Ocelot

Just got the paint redone as it was fading and chipping a lot. I'm very pleased with the outcome of it, and the way the rain was settling on it was great for the pics. Gonna dry it up and put it in the garage where it'll sit for a bit until i get my liscence next thursday.

First heres a pic of the interior, dont mind the wires, I was just taking out the front speakers and didn't get a chance to put them back.


I really like this shot of the mirror, nice rich color, and I love the FC mirror design.


Heres a pic of the hood scoop


Heres another nice pic of the rain water on the side


Back left lights on


Here's the back left tire


Heres a pic of the full back, excuse the speaker appearance and crappy tips, to be fixed up soon


You really have to see it in person to appreciate the nice job, most pics/vids dont capture the great look as most of you know. I'm very pleased with the paintjob, and the new car.

Generic

Nice, I really need to get my re-painted.

Murdock

Sir Rupert Hobo

where did u get it done? and for how much? looks great.

Ocelot

Maaco, lol, $400, was like 2 hundred something, but they fixed a lot of dents and stuff that I had too. Its got a 4 year warranty, so I figure paying $800 to have it done twice and have guaranteed 8 year warranty on it is better than paying some body shop a crazy amount of money to make it look just the same without warranty to last that long. Plus i'm not sure how long i'll have it for, so its a nice and small investment.

Dvst8

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Looks good.
lucky you, picked the "right" maaco shop.

Ocelot

hah, actually, right is FAAAAAARRR from this place, if you look for a thread titled F You Maaco in the lounge, you'll see my whole ordeal with them....the paint came out nice, but I will never ever go back there again...

Sir Rupert Hobo

lol! your shittin me right? before i even saw your post today i called up my local maaco and asked for a quote. i asked for a repaint and to have some dents removed. they said it would be $399 with a 2 year war.

hah! that's wierd. and yeah i did see your post in the lounge... i'm gonna be a real hard *** to the manager before i give em my car (grrrr)

this is all i can afford as well(poor HS kid) and i might not keep it more than 5 years anyways.

AsianFlip06

Hehe maaco is coo lol i had my rx7 painted there when i first got my car it cost me like $250 and they painted it star burst silver for me. It sure didnt come out as shiny as that red paint and matter of fact the only time i saw a reflection on the paint was when i got in the car and looked at the top of the car lol. ohh well now im sad because i wish i never sold my car and kept it for a daily driver instead.

Rx-7Addict

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Looks nice

Repainting a car makes it much more enjoyable, its definantly worth it

T2R7

in the near future (spring of 04, if all goes well) im painting my 86 the same red as the new RX-8. I was at the dealer and fell in love with that color. i will post pics as soon as im done. The car is also gettin a custom rear wide body kit... should be nice.
Josh

Ed88convert

Used to have a Mercury Capri (the german kind). Took it to Maaco and was quoted some ridiculously low price for a high-end paint job.

Manager says "hey wait a minute that's not right" and writes me a higher estimate. I tell him Ok, I'll think about it yadayadayda and come back a few days later when someone else is on duty. Did I mention I kept a copy of the low estimate?

Gave him the low estimate, paid and got a receipt. Had the on-duty guy sign the estimate and promise me the car (also written) 3 days later.

3 days later, went to pick up the car. Nicely painted, no problems, but when dude brings it out, I notice the front headlight is broken. Not only is it broken, but the glass is still sitting on top of the bumper (and on top of the new paint).

Manager says it must have been broken when I came in. I tell him his prep guys did a hell of a job because they masked around the pieces of broken glass and didn't get a drop of overspray on it.

We called the parts store to get a price on a headlight, plus 20 bucks for my time in hassling with it. Manager guy pulled the $ out of the register and handed it to me.

Never went back.

So, at least Maaco got screwed once.

n4ji

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That looks really nice! I wish you could get a white car to shine that good!

Ocelot

Well, you got the money for it, plus the extra money for him screwing up, so i'd say you get the better end of the stick on this one, heh

n4ji

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Hooray for sarcasm

That reminds me of in Liar Liar, when Carrey's Benz is impounded...

"YOU SCRATCHED MY CAR!!!!!"

Where?

"RIGHT.... THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!''

heh, what a great movie.

2nub_2stupid

how much did it cost u man?

Freaky Monkey007

Would you guys take your car to macco?? If not local body shop or some other place that paints cars??

BTW from what i have heard about macco that is a VERY VERY nice paint job.. Overall it is very nice..

digitalsolo

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I had my car sprayed at Maaco... I did the prep work, and it came out as good as my prep allowed (I didn't worry about the smallest imperfections, it's a daily driven car, I already have a "show" car to fret over ) and I must say they did a very good job. Whole secret? Do the prep yourself, and PULL EVERYTHING OFF... that way they don't just mask it.


Anyyyyway, car looks great man, congrats-