Pics of my Supra Painted by Maaco....for $350!

[Kroze]

Pictures Before & After

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I don't blame you for taking it there either, some of them are pretty good, and it's almost always a great bargain price

 

[RagingBITCH]

That thing got a Hemi?

The paint job they do is not obviously of OEM quality - you'll notice in a year or two.

 

[Kroze]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
That thing got a Hemi?

The paint job they do is not obviously of OEM quality - you'll notice in a year or two.

Yea? i'll take my chances and see.

didn't a lot of you also said that i'm going to get what i paid for?

 

[FiLeZz]

did you like what you got for the money?

 

[RagingBITCH]

If you're happy with what you got, great for you, but a simple Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=maaco+paint+job

Doesn't sit well with me.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Why, in the name of all that is (un)holy did you choose white?

If you're going to repaint the entire car, at least pick a good colour.

- M4H

 

[aircooled]

Make sure you keep a thick coat of wax on it and it will last longer than you think....

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

nice Dawg

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Kroze

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
That thing got a Hemi?

The paint job they do is not obviously of OEM quality - you'll notice in a year or two.

Yea? i'll take my chances and see.

didn't a lot of you also said that i'm going to get what i paid for?

Yes, that's exactly what you got. Rock chips are your friend. You'll have many of them. Don't bump into anything or get any door dings cause that paint will crack and chip right off. My Father-In-Law had a BMW painted by them prior to giving it to my wife, many years ago, as a graduation present and after a couple years that car looked like sh!t. I think it had more to do with the lack of prep work though. Looks like you did a fair amount of that yourself before you had it painted.

 

[BatmanNate]

Nice. I have an '87 Turbo and the paint is all oxidized on top, I've been thinking about taking it in.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
If you're happy with what you got, great for you, but a simple Google search:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=maaco+paint+job

Doesn't sit well with me.

damn, i read some of those, and it doesn't sit well with me either.

 

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
That thing got a Hemi?

The paint job they do is not obviously of OEM quality - you'll notice in a year or two.

OEM paint jobs arn't that great. The paint on my subaru sucks.

That's a nice maaco job for $350, see how it holds up.

 

[NutBucket]

The thing I don't like is that painted the rub strip white. It looks muck better black or grey or whatever the original color is.

 

[Twista]

YOU SHOULDVE paint blacked. Not an ugly white on that supra.

 

[notfred]

UGLY. Painted badging: the telltale sign of a complete and utter crap maaco paint job. It looks awful.

 

[NutBucket]

And you never did tell us what was under the hood of the "properly modded" Prelude.

 

[Nitemare]

It looks nice but Maaco uses thin coats of inferior paint.

It's all fine and dandy until you get some miles on it. Hope your experience with their paint jobs is better than most peoples.

 

[djplayx714]

thats an excellent paint job for that money. they mustve given you special treatment since you work there now.

 

[Dissipate]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Why, in the name of all that is (un)holy did you choose white?

If you're going to repaint the entire car, at least pick a good colour.

- M4H

I was wondering the same thing. White is fugly.

 

[StageLeft]

I read those complaints, but I still think that $350 is a good way it seems to get a car with crappy paint looking ok. I wouldn't do it on a $25k car, but on a car worth a few thousand bucks I would.

 

[NFS4]

Are those previous-gen Maxima rims?

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: notfred
UGLY. Painted badging: the telltale sign of a complete and utter crap maaco paint job. It looks awful.

It looks about as awful as your old mustang did... good thing it got stolen.

 

[Turkish]

looks ok for $350. seriously.

 

[RiDE]

$350 aint too bad I guess. But I would have gone with black so whatever mistakes they did isnt so obvious.