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Sat Aug 09, 2003 3:31 pm

anyone ever spray paint a bug period or any car, i want to paint my baja but i dont want a $1200 job just to get scratched so if u have a pic or have done it can u let me know and what kinda spray paint should i use ??? thanks

Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:02 pm

you do know macco can do a car for abuot 120 dollars .... i had a car done..'not vw' before i sold it i've seen it around town and it still looks ok 4 years later. i mean if you forked out 120 every 3 years it'd be a ton better than spray paint..besides it would look better too. macco buys in bulk and mask's everything off. with a 120 dollar job im sure very little prep work is done in the shop but you could do the prep..take everything off and mask it
and i'd bet they'd be more than happy to slap some cheap paint on there that would do tons better than spray paint.

Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:05 pm

i thought of that but my fenders and hood are gonna need a paint that can flex and i dont know if macco does that if they do ill go to macco if they dont whats a good spray paint to use?

Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:07 pm

i thought of that but my fenders and hood are gonna need a paint that can flex and i dont know if macco does that if they do ill go to macco if they dont whats a good spray paint to use?

Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:22 pm

All maco would have to add to the paint on the hood and fenders would be a flexoactife (sp) flex stuff for plastic bumpers additive.

Sat Aug 09, 2003 4:33 pm

speed_demon wrote: i thought of that but my fenders and hood are gonna need a paint that can flex and i dont know if macco does that if they do ill go to macco if they dont whats a good spray paint to use?

no spray can is really going to do this... GO TO MAACO

Sat Aug 09, 2003 9:33 pm

Yeah, they do what I refer to as a 50/50 paint job: Looks good at 50 miles an hour 50 feet away!

Sun Aug 10, 2003 12:39 am

Actually, I have seen a decent MAACO paint job. I was checking out the color of a car when the owner walked up. I asked where it had been painted and she said that MAACO shot it six years ago, that the car had never been parked indoors, and that it wasn't one of thier "top of the line" (as she put it) paint jobs. I gotta say, it was holding up damn well. I've also been told that there are some MAACO shops that produce the same shitty quality as Earl Schieb.

Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:00 pm

if you do all of the prep work yourself and have somone like macco spray it. you could have a decent paintjob for a baja, at least one you wouldn't cringe at the first scratch

Tue Aug 12, 2003 7:14 pm

From what I've heard, Maaco paint jobs that look like shit are done on cars that were brought there in terrible condition and the owner wanted miracles performed for under $200. I have also heard that if you bring them a car that's already prepped (properly) it will leave there looking pretty good.

Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:40 am

For a newbie, what would the minumum/mid/best way to prep a car for a decent paint job at a MAACO type place? Not looking for show quality, but I am thinking about getting a two tone job. (Car is solid beige right now, I want white sides.)

Thanks

VIncent

Wed Aug 20, 2003 11:23 pm

actually its not hard to prep ur on vehicle i worked for a dealership and when we would prep a car we took off all badges and sanded it down but DONT use ur finger tips use the palm of ur hand finger tips will leave a mark, really thats all u want to do sand it and wash it, DONT use dish soap cause the new paint wont stick to it,but ya take off all ur lights everything u can take off of the outside, maybe give it a wet sand too

Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:10 pm

Yeap, take off the bumpers, trim, headlights, tailights, antennas.....and anything else that you can. If you want to get extremely anal, take out the windows too.

Otherwise, all Maaco/Earl Schieb will do is tape everything off = not as good of a job.

Fri Aug 22, 2003 1:25 pm

ok just a bit of information on mayco earl ... and so on....

OK They only allow and certain amount of " prep time" I e

Scuffing surface, and other prep stuff....

The Paint.. Shitty acrylic enamel... with fish eye eliminator.. wich mean that they dont properly clean the surface... Also, no that that paint job has fish eye eleminato.. your car WillALLWAYS have silicon in it.. that is what fish Eyeelimnato is, silicon. So if you ever do have it done right..... fish eyes every where......

Ok.. but it is a baja.. AndIs whatI would do....MAYCO... Just telling you guys how a mayco place works....