Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:03:00 -0500
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From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: Painting Carat: Maaco OK??
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"The only thing is that they didn't really pay attention around the door handles"
THe door handles only that one screw and 60 seconds to remove.....
Obviously they didn't know this. Everyone can have themselves
money and grief by removing these, and other things ahead of time.
Eric
Tracy Bonin wrote:
> Hi, I had the local Maaco (closest to Bristol was the New Britain one) do my bus last summer (cosmic green metallic), needed some body work done too. The body work came out awsome, and the paint job came out really good too. The only thing is that they didn't really pay attention around the door handles and stuff like that, and the paint is on them too. But all in all it came out good. Nice gloss. Charged me like $500 for the paintjob (going from silver to green) and I got their best package too! Charged me another $700 for all the bodywork ( I had a pretty big dent in the sliding door and rear fender)
> have fun,
> Tracy
> 85' GL "Ripple"
> Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:Maaco is a chain. And as such you will run across links that are better or
> worse. I would insist on seeing some of the cars they have recently done
> (usually you can snoop around back where a bunch of freshly painted vehicles
> still lurk). If the job looks good then go for it. If it has a lot of runs
> or orange peel then go up to the shop manager and say, "You are the weakest
> link, goodbye!" and try to find another one in your vicinity.
>
> I have a '90 GL that was painted by one Maaco down in Pleasantville, NJ.
> The paint job looks terrible. I think it must have looked better before
> they painted it. Runs, orange peel, no prep work. There is another place
> up in Turnersville. They did my parents '86 Dodge van (16 pass). We told
> them not to fix the dents, etc. It looked great and they painted it for
> around $1200.
>
> Have fun!
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of SD Kraning
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:22 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Painting Carat: Maaco OK??
>
> Hi All -
>
> I am nearing the point of repainting my 90 Carat. I want to do this right
> and have it look very close to the original (Orly Blue and Graphite)
> *however* I'm not planing to show it or anything, so it would be a waste
> of $$ (IMHO) to spend $3K on the job. I know Maaco is not the best by any
> means, but they will do a "premium" or two stage process for around
> $900.00 - and that is actuall AFFORDABLE for me. Has anyone had any
> experience with this?
>
> The perfection is so often in the details here - that's why I would probably
> do all the taping and prep (not sanding or body work) myself, just to make
> sure it was done right. I mean...they're spraying on color then
> clearcoat...how much better can it look for an extra $2K? If it really would
> look that much better, I would just wait and save up, but just don't know
> what to do!
>
> thanks,
>
> Scott
>
> PS: my Westy is for sale - please check out www.optikascenic.com/bus
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