there again and check on it!

 

Yeah I spent a lot of effort making sure the prep work was good. I still have some bodywork issues showing...but hey...it's a race car!!

 

I love that silver. I'm envious since my car is SUPPOSED to be silver, but someone gave it a really shitty white paint job sometime in the past, and it's flaking off now.

What did you use for primer? I'm thinking of doing the exact same thing, do the sanding/priming myself and then get Maaco to do a cheap sprayjob on it.

 

I used duplicolor brand primer and reducer. Bought the primer at Oreilly's auto parts.

Shot the primer with an El Cheapo "cummings" tool sale gun.....about a $20 gun.

 

A paintjob is 90% prep.

The $250 Maaco paintjob does not include prep.
My GSL had a two year old Maaco jobber on it that was already peeling off.

If you sand, prime, and mask, I'm sure a Maaco jobber will be nice. It's what I'm going to do.

 

Took some more pictures yesterday... Now it is time to go have fun and do some autocross racing this weekend...

 

i work at a paint and body shop so i get free booth usage... but the prep work is the sucky part... plus my paint alone will cost more than 250... be careful buffing it if you do, its probably a thin coat... and if you wanna go crazy... wet sand it w/ 2000 grit.. yeah it seems pointless but it'll make it will bring out a shine way more than anything else i've seen. looks good though!!

 

Thanks for the info... I probably will only wax it. It is amazing how flat (no orange peel), lack of dust, no runs, and no contaminates in the paint! The folks at Maaco warned about light wet sanding since it is a single stage paint.

 

What's your wheel set up? It looks real aggressive

 

13X8 Diamond Steelies with 205/60/13 Yokohama A008's

Gonna look a lot more agressive soon with 225/45/13 Hoosier A-6's

 

Thanks. I'll have to remember that

 

looks great for the cost!

 

Whats your offset?