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Old May 23, 2005 | 01:42 AM
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anybody have any comments on maaco? i want to get my car painted black. the car has a clean body.
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Old May 23, 2005 | 02:19 AM
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dude the only reason that maaco has another a in its name is so it be a nother 4 letter word lol I do paint and body work good paint. 1100$ for suplies and labor. youll only pay a little less for maaco and youll need to repaint it in a year my paint will last and stay shiny. hit me up pm me or call im in oly Custom imports. 790 3606
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Old May 23, 2005 | 07:00 AM
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Don't do it. Maaco paint jobs are pretty damn bad. I've personally seen ones where they didn't remove panels, and didn't even strip the paint. They just sprayed over the existing paint. Needless to say, it chips and cracks pretty quickly, and looks like crap very soon. Good paint jobs are expensive...there's really now way around that.
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Old May 23, 2005 | 07:46 AM
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You get what you pay for. If you want them to do a professional job they can, but it will cost more. It's as simple as that. My friends dad ownes a Macco and does everything from police cars to hot rods. If you want them to remove the panels they can, but obviously it will cost more.
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Old May 23, 2005 | 09:35 AM
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Maaco sucks, don't do it.

Although I have seen a couple nice maaco jobs where the owner did all the prep work and just had maaco spray the car. Looks awesome and has held up for years.
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Old May 23, 2005 | 03:24 PM
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almost all maaco stores are independently owned, meaning that some of them are great, and some suck ***. I got a paintjob at maaco a long time ago on my old toyota truck and it lasted 5 years. But still, production paintjobs are not perfect.
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