Date:         Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:08:22 -0800
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
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From:         Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Maico $399 respray any good?
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You get what you pay for. Acrylic Enamel + hardner is about $50+ a gallon -
cheap stuff here in TN.

Count on a couple of gallons at least of paint. See what's left over for
labor.

That said - if you could deliver a properly prepped vehicle you might get
something back that looked decent for a few years. Might look much better
than some of the vehicles I have driven over the years.

Give it a shot. It's just money. Let us know.

(I'll bet you can spend as much on a proper prep as you will with them to
spray it...).

At 10:21 AM 3/11/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Quality of Maaco's paint?
>
>You'd do better buying spray cans and doing it yourself---
>
>Figure this---
>I just got done painting the cab of a Mack--- ( which by the wy has less
>surface area than a Van---)
>
>The gallon of PPG paint alone was $238.00 ( not including acid etch
>primer, and the filler primer, sand paper, tape, reducer, hardner )
>
>So tell me--what kind of quality is Maaco giving you?
>
>Will they spray the engine compartment?
>
>Sure, along with all the rubber mouldngs, glass, headlamps, taillights,
>anything you want !!!:>)
>
>Pay the piper, get it done once---get it done right---
>
>Later,
>
>
>Terry
>
>
>E-mail message From Jon Sykes
>
>I saw an ad on tv over the weekend - Maico are offering a auto respray
>and 4 hours of bodywork for $399. My 82 diesel could use a respray once
>the current rust and knocks have been fixed. Can anyone comment on Maico
>and the quality of their work? $399 seems pretty cheap? I wonder if they
>also spray the engine compartment?
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Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
Cookeville, Tennessee

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